Welcome to the Bonner Milltown History Center - Montana
The Bonner Milltown History Center and Museum acknowledges that we are in the homelands of the Salish and Kalispel people. We offer our respect for their history and culture, and for their wisdom in caring for this place for the generations to come.
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Hours: Tuesday, 9 am - noon - coffee group meets (everyone welcome)
Wednesday, 10am - 4 pm - public hours
Friday, 10am - noon - Old Roads and Rabbit Holes group meets (everyone welcome)
noon - 2 pm - public hours
If we are closed, you can take a walk through Bonner's history with this walking tour created for the Bonner School! Bonner Walking Tour PDF
BMHC History Hikes are on tap for fall. Follow us on Facebook to get announcements. Future destinations might be the Clark Fork floodplain, Marshall Grade, Bonner Mountain, or ???
Photos from Marco Flats hike:
Now available online:
Our 2024 Newsletter is now online. December Newsletter 2024 (PDF)
Geology of the Bonner Area with Bruce Baty is available on YouTube. Transcription (PDF)
An article from the Montana Quarterly: "Building on the Remains: Missoula entrepreneurs revitalize the polluted Bonner mill site in private-public cooperation" (PDF)
2024 Roundtables: "Bonner History Reflected in the Historical Museum Collection" by Kristjana Eyjolfsson and Matt Lautzenheiser of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula. "Freeing the Blackfoot: Removal of the Bonner Dam and the Cleanup of the River" by Tony Liane. "A Confluence of Cultures in the Bonner Area" with Cheryl Hughes, Kali Zaglauer, Ilona Hangas, Rick and Pat Swanson, and Glenn "Hooligan" Smith.
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For a look into the past, please watch this 10 minute silent promotional piece Anaconda Copper Mining Company - Bonner Lumber Mill posted on YouTube by the Montana Historical Society.
