The Montana Original Governor's Mansion
A museum that teaches people about the nine Montana Governors and their families who lived in a Helena mansion.
C-SPAN Cities Tour: Original Governor's Mansion
Visit Montana's Original Governor's Mansion. Built in 1888 as a private residence for William Chessman, a Helena speculator and developer, the three story Queen Anne style mansion became the state's Governor's Mansion in 1913. Hear the stories of nine Governor's and the families who lived there as well as what happened during the economic collapse of 1893.
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Top Tourist Attractions in Helena: Travel Guide Montana
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Cathedral of St. Helena, Montana State Capitol, Gates of the Mountains, Original Governor's Mansion, Reeder's Alley, Great Northern Carousel , Montana Historical Society Museum, Mount Helena
Original Montana Governor's Mansion Renovation
Tour of the Executive Mansion, Albany, 1980
Episode 727 of News magazine program Inside Albany from 1980. Governor Hugh Carey takes Hosts Dave Hepp and Peg Breen on a tour of the Executive Mansion in Albany, New York, and sits down with them for an interview segment.
Original Governor's Mansion
C-SPAN Cities Tour: Montana State Capitol Building
Tour the Montana State Capitol building to hear about how Helena was selected to be the capital of hte state. Historic Interpreter Julia Porter guides a tour through the building which was completed in 1902, and was the first state capitol building in the country to be built with steam-radiator heat, electricity and indoor plumbing. Hear the story of Senator Mike Mansfield, who is the country's longest-serving Senate Majority Leader, and see the piece of art by Montana's famous Western artist Charles Russell commissioned to hang over the state's House Chamber.
Renovation of the Walking Mall Creek in Helena, Montana
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All Roads Lead to Helena
Montana Department of Transportation historian Jon Axline takes you on a trip over Helena's Benton and Frenchwoman’s roads as he explains their significance to Montana’s history 150 years ago. Axline’s forthcoming book, Taming Big Sky Country: The History of Montana’s Transportation from Trails to Interstates, will be published by The History Press this March. (Presence of the Past Program Series, Feb. 5, 2015)
C-SPAN Cities Tour - Helena: Ellen Baumler Dark Spaces
Tour the Montana Territory's first federal facility with local author and historian Ellen Baumler. Established in 1870, this penitentiary was built mostly by prison laborers under the direction of its long serving warden Frank Conley. This prison would go on to experience a violent history including the infamous riot in 1959.
Leah Stewart's doll and buggy at the Originial Governor's Mansion, circa 1913-1920
Hidden History Highlighted video #29 with Bobi Harris, MHS Lead Tour Guide, sharing one of her favorite items from the Original Governor's Mansion in Helena, MT. Bobi shares a doll, with a porcelain bisque head on composition body, in a buggy, ca. 1913-1920 (Museum item #X1980.28 and item #2015.52.01, respectively). These belonged to Leah Stewart, one of three daughters of Governor Samuel V. Stewart and Stella Stewart who lived in the Governor's Mansion during most of the 1910s.
ND Former Governor's Mansion: Tribute to Bob Dolajak - Part 1
Robert “Bob” Dolajak Sr., 84, Mandan, passed away at home in the care of hospice on April 9, 2016, surrounded by his family. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 14, at Church of the Ascension, Bismarck, with Monsignor James Braaten as celebrant. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Bismarck.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, with a Knights of Columbus rosary at 7 p.m. followed by a parish vigil, at Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan. Visitation will continue at the church one hour prior to the service on Thursday.
Bob was born in Dickinson on Sept. 10, 1931, to Frank and Frances (Frank) Dolajak. Growing up on a farm seven miles south of Dickinson, he attended the rural school, worked on the family farm and began playing accordion at an early age.
In June 1953, he married Paulina (Pachl) in California and they returned to the farm shortly after. In 1955, he left the farm for a job with Kirschmann Mfg. in Dickinson, and then in 1957 moved to Bismarck when Kirschmann moved its factory here. He worked for Kirschmann Mfg., which later became Melroe, until 1989 when he retired after 32 years.
He is remembered most for his music, starting in a band at age 17. Throughout his music career, he played with many bands, including the Royal Melody Orchestra in the early years and the Dakota Keys Accordion Club in the later years. In 1974, he formed his own band with his daughter, Julie, and over a 40-year span, they played and recorded their music, some years playing 90-100 jobs. They were well known for their style of Polka Mass which they began in 1996 and over the next 10 years played them throughout North Dakota, Montana and in the Mesa, Ariz., area — one year playing 36 Polka Masses. In 2005, he traveled to Kimberly, Canada to the International Accordion Festival and won first place in his age category and played with a group of 644 accordion players. He played at the Minot Hostfest, individually and with the Harvest States Accordion Club for about seven years. In 2012, he was inducted into the Dakota Musicians Association Hall of Fame in Aberdeen, S.D. He joined the American Federation of Musicians (now the Bismarck-Mandan Musicians Association) in 1959, served many years as president, secretary/treasurer and executive board member and at the time of his death was an honorary lifetime member. Bob was generous with his time in providing music for the assisted living and nursing home facilities in and around the Bismarck area.
Much of his time was given doing volunteer work for church and fraternal organizations. He was a member of Ascension Church for more than 30 years. He was honorary and lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus serving as Grand Knight six years and Faithful Navigator of the Fourth Degree Knights for three years. In 1993, Bob’s family was named KC Family of the Year for North Dakota. He was an honorary member of the Elks and served as organist for the Elks from 1987 to the time of his death. He was also a member of the Eagles and Moose fraternities.
