Harriet Sanders

 

Harriet Sanders Sources at Lewis & Clark Library Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center Online Resources

 

 

Harriet Peck Fenn was born in Ohio in 1834. She attended Lake Erie College before marrying Wilbur Fisk Sanders in 1858. In 1863 the couple, with their children, traveled by steam boat to Fort Benton, and then moved on to Bannack and Virginia City. Harriet was famous for her participaton in the social and cultural lives of the early mining towns. The family later moved to Helena, where Harriet continued her social commitments and promoted women's suffrage. She passed away in 1909.

 

 

Sources at Lewis & Clark Library

 

1. Sanders II, W. F. Biscuits and Badmen: The Sanders' Story in Their Own Words. Butte, Montana: Editorial Review Press, 1983. [Shelfmark M B Sanders]
2. Baumler, Ellen. Spirit Tailings: Ghost Tales for Virginia City, Butte, and Helena. Helena, Montana: Montana Historical Society Press, 2002. 12. [Shelfmark 133.1097 B]
3. Johnson, Dorothy M. "Slow Boat to Benton: The Diary of Mrs. Wilbur Fisk Sanders." Montana: The Magazine of Western History 11 (January 1961): 2-11. [Shelfmark Helena Winter 1961 Vol 11 N1]
4. Larson, T. A. "Montana Women and the Battle for the Ballot." Montana: The Magazine of Western History 23 (1973) 1: 31. [Shelfmark HELENA WINTER 1973 V23N1]
5. Milner, Clyde A. II "The Shared Memory of Montana's Pioneers." Montana: The Magazine of Western History 37 (1973) 1: 2-9, 11, 12. [Shelfmark HELENA WINTER 1987 V37N1]
6. "Mrs. Sanders Dies Suddenly." The Helena Daily Independent 24 September 1909: 8.
7. Smith, Jeffery J. The Montana 2000 History Calendar. Missoula, Montana: Historic Montana, 1999. [Shelfmark M 978.6 SMITH]

 

Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center

 

1. Sanders, W. F. and Robert t. Taylor. Biscuits and Badmen: The Sander's Story in Their Own Words. Butte, Montana: Editorial Review Press, 1983. [Shelfmark 978.6 Sa56b 1983]
2. Harriet P. F. Sanders Reminiscence 1863-1897. Small Collection 1254.
3. Harriet P. F. Sanders Diary, 1888. Microfilm 86D.
4. Johnson, Dorothy M. "Slow Boat to Benton: The Diary of Mrs. Wilbur Fisk Sanders." Montana: The Magazine of Western History 11 (January 1961): 2-11.
5. Sanders, Harriet Peck Fenn, Vertical File.
6. "Mrs. Sanders Dies Suddenly." The Helena Daily Independent 24 September 1909: 8.

 

Online Resources

 

1. "Mrs. Sanders Dies Suddenly." The Helena Daily Independent 24 September 1909: 8.

 

 

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