34 Stunning Photos of Montana Over the Years
Montana, known for its breathtaking landscapes and rich history, offers a captivating visual journey through time.
From the rugged peaks of the Rocky Mountains to the serene expanses of the Great Plains, each photograph tells a unique story.
This collection of 34 photos captures the essence of Montana’s timeless allure and diverse heritage.
1. “Flathead child and her mother play with dolls and a miniature buckskin tepee, Montana, 1900s”
2. “Flathead (Salish) camp, in what is now Missoula, Montana. Between 1890 and 1895”
3. “Cowboys sit around Bob Leavitt’s Saloon in Jordan, Montana, 1904”
4. “Piegan Blackfeet, Northern Montana 1912”
5. “Mrs. Latati and Agate Ogden Finley, two Native American women on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana – Boos – 1905-1907”
6. “An Apsaroke (Crow tribe) scout on horseback in winter, Montana, 1908”
7. “Glacier National Park, Montana, 1913”
8. “An enormous, 62-foot-tall copper-plated elk is erected by the local Elks Lodge in Butte, Montana, for 4th of July celebrations in 1916”
9. “Woman in the kitchen of a Montana farmhouse, ca.1900”
10. “c. 1936: Montana’s Fort Peck Dam under construction. Eight men passed away during construction in 1938”
11. “Dust bowl migrants leaving Miles City, Montana. 1936”
12. “The band at Bar X, Montana. This from the first story in the first issue of LIFE magazine published Nov. 23, 1936”
13. “Vernon Evans and family of Lemmon, South Dakota, near Missoula, Montana, Highway 10. Leaving the grasshopper-ridden and drought-stricken area for a new start in Oregon and Washington, 1936”
14. ““Patrons at a bar. Birney, Montana.” Photographed in 1939 by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration”
15. “Birney, Montana. August 1941”
16. “Signs over bar in Birney, Montana, 1941”
17. “Drinking at the bar, Finis, Montana, 1936. (by) Margaret Bourke-White”
18. “Cut Bank, Montana – 1946”
19. “Shepherd in Montana, 1942”
20. “Anaconda Great Falls Smelter Smoke Stack, Montana, 1949”
21. “Children playing, Black Eagle Montana, 1950”
22. “An albino black bear approaches a car in Glacier National Park, Montana, c. 1950s”
23. “Kramer’s Wigwam Cafe, Browning Montana, between 1949 and 1952”
24. “1950s Great Falls, MT”
25. “Candid scene in a cafe, Montana, 1950s”
26. “Billings, Montana – 1960”
27. “Three female rangers at ribbon cutting ceremony for the John D Rockefeller Jr, Memorial Parkway, Montana, September 1972”
28. “A Buttrey store sits next to Skaggs Drug Center. Butte, Montana large 60s”
29. “Missoula, Montana – May 1978”
30. “Billings, Montana – May 1980”
31. “The Billings Gazette posted this image captioned “A day at ‘the beach'” from April, 1983″
32. “Andie MacDowell fly fishing on her Montana ranch (1995)”
33. “Wolf Point, Montana – May 1978”
34. “Ted Kaczynski aka the Unabomber being taken into custody in Helena, Montana after a nearly 20 year mail-bombing spree. April 3, 1996”
