Historical Society To Host Lectures
The Montana Historical Society welcomes community members back to its lecture series after the holiday break with presentations on the archaeology of the first people to inhabit the land that is now Montana.
On Thursday, Jan. 16, at 6:30 p.m. at the Lewis and Clark Library, Douglas H. MacDonald, professor of archaeology at the University of Montana, will delve into the deep history of Montana in his book talk on Land of Beginnings: The Archaeology of Montana’s First Peoples. How long have people lived in the place we now know as Montana? When did they arrive? Where did they come from? Archaeologists have spent the last century working with Montana’s Indigenous peoples to try to answer these questions.
While researchers have learned a great deal about the origins of the first people to call this region home, questions remain about which route or routes they took and when they made this journey.
Lectures held at the Lewis and Clark Library will be recorded and posted on the MTHS YouTube channel.
Free tours of the Original Governor’s Mansion are offered every Saturday at noon, 1, 2 and 3 p.m.
For further information about MTHS’s community events, visit https:// mths.mt.gov/ or email laura. marsh@mt.gov.
