John “Liver-Eating” Johnston: Montana lawman, Civil War vet, Army scout — and subject of one of the West’s most outrageous legends. But how much is true? The real story is stranger, and more complicated, than any Hollywood myth.

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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/john-johnston

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A lone stranger walked into Fort Benton in 1856 carrying a sack of gold — then vanished. Who was John Silverthorne, where did he find it, and why did Montana’s pioneers spend decades arguing over his secret?

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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/mysteries/mystery-of-john-silverthorne

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The Legislator Who Crossed the Aisle: Sam Kitzenberg, a Glasgow, MT teacher-turned-Republican senator, served 14 years championing Hi-Line infrastructure, education, and the Fort Peck Fish Hatchery. In 2006 he switched parties, tipping Senate control to Democrats — a controversial move that defined his legacy. See link below for full article.

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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/sam-kitzenberg

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17,000 Montanans packed the Yellowstone County Fairgrounds on Sept. 25, 1963, to hear President Kennedy speak on conservation and the newly ratified Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. It was his second Billings visit; the first came during his 1960 campaign. He was assassinated in Dallas less than two months later. See link below for full article.

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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/events/john-f-kennedy-campaigns-in-billings

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Chief Two Moon (1847–1917), Northern Cheyenne war leader at Little Bighorn, surrendered to the U.S. Army in 1877, helped establish the Tongue River Reservation, and spent decades as a diplomat advocating for his people. See link below for full article.

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From Oklahoma exile to sovereign Montana homeland: the Northern Cheyenne refused removal, won back their land, fought corporate coal giants, and built a college to keep their language alive. Their story is one of the most powerful acts of persistence in American history.

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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/institutions/northern-cheyenne-indian-reservation

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From a Miles City farm to global medicine: Maurice Hilleman developed 40+ vaccines — including MMR and hepatitis B — saving an estimated 8 million lives annually. Montana’s greatest scientist remains one of history’s most impactful, least recognized figures.

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The Results are In... and the Winner is the Beer Car!

What a day! This past Tuesday, the Western Heritage Center officially held its Grand Re-opening, and the turnout was incredible despite the "breezy" Montana weather.

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In 1862, a Colorado prospector named John White found gold in a Montana creek, and the town of Bannack was born. Montana's first territorial capital, home to a controversial sheriff, vigilante justice, and over 60 preserved buildings, Bannack remains one of the West's most compelling ghost towns. For further information, see link below.

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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/bannack

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Langford shaped Montana’s territorial era as gold-rush entrepreneur, tax collector, vigilante, and Yellowstone’s first superintendent – a man driven equally by public vision and private ambition, whose legacy remains as complex as the frontier he helped define.

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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/nathaniel-p-langford

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