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The grave of Minnie Neal, who died and was buried in 1869 in the old Lincoln Gulch Cemetery has a newly reconstructed fence back in place around her grave. Her grave was one of three from the pioneer mining era that had picket fences around them, and the only one of them identified by a headstone. Lewis and Clark County Heritage Preservation Officer Pam Attardo, joined by Mary Webb and Emory Padgett with Preserve Montana worked to rebuild the fences during a visit Oct. 16 and...
Judith Diane Jones was known to all as Judy and so help you if you called her Judith or made fun of Joe Montana. She was born in Bremerton, Washington to Lillian and Willard Eaton. Her dad was a Navy Man, and she grew up as a Navy brat and proud of it. Because he was in the military, she moved around quite a bit from California to Guam. So, if you said you were from California, so was she, but her first love was the Mountains of Montana. She finished her schooling in Lincoln,...
As the only one of the three fenced graves with a name on it, Minnie Neal's final resting place has stood out from the others. With hand-cut diamond-shaped pickets and diamond-shaped finials on the corner posts, it was one of the two most ornate graves in the pioneer section of historic Lincoln Gulch Cemetery. Over the years, a local legend about the grave said that Minnie was a dance hall girl whose perfume could still be smelled at the cemetery on certain nights. Others...
HELENA, Mont. – November 24, 2023 – It is the most wonderful time of the year on the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest! Once again, our Forest Service offices and districts are providing Christmas/holiday tree permits for the season. "This permit provides communities a fun way to create adventures and family traditions on their local forest," said Forest Supervisor Emily Platt. Permits can be purchased online or in person at our Forest Service offices located in Hel...
Danny C. Wallace "Dan or WALLY" of Lincoln Mont. passed away in his home surrounded by his family on Nov. 9 2023. He was 72 years old. His family and many friends are missing his presence in their life. Dan was born Nov. 11,1950 in Soap Lake, Wash. He was the third child of Arnold and Laurene Wallace. Dan grew up in Ephrata, Wash. and he had many fond stories of his childhood. I n 1971, after Dan had traveled around the United States and Mexico, he came home to Ephrata. With...
A talented self-taught chainsaw artist, free hand drawer, watercolor painter, and skilled woodworker was always learning new skills and forever blessing us with beautiful art for all to enjoy. She had her own personal chainsaw art display at the bottom of her property and donated many pieces to Lincoln and close friends. Connie, 67, of Lincoln, Montana, rejoined her dad Calvin, peacefully in her Montana home on Oct. 27, 2023. Connie was born in Mansfield, Ohio in 1956 to...
Gene Frank "Joe" Youderian, 81, of Lincoln passed away on Nov. 9, 2023. He was born Sept. 2, 1942, to Gene and Martha Youderian in Great Falls Mont. prior to his family moving to Oklahoma where his father was stationed. In 1948, the Youderians moved to Lincoln, Mont., where Joe lived for all but a handful of years. Joe grew up in an outfitting family, finding joy in the outdoors and alongside animals. In his younger years, Joe was active in Lincoln's 4-H club showing horses...
Arriving in Washington, D.C., Judge Sidney Edgerton consulted with President Lincoln and found him agreeable to the idea of a new territory in the Rockies. More important, Edgerton discovered that his friend and fellow Ohioan, Congressman James M. Ashley, had already begun work on a bill to form the new territory. Ashley, who chaired the House Committee on Territories, had the power to make his wishes felt. His political muscle and reports of the area's wealth of gold, which...
The Lincoln Community Hall is now recruiting for its Board of Directors to serve the Hall during the coming year. The seven-member Board meets every other month beginning in January 2024. This is a one-year term January through December. If anyone is interested in adding their name to be considered through the annual election process, please contact Ernie or Renee Lundberg at 406-362-4072 prior to December 22, 2023. We encourage anyone who has an interest in preserving one of...
Lincoln grade school students hit the road on Halloween to make the rounds of downtown businesses in search of treats. the halloween walk gives kids a chance to trick or treat under the watchful eyes of their teachers and parents as they visit businesses to fill their bags with candy. Halloween walks have been a tradition for Lincoln kids for decades. Although it's not clear when businesses began handing out candy, the event can be traced back to at least the late 1960s, with...
Maurice Wayne "Rusty" VerHoeven, 85, born to Pete and Anne VerHoeven on Aug. 24, 1938, passed away on Oct. 31, 2023, at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls, Montana. He leaves behind a legacy of love, laughter, and countless memories that will forever be treasured by those who knew him. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023 at Eastgate Funeral Service, 2302 East Divide Ave, Bismarck. Visitation will begin one hour prior to service. Interment will take...
Prescribed burns near Lincoln, including about 70 acres at Baldy Pasture and roughy 100 acres near Ethel Gulch, sent up plumes of smoke over the weekend. The smoke could be seen from throughout the valley and the surrounding region, with the plume from the Ethel Gulch burn clearly visible from Highway 141 just north of Avon Sunday, Oct. 8....
Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild marked their 10th season last month with the return of some familiar faces who created two new installations in a 15-acre expansion to the sculpture park. “Two new installations will bring our total for art installations in the park to 24,” BPSW President Becky Garland told the dozens of visitors who showed up Sept. 23, for the new sculpture launch. “The other thing we’re really really happy about is that we just signed on with th...
