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Ellen Baumler, Ph.D.Montana Historical Society
MHS Photo Archives
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CONTIGUOUS STATES 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930
MONTANA 183 (1) 346 (1) 1490 (1) 1523 (1) 1834 (2) 1658 (1) 1256 (1)
IDAHO 60 53 201 293 651 920 668
WYOMING 183 (2) 298 (2) 922 (2) 940 (2) 2235 (1) 1375 (1) 1250 (2)
NORTH DAKOTA 24 113 373 286 617 467 377
SOUTH DAKOTA 70 288 541 465 817 832 646
African-American Population in Montana & Contiguous States
In 2000, Montana’s total population was 902,195; 2,834 were African American
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Lewis and Clark on the Lower Columbia, C. M. Russell, Amon Carter Museum
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“York,” C. M. Russell, MHS Museum
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York’s Islands off Hwy 12 near Townsend, courtesy Troy Helmick
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Jim Beckwourth, Nevada Historical Society
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Seattle Times, April 16, 1970
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Isaiah Dorman, Negro Digest, February 1965
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Leeson, History of Montana
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Samuel Lewis House, National Register files (SHPO)
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Samuel Lewis House, Interior, National Register files (SHPO)
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Forever Free by Edmonia Lewis, Howard University Gallery of Art
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Sarah Gammon Bickford, African American Registry at www.aaregistry.org
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Hangman’s Building, Virginia City, courtesy Ellen Baumler
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Coggswell-Taylor Cabins, Virginia City, courtesy Kate McCourt
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Montana Post, 1879
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Madisonian, March 22, 1906
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Mary Fields, High Plains Women’s Museum
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St. Peter’s Mission, MHS Photo Archives
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Mary Fields, MHS Library vertical files
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A Quiet Day in Cascade, C. M. Russell, MHS Library vertical files
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Mary Fields, MHS Library vertical files
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Mary Fields’ tombstone, MHS Library vertical files
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Molly (Millie) Ringold, MHS Photo Archives
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Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Shaw 1890, MHS Photo Archives
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Saddle Patent, 1896, MHS African American website
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From Under Fire with the Tenth U. S. Cavalry
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Horace Bivins and Booth equipped for service, photo from Under Fire
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Horace Bivins and Booth, photo from Under Fire
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Illustration from Under Fire
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Powder Magazine at Fort Missoula, Montana National Guard
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25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, Mansfield Library
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Hamilton, Ravalli County census, 1900
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Mary Gordon, MHS Library vertical file
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Rose Gordon, MHS Library vertical file
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Rose’s Café business cards, MHS Library vertical file
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Rose Café business card, reverse side
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Taylor Gordon, Born to Be
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MHS Library vertical file
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Taylor Gordon, Born To Be
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Garfield School, Butte, MHS Photo Archives
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Polk City Directory, Butte, 1906
Butte Miner, May 2, 1906
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Former St. James AME Church, Helena, courtesy Ellen Baumler
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J. P. Ball, MHS Photo Archives
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J.P. Ball photographer, MHS Photo Archives
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J.P. Ball photographer, MHS Photo Archives
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William Biggerstaff. J.P. Ball photographer, date unknown. MHS Photo Archives
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J.P. Ball photographer, April 1896. MHS Photo Archives
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J.P. Ball photographer, April 1896. MHS Photo Archives
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Dorsey Family, MHS Photo Archives
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Dorsey Grocery/Wise Penny, courtesy Ellen Baumler
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Julian Anderson, MHS Library vertical file
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Montana Club 1903, MHS Photo Archives
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Anaconda Standard, May 27, 1903
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MHS Library vertical file
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Montana Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs, Butte, 1924. MHS Photo Archives
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Octavia Bridgewater, MHS Library vertical file
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James Wesley Crump, Norman Howard Collection
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Clarissa Jane Crump, Norman Howard Collection
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Social gathering in the Crumps’ yard, 9th Avenue, Helena Illustrated, Norman Howard collection
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Norman Howard, Helena Independent Record, December 9, 1979
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Union Bethel AM E Church, Great Falls, National Register files (SHPO)
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Alma Jacobs (right) and family in Lewistown, c. 1920, MHS Photo Archives
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Alma Jacobs, State Librarian, Great Falls, MHS Photo Archives
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Memorial Plaza, Great Falls, courtesy Ken Robison
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Geraldine Travis, Montana Legislature Historical Highlights at http://leg.mt.gov/css/About-the-Legislature/history.asp
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Two-Year-Old Nathan Jones, Great Falls Tribune, February 4, 2007
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Unidentified African-American woman, Philipsburg, 1888-1889, MHS Photo Archives