historian Jennie Pak portrays Lucia Darling in "Guns, Gold Dust and Grammar School." Lucia was the niece of Sidney Edgerton and an early school teacher. The Edgerton family traveled to Bannack, Montana, from Ohio in 1863. They kept journals about the trip west, the rapid growth of the area following the gold strike in July 1862, and how people moved around the region from Fort Benton to Salt Lake City. Pak will share stories of the early Montana Territory and some of its most colorful characters, like Henry Plummer.
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Travelers’ Rest State Park
6717 Highway 12 WestLolo, MT
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$5
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