THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK IN MONTANA HISTORY

The establishment of Glacier National Park in 1910 represented a watershed moment in Montana history, marking the intersection of indigenous dispossession, conservation ideology, railroad expansion, and the emerging American conservation movement...for further reading see link below.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/glacier-national-park

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RIP Rev. Jesse Jackson.

From segregated Greenville, NC to the steps of the White House, he turned Southern struggle into national change. His legacy includes marching in Selma and reshaping American politics with historic presidential runs.

He expanded who gets to vote, who gets to run, and who gets heard.

https://theconversation.com/how-jesse-jackson-was-shaped-by-southern-segregration-and-went-on-to-reshape-american-political-life-247435
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#OnThisDay, 17 Feb 1905, a statue of Frances Willard is unveiled in the US Capitol's National Statuary Hall. Helen Farnsworth Mears's stature of Willard was the first statue of a woman to be included in the Hall.

More about the statue here: https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/frances-willard-statue

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Happy Lunar New Year to those who celebrate. This year is the year of the horse. So, I had a look through my horse coins and couldn't go past the time I had to colour in a horse on a coin! From #Ancient #Rome: https://coinofnote.com/360-a-d-rome-ae-3-fel-temp-reparatio/

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Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

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Judy Martz: Montana's First Female Governor and Her Complex Legacy in State History

Judith Helen Morstein Martz emerged from the ranching communities of Big Timber, Montana, to shatter the most prominent glass ceiling in state politics, becoming Montana's first female governor in 2001. Her tenure in office, though marked by...for further reading see link below.

Web:
https://buff.ly/fiTryNT

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We went adventuring: https://ko-fi.com/post/Riding-the-Rails-Y8Y51UDW9O

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