Scandinavian immigration to Montana spiked in the late 1800s and early 1900s. This document from 1894 establishes Christ's Independent Church of Scandinavians in Missoula, Montana. The church was located on Spruce Street, west of McCormick Street…
This is the first page of a preliminary hearing against Emil Lehsou and Tom Gah violation of Montana's Alien Land Act of 1923. The act declared the selling or leasing land to Aliens ineligible for citizenship illegal. Lehsou, the son of German…