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Another family to move to Helena]]> Sat, 03 May 2008 12:43:37 +0000 mod http://montanahistorywiki.pbwiki.com/Radon+Mines+in+Montana email.hidden@example.com (molly) molly removed Radon Mines in Montana]]> Sat, 03 May 2008 12:40:39 +0000 del http://montanahistorywiki.pbwiki.com/Contributions+from+the+Public email.hidden@example.com (molly) molly edited Contributions from the Public Contributions from the Carroll College Introduction to Public History Class (Spring 2008)
Parrot Confectionary, Helena, Montana
Radon Mines in Montana
Reeder's Alley, Helena, Montana
St. Charles Hall, Carroll College, Helena, Montana
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With the structures of Reeder’s Alley, including the Pioneer Cabin, the Caretaker’s House, and the Morelli Bridge, intact the atmosphere and lifestyle surrounding the alley was one of various events similar to those characterized by the stereotypical “Wild West.” Violence, theft, and murder were not uncommon in the first few decades of Helena’s existence. Hangings for such criminals were utilized on what would famously become Hanging Tree in Dry Gulch. The most famous occurred on April 30, 1870, when JosephWilson and Arthur L. Compton were tried in Vigilante ]]> Sat, 03 May 2008 12:32:17 +0000 mod http://montanahistorywiki.pbwiki.com/Reeder%27s+Alley%2C+Helena%2C+Montana email.hidden@example.com (karen Bjork) karen Bjork edited Reeder's Alley, Helena, Montana]]> Sat, 03 May 2008 12:24:12 +0000 mod http://montanahistorywiki.pbwiki.com/St+Charles+Hall%2C+Carroll+College%2C+Helena%2C+Montana email.hidden@example.com (molly) molly edited St Charles Hall, Carroll College, Helena, Montana]]> Sat, 03 May 2008 12:24:01 +0000 mod http://montanahistorywiki.pbwiki.com/Reeder%27s+Alley%2C+Helena%2C+Montana email.hidden@example.com (karen Bjork) karen Bjork edited Reeder's Alley, Helena, Montana]]> Sat, 03 May 2008 12:23:07 +0000 mod http://montanahistorywiki.pbwiki.com/St+Charles+Hall%2C+Carroll+College%2C+Helena%2C+Montana email.hidden@example.com (molly) molly edited St Charles Hall, Carroll College, Helena, Montana]]> Sat, 03 May 2008 12:22:44 +0000 mod http://montanahistorywiki.pbwiki.com/St+Charles+Hall%2C+Carroll+College%2C+Helena%2C+Montana email.hidden@example.com (molly) molly edited St Charles Hall, Carroll College, Helena, Montana The Civil Pilot Training program, housed at St. Charles, was approved by the Civil Aeronautics Administration on September 29, 1939 and was eventually turned over for war training services in the summer of 1942.[33]Also, on April 30, 1943 President Rev. Emmet J. Riley announced Carroll College had been accepted by the Navy Department as an official V-12 training school.[34]The program was designed to train officer candidates for the Navy Air Corps, Civil Engineer Corps, Construction Corps, Supply Corps and Chaplain Corps, and to prepare deck officers for general Navy Duty.These army and navy personnel were housed, fed, and educated in St. Charles Hall.The upper two floors of St. Charles were largely inactive due to the few number of students and the lack of funding to properly maintain the entire building. With the addition of these programs, not only did the government pay for the trainee’s tuition, they provided Carroll College with the money to upgrade and maintain the fourth and fifth floors.[35]Trainin]]> Sat, 03 May 2008 12:20:47 +0000 mod http://montanahistorywiki.pbwiki.com/St+Charles+Hall%2C+Carroll+College%2C+Helena%2C+Montana email.hidden@example.com (molly) molly edited St Charles Hall, Carroll College, Helena, Montana "Strong sense of community; strong history of active athletics; deep caring of faculty, students, admin; headlights and searches as key experiences for students; the history of victories for the talking saints; the strong Catholic identity, especially in service to others; the welcome to new students including helping them move in; softball weekend; the very high academic standards; the Carroll song; collaborative governance involving faculty, staff, students; a loyal alumni base.Some new ones:the induction ceremony; the march of grads to commencement between rows of faculty/staff; the pizza with the prez nights; the significant service done by athletes (and others) in the community."[50]
None of these traditions would be possible without the vision of Bishop Brondel, without the success of Bishop Carroll in starting a Catholic College in Helena, and without the continued hard work and dedication of the thousands who have helped bring Carroll College to the point it is at today as one of the lead]]> Sat, 03 May 2008 12:17:33 +0000 mod http://montanahistorywiki.pbwiki.com/Parrot+Confectionary%2C+Helena%2C+Montana email.hidden@example.com (molly) molly edited Parrot Confectionary, Helena, Montana David and Stanley took over the Parrot after they bought it from their mother, who ran the business after her husband Arnold passed away in 1974. Dave has been working there for thirty years and his brother has worked there for 37 years.[24] Since both brothers are co-owners, they know how to make candy to perfection along with working at any position in the store. Dave stressed that the success that came from the Parrot in the past eighty-five years is due to the fact that they make a good product and the product doesn't change. It tastes as good as it did forty years ago because they always have used the highest quality ingredients and never cheapen it. Another reason for the success is because of the great customer relations that the people working at the Parrot have created in the past eighty years.
How successful is the Parrot today, eighty years after it first opened its door? The numbers say it all. Everyday the Parrot goes through 100 pounds of sugar and sells at least eighty different kinds of ca]]> Sat, 03 May 2008 12:10:41 +0000 mod http://montanahistorywiki.pbwiki.com/St+Charles+Hall%2C+Carroll+College%2C+Helena%2C+Montana email.hidden@example.com (molly) molly edited St Charles Hall, Carroll College, Helena, Montana [Title of Paper / Topic]St. Charles Hall, Carroll College, Helena, Montana
This contribution was written for the Spring 2008 Introduction to Public History Class at Carroll College, Helena, Montana
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The Heart of paper / topic] Carroll College: One Hundred Years of Dominance
“The aim of Capital Hill College will be to give the young men of Montana a thorough, liberal education which will fit them for leadership in any vocation they may choose and at the same time, so surround them with a religious atmosphere that they will ever follow conscience as their king.”[1]These words were spoken by Bishop John Patrick Carroll during a ceremonial ground breaking (1909) for what would become one of the pristine Catholic institutions in America, Carroll College.The dream that was Carroll College began with a strong movement for Catholic education in the mid-nineteenth ce]]> Sat, 03 May 2008 12:09:24 +0000 mod http://montanahistorywiki.pbwiki.com/Contributions+from+the+Public email.hidden@example.com (karen Bjork) karen Bjork edited Contributions from the Public]]> Sat, 03 May 2008 12:05:18 +0000 mod http://montanahistorywiki.pbwiki.com/Contributions+from+the+Public email.hidden@example.com (karen Bjork) karen Bjork renamed Reeders Alley, Helena, Montana Reeder's Alley, Helena, Montana ]]> Sat, 03 May 2008 12:05:08 +0000 mv http://montanahistorywiki.pbwiki.com/Contributions+from+the+Public email.hidden@example.com (karen Bjork) karen Bjork edited Contributions from the Public Parrot Confectionary, Helena, Montana
Radon Mines in Montana
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St. Charles Hall, Carroll College, Helena, Montana
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