The Past and Future of Montana’s History: 1860s-1940s

MHS Research Center staff Rich Aarstad, Jodie Foley, and Jeff Malcomson lead a journey into Montana’s historiographical past, based on the reflections of some of the most significant Montana historians of the past 150 years. Names such as Martha Plassman, Merrill Burlingame, Joseph Kinsey Howard, K. Ross Toole, and Michael Malone are all invoked. The presenters conclude by contemplating where the study and writing of Montana’s history is today, leaving it for the audience to envision future directions for the field.