Cascade County and Great Falls
Cascade County and Great Falls

Author: Ken Robison

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738581927

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Great Falls, on the Missouri River, began as a city of sun, water, and future. Long a crossroads for Native Americans, in 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition portaged the great falls of the Missouri. Early development combined electrical power from dams with mineral resources from nearby mountains to power smelters and refineries. The railroad stimulated growth as Great Falls became a dynamic "Electric City" at the heart of the mountains and valleys of Cascade County. Today the river, ranching and farming, regional retail, and medical facilities combine with cultural and recreational tourism and Montana's largest military presence. Great Falls boasts Montana's greatest ethnic diversity, with the state's largest Native American and African American populations. A world-class symphony and the renowned Charles M. Russell Museum help round out Great Falls as Montana's "All-American City."

Cold War Montana
Cold War Montana

Author: Ken Robison

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1467149276

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"Home to some of the most powerful nuclear missile systems in the world, Montana played an indispensable role in the war against Communism. Utilizing the Lend-Lease pipeline, Soviet spies ferried stolen nuclear and industrial secrets, loaded in diplomatic pouches, from Great Falls to the Soviet Union. Army nurse Lieutenant Diane Carlson served as "an angel of mercy" at the Pleiku Evacuation Hospital in the Central Highlands in Vietnam. Young Montana smokejumper "Hog" Daniels joined the CIA's secret war in Southeast Asia, becoming the principal adviser to General Vang Pao in his desperate fight against Communists. Captain Ken Robison (U.S. Navy, Ret.), award-winning author and Cold Warrior, reveals tales of Montanans who made their mark on this titanic struggle."--Back cover

Rockhounding Montana
Rockhounding Montana

Author: Montana Hodges

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2006-08-01

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 0762758295

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A complete guide and source-book brimming with advice on collecting and preparing gems and minerals.

Montana
Montana

Author: Montana. Dept. of Agriculture, Labor, and Industry

Publisher:

Published: 1920

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13:

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Love in the Midst of COVID
Love in the Midst of COVID

Author: Mary Sheehy Moe

Publisher:

Published: 2021-04-08

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780578852492

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When COVID-19 drove Americans into isolation in 2020, long-time educator Mary Sheehy Moe turned to the "3 R's" she knew best: reading, reflecting, and writing. Love in the Midst of COVID, originating as a series of Facebook posts, is the result."I'm afraid. You are too, right?" she wrote in March. "I'm afraid the test I've always wondered about, the test for my generation like the ones my parents' generation faced, and their parents' before them, has come at last. Our Depression. Our World War II. Our polio." Love in the Midst of COVID is at once a portrait of a fearful, politically turbulent time and a montage of the reflections of a grandchild of Irish immigrants, a child of the '60s, and a fiercely doting grandmother. In between the lines is a crib sheet for the tests of any turbulent time.

Ursuline Sisters of Great Falls
Ursuline Sisters of Great Falls

Author: Sister Francis Xavier Porter (O.S.U.)

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0738595217

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Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the richly patterned six-story brick and terra-cotta Ursuline Academy has graced the city of Great Falls for over a century. A grand marble entryway and a beautiful two-story chapel inside the building remind us of post-frontier educational opportunities provided by the Ursuline Sisters. The former academy was renamed Ursuline Centre in the 1970s and continues to be a quintessential symbol of education and community. Today, the building serves as a meeting and retreat center and features exhibit rooms, a museum, an auditorium, and a gymnasium. Images of America: Ursuline Sisters of Great Falls draws on photographs and research from Ursuline Archives. It explores a continuing voyage in central Montana, where the Ursuline Sisters have impacted many lives.