Seed, Sedition, Suffrage, and Sobriety: Montana’s Extraordinary Session of 1918

The World War I era in Montana was marked not only by combat in Europe and the Middle East but also by violence that sprang up here at home in response to rampant radical activity across the state. MHS senior manuscript archivist Rich Aarstad examines the reasons that Governor Samuel V. Stewart called a special session of the legislature in 1918 as the men and women of Montana went to war overseas, while on the home front, their families, friends, and neighbors went to war with each other.