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and varied contributions—both on and off the battlefield—of such notable Montanans as Isaiah Dorman who fell with Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, fourteen-year-old James Crump who served in the Union Army and became Montana’s youngest civil war veteran, and WWII army nurse Octavia Bridge water who fought for the rights of black nurses. Billings historian, preservationist, and genealogist Ann Ferguson will reveal in-depth The Story of Horace Bivens, a Virginia native who settled in Billings following a colorful and meritorious military career that spanned three decades. Success and Failure on the Military Frontier In Camp Cooke: First Military Post in Montana, Rodger Huckabee, educator and historian, Kuna, Idaho, will relate the ups and downs of Montana’s first army post, from the time it was established at an ill-advised location on the banks of the Missouri River in 1866 until it was closed and soldiers moved to Fort Benton less than four years later. Jim Court, Billings resident and former Superintendent of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, will tell Stories from the Battlefield as he discusses the 1876 battle, modern archeological work at the battlefield, and life as superintendent of one of the nation’s best known, and often controversial, historic sites. S 12:00 P.m.–1:30 P.m. Awards luncheon Food, Power, War Following the presentation of the 2011 MHS Board of Trustees Heritage Keeper Awards, Dr. Mary Murphy, award-winning author and Professor of History, Montana State University, Bozeman, will explain how those gleaming, innocuous Mason jars of preserved vegetables took on many meanings during WWI. Murphy will examine the homefront through the lens of gender, as issues of food production and consumption fell squarely on women’s shoulders, increasing their political participation during the war years. Women cast their traditional tasks of cooking, preserving, and serving food in the light of patriotism; they raised concerns about food production and distribution in the context of wartime profiteering; and they turned “spy” when they deemed necessary by reporting rationing infractions to the Food Administration. 10 Dr. Mary Murphy
S 1:45 P.m.–3:00 P.m. Concurrent sessions Serving Splendidly C. Milo McLeod, retired Master Sergeant, Montana Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve, Missoula, will introduce this panel which will provide an overview of The Montana National Guard and Its History. Dr. Orlan Svingen, Professor of History, Washington State University, Pullman, and editor of the recently published book, Splendid Service: The Montana National Guard, 1867–2006, will provide the back story on Writing Splendid Service, explaining the process that led to publication and the issues faced by the contributors and the editor. Dr. Suzanne Julin, independent historian, Missoula, will discuss Slow and at Sometimes Discouraging: Building the Montana National Guard in the Interwar Years. And Dr. Diane Krahe, assistant research professor, University of Montana History Department, Missoula, will detail the guard’s aerial history in Launching an Air Squadron into the Big Sky. Julin and Krahe are both contributing authors to Splendid Service. Fighting Prejudice at Home Matt Basso, Assistant Professor of History and Gender Studies and Director of the American West U.S. Food Administration poster, ca. 1918 Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, will present Wartime Wildcat: Butte Miners, the Roosevelt Administration, and the Limits of Popular Front Interracialism. Basso will discuss a little-known wildcat strike launched by miners in 1942 in response to the government’s effort to place furloughed black soldier-miners underground in the Mining City. The strike, which featured a diverse cast of Butte locals, called into question the reputation of Mine Mill’s rank and file for being at the forefront of Popular Front struggles for an interracial working class movement. Lyndel Meikle, interpretive historian at Grant-Kohrs Ranch, Deer Lodge, will examine Better than the Alternative, telling the story of how the Anaconda Company used the threat of hiring blacks and Mexicans to force the union to accept the marginally more acceptable (but still strongly objectionable) hiring of females during WWII. Both the company and the union will take hits, and a few voices of reason may be heard whispering in the background. 11 Library of Congress
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