The road to women's suffrage in Montana was long and full of potholes.

A team of dedicated volunteers fosters their community's love of horses.

A team of dedicated volunteers fosters their community's love of horses.

The road to women's suffrage in Montana was long and full of potholes.

A team of dedicated volunteers fosters their community's love of horses.

Executive director of the Montana Council for History and Civics Education, James Bruggeman, describes the remarkable life of George Ahern: West Point graduate, U.S. Army lieutenant in the 24th and 25th Infantry Regiment (“Buffalo Soldiers”) in Montana and the Dakotas, witness to the Wounded Knee Massacre, “explorer” of Glacier National Park, and founder of the Montana State College ROTC and forestry programs.

Executive director of the Montana Council for History and Civics Education, James Bruggeman, describes the remarkable life of George Ahern: West Point graduate, U.S. Army lieutenant in the 24th and 25th Infantry Regiment (“Buffalo Soldiers”) in Montana and the Dakotas, witness to the Wounded Knee Massacre, “explorer” of Glacier National Park, and founder of the Montana State College ROTC and forestry programs.

Henrietta Shirk, associate professor of communications, and Elaine Hunter, assistant professor of nursing, both at Montana Tech, offer highlights of an ongoing collaborative research project examining nursing in Butte during the first half of the twentieth century, a transitional period in which nursing moved from a barely respectable vocation that required no formal training to a recognized profession that demanded extensive education.

Henrietta Shirk, associate professor of communications, and Elaine Hunter, assistant professor of nursing, both at Montana Tech, offer highlights of an ongoing collaborative research project examining nursing in Butte during the first half of the twentieth century, a transitional period in which nursing moved from a barely respectable vocation that required no formal training to a recognized profession that demanded extensive education.

Montana State University History of Science PhD candidate Clinton A. Colgrove traces the development of the Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL). Founded by Dr. Donald K. Weaver Jr. in 1956, ERL provided the opportunity for electrical engineering faculty, staff, and graduate students to develop cutting-edge technology that offered technical expertise for local, state, and national interests as well as a means for economic development for Montana.