Historian gives talk on Montana Historical Society Press' latest book, 'A History of Montana in 101 Places'

Get a glimpse of Montana sites that made the cut in "A History of Montana in 101 Places: Sites and Stories from the Montana Historical Society."  

From the ever-busy Logan Pass Visitor Center in Glacier National Park to the rusting remnants of Smith Mine No. 3 on a lonely hillside in Carbon County, the 304-page illustrated book from the Montana Historical Society Press is an impressive anthology of the locations that have made and remade the Last Best Place. 

Essays by current and former Montana Historical Society historians Ellen Baumler, Christine Brown, Martha Kohl and Kirby Lambert are accompanied by photographs from Tom Ferris. The selections show cultural, economic and political developments that shaped the state we know today.   

Lambert, a former historical society staffer, will give a free talk on the book and how the selections were made on Aug. 26 in Hollensteiner-Stahl Hall at the Northwest Montana History Museum, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Doors open at 5 p.m. for a "history happy hour" and the presentation starts at 6 p.m.  

For more information, visit nwmthistory.org or call 406-756-8381.