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Montana's DAR Markers . . . Honoring Where History Was Made

This book is a 200-page thank you to the women of Montana State Society Daughters of the American Revolution for their work in placing historical markers across the state of Montana. Starting in 1908, Montana DAR has installed 70 historical markers across the state. Of those, 33 remain. This book records why the markers’ sites were selected, their history, and the backstory of each.

This book is a 200-page thank you to the women of Montana State Society Daughters of the American Revolution for their work in placing historical markers across the state of Montana. Starting in 1908, Montana DAR has installed 70 historical markers across the state. Of those, 33 remain. This book records why the markers’ sites were selected, their history, and the backstory of each.

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SOURCES<br />

• Historic monument records, Office of the Historian General, <strong>Was</strong>hington<br />

D.C.<br />

• Record of Tablets and <strong>Markers</strong> Placed by Montana <strong>DAR</strong> 1908-1947, by Mrs.<br />

Fred E. May<br />

• State Centennial <strong>History</strong>, MSS<strong>DAR</strong>, by Iris McKinney Gray, Vol. V 1894-<br />

1994<br />

• Historical Sites Preserved and <strong>Markers</strong> Erected by MSS<strong>DAR</strong> and Its Chapters<br />

1899-1977, by Mrs. R.V. Love and Mrs. E.E. Bruno<br />

• MSS<strong>DAR</strong> 1982-1984 Pictorial Supplement to Historic Events of 1894-1977,<br />

by Mrs. R.V. Love, Mrs. Sidney Groff and Miss Lorene Burks<br />

• The Dillon Examiner newspaper, Dillon Montana, “National Leader Will<br />

be Here Next Monday,” Sept. 18, 1935<br />

• The Dillon Examiner newspaper, Dillon Montana, “D.A.R. Head is Dillon<br />

Visitor: Governor Cooney Also Guest at Dedication of Marker Monday,”<br />

Sept. 25, 1935, pg. 1<br />

• Unknown newspaper dated Sept. 23, 1935, “D.A.R. to Mark the Site of<br />

Famous Old Pioneer Road”<br />

Southern Gateway <strong>DAR</strong> marker, 2017<br />

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