Vigilante Parade
This annual May Helena event, sponsored by the two high schools, features floats with a variety of historical themes beginning in 1924.
Sources at Lewis & Clark Library
- Liffring, Bob. Tour Train Companion. Helena, Montana: Manx Publishing Co. 48. [Shelfmark M 978.66 L]
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- Source 3
Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center
- Vertical file, Vigilante Parade-Helena, MT.
- Photo, Murphy Wholesale Grocery Co. float, 1932, Photo Archives (PAC 2006-6.1)
- Photo, James McCone Collection of Personal Images, Photo Archives (PAC 2003-65.A2)
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“Climax is Reached in Vigilante Day Parade.” The Helena Daily Independent 2 May 1931, 1 & 10.
Meloy, Harriet. “Parade Pageantry.” Independent Record 13 May 1999, 4A-5A.
State Historic Preservation Office
- Source 1
- Source 2
- Source 3
On-line resources
- Vigilante Parade (photos, parade results, 1939 article) http://www.hhs.helena.k12.mt.us/vigilone.htm
- Vigilante Parade (photos) http://www.helenahistory.org/schools.htm#vp