Dad was especially proud of the family friendly home he built north of Mandan. His grandchildren will fondly remember weekends and holidays at “the lot” boating, fishing, sliding, swimming, three-wheeling, pool playing and of course eating at Grandpa’s. Many members of the Musicians Association and the KC Fourth Degree will remember the summer picnics he hosted for many years at his place north of Mandan.
Bob helped his son, Bob Jr., open Bob’s Photo and in the beginning served as president of the corporation. He was very proud of the store and how it had grown over the years.
Bob’s surviving family includes his children, Robert (Deborah) Dolajak Jr., Albert (Virginia) Dolajak and Julie (Leo) Ternes, all of Bismarck, and daughter-in-law, Brenda Dolajak, Mandan. His grandchildren include Jessie Dolajak, Lindsey (John) Heinrich, Lee (Kim) Dolajak, Lynne Dolajak, Lizabeth Dolajak and Eric Sellers, all of Bismarck, Lisa (Wade) Pulkrabek, Joshua (Samantha) Dolajak, Miranda (Richard) Klatt, Elijah Dolajak and Isaiah Dolajak, all of Mandan, Chris (Alli) Dolajak, Austin, Texas, Lori (Robert) Ball, Natural Bridge, N.Y., and Lance (Lisa) Dolajak, West Fargo; and 17 great-grandchildren. He also leaves a special friend, Martha Seibel, Lincoln. He is also survived by three sisters, Lorraine Huschka, Helena, Mont., Rosetta Davis, Boise, Idaho, and Elaine Heidecker, Dickinson.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Paulina; his son, Vernon; his grandson, Justin Sellers; one sister, Florence (Vic) Pantaleo; and one brother-in-law, Pius “Pete” Huschka.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to: Ascension Church, North Dakota Knights of Columbus Foundation or Elks Camp Grassick.
House panel votes to kill MT Historical Society museum bill
A Montana House committee Thursday voted to kill the measure that would authorize construction of a new, $48 million museum for the Montana Historical Society in Helena, and increase the state lodging tax to help fund it.
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History Worth Celebrating! Meet some of the dedicated staff of the Montana Historical Society and share their enthusiasm for the history of the great State of Montana.
C-SPAN Cities Tour - Helena: Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs The Lewis and Clark Companion
Learn about Lewis and Clark's journey through Montana and some of the misconceptions about their travels.
Backroads of Montana: Episode 11 - Pancakes and Polo (1998)
Episode #11 of Backroads of Montana hosted by Montana TV & Radio personality, William Marcus.
Get ready for wild rides, wild flowers, and wild stories in this episode. We gape at cowboy polo east of Missoula; walk through a field of wildflowers on Big Hole Pass west of Dillon, listen in at the annual storytellers' conference in Cut Bank, and stop along the way for a bite to eat at Yesterday's Calf-A in Dell. And host William Marcus gives us a tour of the original Governor's Mansion in Helena, built by a businessman in 1888 and residence of governors from 1931 to 1959.
Yesterday’s Calf-A in Dell has expanded next door, replacing the antique collection with a saloon/lounge area. Vi no longer owns the place but they still make homemade pies everyday.
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March Against Meth in Helena Montana
The March Against Meth was an unprecedented event in which more than 2,300 teens led the call for continued funding for the Montana Meth Project. It was the largest teen demonstration in Montana's history, and culminated in the delivery of petitions signed by more than 55,000 Montana residents requesting financial support for the Project from the State Legislature. The petitions were accepted on the steps of the state capitol by Speaker of the House Bob Bergren and state Senate President Robert Story. U.S. Senator Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock were also in attendance.
Historic Champion Mine in the Elliston Mining District, Helena Montana, from the Department of Land
This lode claim was staked by the Department of Land Transfer in 2015 and is for sale. Visit our website at LandTransfer.us.com
Original Governor's Mansion visitors learn WWI era homecrafts
People in Helena got a chance Saturday to experience firsthand how Montanans living through World War I helped with the war effort.
The Montana Historical Society held an event called “Homecrafts on the Home Front” at the Original Governor’s Mansion. Volunteers helped visitors try their hands at work like knitting, spinning yarn and quilting.
About 40,000 Montanans volunteered or were drafted into the military during the war – almost a tenth of the state’s population, and one of the highest service rates in the U.S.
“Montanans were also volunteering to do a lot on the home front as well,” said Maggie Ordon, MHS curator of history. “That ranged from helping out at the Red Cross to hosting fundraisers to planting victory gardens in their backyards and in their communities.”
Ordon said Gov. Sam Stewart’s daughters, then 10, 8 and 6 years old, remembered sewing together knit squares into blankets for soldiers and for war refugees. Others sewed together community quilts that would then be raffled off to raise money for the troops. In one case, a Cascade County community quilt raised $1,000.
“Trying these things is a great way for people to get a physical experience, to really tap into that physical experience of what it was like 100 years ago while a war was going on,” Ordon said.
The Original Governor’s Mansion has held events throughout the year to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I. Ordon said it’s an important time in Montana’s history.
“This gives a chance for people to know what was happening on the home front, and how patriotic and enthusiastic Montanans were,” she said. “But there’s also another element, where there’s a lot of conflict and tension, where a lot of unions and miners were advocating for their rights, too. We hope people get a sense of what it was like 100 years ago living in Montana, and all the different views and opinions and experiences.”
The mansion will be open for tours Tuesday through Saturday, at noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., through Sept. 15. After Sept. 15, it will be open Saturdays only. Admission is $4 for adults and $1 for children.
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