Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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The annual meeting and program of the Jefferson Valley Museum will take place on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall at the Trinity Methodist Church, 102 North Brooke in Whitehall. The meeting and program are open to museum members and the general public. There is no charge to attend. Three board positions, including board president will be voted on at the start of the evening. The program will be provided by an archeologist from GCM Services in Butte about the...
The Jefferson Valley Museum has been collecting the history of our valley for more than two decades. There are records of settlers from the mid-1860s forward. But, human habitation of the valley goes back thousands of years. An archaeological project in the northern Whitetail area has uncovered evidence of people living in this area as far back as 8500 to 8700 years ago. The significant historical site was known decades ago and recorded in 1991. The installation of a fiber optic line around...
Early settlers in the Jefferson Valley soon discovered that the combination of good soil and a warm summer climate made this an excellent place to grow fruits and vegetables, if you could obtain enough water. Remnants of old apple orchards can still be found here and up the South Boulder; but, most of the early farms are long forgotten except for bits and pieces on file at the Jefferson Valley Museum. Once the railroad arrived in the valley in 1890, the ability to ship large quantities of...
The historic tours conducted over the Frontier Days weekend were a success with all but two seats sold on the five tours. Most of the participants were local and several came from nearby communities. The first tour on July 28th included a group from Meadowlark Manor. Some people took the tour to reminisce and other wanted to learn more about the valley's history. Transportation was provided by Whitehall Public Transportation with driver Tom Salvagni and tour guide Arlene Weber The first stop...
Not long ago, an old Butterick pattern book was donated to the Jefferson Valley Museum. Glued to the many pages were years of newspaper articles about local and international events. The following are some of those many stories from the 1930s and 40s. Headline from early 1940: “$23,368,000 Tourist Money Spent in Montana in 1939. Other States through Legislative Action Invest in This Business and Get Handsome Returns; 1940 Expected to be Record Year.” From a March, 1942 news article: Miss Marion E. Beall, daughter of F. E. Beall of Whi...
A young man heads west from New York, intent on settling in the Montana Territory. A law degree in hand, he has a desire to help bring law and order to the wild west city of Butte. He meets a beautiful woman, has a family; but, runs headlong into dirty politics, clandestine meetings, front page news stories, and a lengthy trial. It could be the foundation for a Hollywood drama. The tale of John Wellcome; however, is not fiction. It happened right here in Montana and the Whitehall valley was...
