Montana Historical Society

Big Sky ~ Big History

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Montana: Stories of the Land

Companion Website and Online Teacher's Guide

Chapter 6 - Montana's Gold and Silver Boom, 1862-1893


Online textbook: Chapter 6

Listen to the chapter.


Worksheet 1: Placer versus Quartz Mining

Worksheet 2: Creating and Interpreting a Graph


Learning from Historical Documents:


For Educators: Resources


Interesting Links


Detail of photograph of Pioneer City, M.T., 1883, photo by F. Jay Haynes, Montana Historical Society Photo Archives, Haynes Foundation Coll. H-1098
Detail of photograph of Pioneer City, M.T., 1883, photo by F. Jay Haynes, Montana Historical Society Photo Archives, Haynes Foundation Coll. H-1098