Gallatin County bicentennial oral history project collection, 1974-1976.

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Gallatin County bicentennial oral history project collection, 1974-1976.

Eighty-three tape recorded interviews (and a few typed transcripts) with senior citizens of Bozeman and Gallatin County, Mont. Topics cover a wide variety of historical subjects including agriculture, amusements, business, industry, merchants, churches, communications, education, electrical power, ethnic groups, the Depression, homemaking, immigrants, Native Americans, medicine, Montana State College, organizations, frontier and pioneer life, politics and government, prominent families, religion, social life and customs, Spanish American War, transportation, weather and natural disasters, World War I, and World War II. Places mentioned include Belgrade, Bozeman, Bridger Canyon, Chestnut, Churchill, Gallatin Canyon, Manhattan, Salesville, Springhill, Three Forks, and Yellowstone National Park.

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