Mary Ronan

 

Mary Ronan Sources at Lewis & Clark Library Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center

 

 

Mary C. Ronan was born Mary C. Sheehan in Kentucky in 1852. Before she was 12, Mary had traveled with her parents in a covered wagon to many western destinations, including Bannack and Alder Gulch, Montana. It is a popular belief that she was the first "white" girl in Alder Gulch. In 1873, she married Major Peter Ronan, who was an early Montana pioneer, newspaper editor, and Indian Agent. She died in Missoula in 1940.

 

 

Sources at Lewis & Clark Library

 

1. Ronan, Mary. Girl from the Gulches: The Story of Mary Ronan as Told to Margaret Ronan. Ed. Ellen Baumler. Helena: Montana Historical Society Press, 2002. [Shelfmark M B RONAN]
2. Ronan, Mary. Frontier Woman: The Story of Mary Ronan as Told to Margaret Ronan. Ed. H. G. Merriam. Missoula: University of Montana Publications, 1973. [Shelfmark M B RONAN]
3. Baumler, Ellen, and Dave Shors. Lost Places, Hidden Treasures: Rare Photographs of Helena, Montana. Helena, Montana: Farcountry Press, 2002. 66. [Shelfmark M 978.6615 B]
4. Baumler, Ellen. Spirit Tailings: Ghost Tales for Virginia City, Butte, and Helena. Helena, Montana: Montana Historical Society Press, 2002. 12, 126-127. [Shelfmark 133.1097 B]
5. Smith, Annick. "The Two Frontiers of Mary Ronan." Montana: The Magazine of Western History. Winter 39 (1989): 28-33.
6. Bishop, Joan. "A Season of Trial: Helena's Entrepreneurs Nurture A City." Montana: The Magazine of Western History 28 (1978): 62. [Shelfmark HELENA SUMMER 1978 V28N3]
7. Smith, Jeffery J. The Montana 2000 History Calendar. Missoula, Montana: Historic Montana, 1999. [Shelfmark M 978.6 SMITH]
8. Ronan, Mary. So Much to Be Done: Women Settlers on the Mining and Ranching Frontier. Ed. Ruth B. Moynihan, Susan Armitage, and Christine Fischer Dichamp. Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska Press, 1990. 188-202. [920.078 S]

 

Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center

 

1. Ronan, Mary. So Much to Be Done: Women Settlers on the Mining and Ranching Frontier. Ed. Ruth B. Moynihan, Susan Armitage, and Christine Fischer Dichamp. Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska Press, 1990. 188-202. [Shelfmark 978.02 SO1]
2. Ronan, Mary. Frontier Woman: The Story of Mary Ronan as Told to Margaret Ronan. Ed. H. G. Merriam. Missoula: University of Montana Publications, 1973. [Shelfmark 978.6 R66F]
3. Ronan, Mary. Girl From the Gulches: The Story of Mary Ronan as Told to Margaret Ronan. Ed. Ellen Baumler. Helena: Montana Historical Society Press, 2003. [Shelfmark B R666B 2003]
4. Smith, Annick. "The Two Frontiers of Mary Ronan." Montana: The Magazine of Western History. Winter 39 (1989): 28-33.
5. Ronan, Mary C. Vertical File.
6. "Mary C. Ronan State Pioneer Dies at Home." Missoulian 11 April 1940: 1, 5.

 

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