1917 was a tough year for Charlie Russell. His good buddy, bullwhacker Johnny Matheson, was dying. Johnny ran the last horse-drawn freight line between Great Falls and Fort Benton. Charlie […]
Montana
Show Me Something Old: St. Labre Museum Studies Class, Fall 2019
In the fifteenth fall, the Plains Indian Museum hosted high school students, tribal elders, and instructors from St. Labre Indian School in Ashland, Montana. The student’s fall visit is part […]
Calamity Jane Earns Her Name
How does a woman such as Calamity become a “Hero of the Plains?”
St. Labre Museum Studies Class: Spring 2019
“Looking at old pictures had also opened my mind up to do more research about my ancestors. Bringing back new ideas and new thoughts from the museum helped me want […]
St. Labre Museum Studies Class: Fall 2018
“History is extremely important in my culture and because of that, it is extremely important to me. This trip helped broaden my knowledge of not only my tribe but lots […]
A Moving Legacy of Sound
Next to the bittersweet scent of campfire on the air, there is nothing that makes a place feel quite like home than the sound of Johnny Cash! One of my […]
