Bannack, once a bustling mining camp, first territorial capital of Montana and birthplace of vigilante justice, is now a state park. Here, the past is present, and the music still stirs the soul.

Bannack was the first territorial capital Montana, however, the territorial legislature moved the capital to Virginia City in 1865. It remained the capital until 1875 when it moved to Helena. 0 ...

a chronological look at key events in Montana’s history. The moment: Amid shenanigans, Helena named the state capital, Nov. 6 ,1894. The story: The new state of Montana needed a state capital ...

Fun fact: At the time, Olympia also was the capital of what is now Idaho and western Montana ... At its first session in early 1854, the Washington territorial legislature, meeting above a ...

With all of the good things that are happening in the state, there is one important ... investments into pre-kindergarten and early childhood programs, Montana remains in the shrinking minority ...