This vast recreational complex on the west side of Helena had something for everyone.

This vast recreational complex on the west side of Helena had something for everyone.

A bad dream presages a dastardly crime in Idaho Territory.

Dale Martin provides examples of recurring episodes of boom—and the unanticipated aftermath of busts—that brought rapid changes to Montana's landscapes and communities. Most of this sudden rise and fall resulted from events and trends—changes in technology, distant markets, and two world wars—that occurred far beyond Montana's borders. Living in Butte in the 1980s, Martin witnessed firsthand the tumultuous hopes and disappointments of a mining town. Presented at the 2013 Montana History Conference in Sidney.

Mark Johnson, a teacher at Concordia International School in Shanghai and four of his students talk about the international collaboration they have created to recover the voices and stories of Montana's Chinese community by arranging to translate Chinese-language documents in the Montana Historical Society collections. Specifically, the collection examines the challenges facing the Chinese community in the post-World War II era as families struggled to reunite, but were hindered by the Chinese civil war and the tensions of the Cold War. June 4, 2014. www.montanahistoricalsociety.org

Mark Johnson, a teacher at Concordia International School in Shanghai and four of his students talk about the international collaboration they have created to recover the voices and stories of Montana's Chinese community by arranging to translate Chinese-language documents in the Montana Historical Society collections. Specifically, the collection examines the challenges facing the Chinese community in the post-World War II era as families struggled to reunite, but were hindered by the Chinese civil war and the tensions of the Cold War. June 4, 2014. www.montanahistoricalsociety.org

Native Montanans show the U.S. Army how to cross a river.

Native Montanans show the U.S. Army how to cross a river.

Children learn not to stray too far from the wagon train.

Children learn not to stray too far from the wagon train.