Tour some of western Montana's most amazing artist studios while driving through the explosive fall color of our region's Tamaracks during the 22nd annual Tour of the Arts. Alpine Artisans offers this self-guided artist studio tour on October 14-15. Saturday hours are 10-5 pm, and Sunday from noon to 5 pm. This free tour stretches from Condon through Seeley Lake to Ovando and Lincoln, Montana. The tour features 10 studios and galleries and over 20 artists showing and...
Lincoln Schools is accepting bids for SNOW REMOVAL services for the 2023-2024 school year. Contractor must provide proof of liability insurance. Some but not all specifications are as follows: ● Remove accumulations of 4 inches or more by 6:00 A.M. and as necessary throughout the school day. ● Remove snow from perimeter of school buildings as directed. ● Distribute snow to perimeters of parking areas without causing damage to surround fence. ● School District will be a prior...
Members of the Northern Rockies Blacksmith Association came to Jason Valler's shop in Lincoln for their fall conference from Sept. 15-17. The conference was an oppeortuntiy for new blacksmiths to learn the craft and for members to practice and refine their skills....
LINCOLN, Mont. - The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) would like to announce and invite the public to comment on a proposal to repair erosion that has occurred on the Blackfoot Riverbank next to Montana Highway 200 (MT 200), located about three miles west of Lincoln. The project is located 500 feet south of the intersection with Lone Point Drive, halfway between mile markers 67 and 68. The purpose of the project is to restore and stabilize the riverbank to protect the roadway. Construction is tentatively planned...
Helena – This year, Wild Montana will offer a fall Wilderness Walks season for the first time as part of the organization's effort to provide year-round educational opportunities. The free group outings combine education with wilderness experiences on public lands. Participants can graze on wild berries, marvel at constellations, summit a peak, and write poetry, all in the name of conservation and community. "Thanks to our amazing volunteers, we're offering fall Wilderness Wal...
So, what's going on at Rusty Relics and the BVD? Well, it's past time to explain. To begin with - if it's not already clear – both our store and the BVD office is temporarily closed. For the next few weeks as we'll be work on a rebuilding project. Contrary to rumors, the new construction that began in June behind Rusty Relics isn't a huge hair salon, strip club or whatever else people are saying. It's actually just the back half of a new, energy efficient building. We c...
Thank you to everyone who donated clothes and to everyone who shopped for clothes. Thank you to the wonderful volunteers who quickly unboxed and distributed donations to the appropriate tables and hanging racks and who worked throughout the week to monitor, re-fold and organize. Where would we be without you?! Renee Campbell, Sandy Caudill, Linda Dresback, Toni Eckart, Sue Howsmon, Ken and Gwen Nelson, April Ninahuanca, Debbie Rauber, Amanda Robinson, Linda Sorem and Heidi...
Elizabeth Maureen "Enie" Fisher She was given life by wonderful parent Maurice and Thelma Dineen on Aug. 25, 1941, in Helena, Mont. She was greeted by two older sisters, Mary Lou and Jen who were waiting anxiously to meet their baby sister. Maureen grew up and went to school in Helena. She started ballet at a young age with Blanche Judge. She became a Prima Ballerina and was offered a position in the Royal Canadian Ballet, shortly before graduating in 1959 from Cathedral High...
HEART BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 8, 2023 - The Sidney Fire is estimated to be just under 50 acres and is burning approximately 21 miles southwest of Browning in Pondera County. The Rocky Mountain Ranger District trail crew first reported the fire late in the afternoon on Aug. 1. "It is necessary to close trails adjacent to the fire for public safety," said Rocky Mountain District Ranger Mike Munoz. Forest order # 01-15-01 -23-17 closes several trails on the Rocky Mountain Ranger...
Joseph Paul Perry passed away the evening of July 28, 2023, at the age of 92 years. Joe was born on Oct. 5, 1930, in Evansville, Ind. to Emma (Meisler) and Isaac Perry. Joe had two younger siblings, sister, Joyce and brother, Emil. He did not remember much about his biological father, but recognized Pearl Hodges, Emma's later husband, as his father. Joe joined the Air Force at an early age and was stationed in Hawaii before being transferred to Malmstrom Air Force Base in...
LINCOLN, Mont., August 4, 2023 - The Rogers Pass Fire, burning just southeast of Lincoln, Montana, is estimated to be 46 acres. The fire was first reported late in the afternoon on August 1 and aviation resources from the Forest Service and Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) responded with aviation and ground resources. "We are appreciative of all the support we have received from our partners at Montana DNRC and the Wolf Creek Volunteer Fire...
The eldest daughter of Leonard and Mary Lambkin, Virginia was born in Great Falls in 1921, and spent much of her life in Lincoln, growing up at her parents' hotel, the now -iconic Hotel Lincoln and Lambkins of Lincoln Bar and Restaurant. Virginia was born with intense beauty, intelligence, a great sense of humor, and real grit. Virginia navigated through life with confidence and pride, and because of these traits she greatly influenced those lucky enough to be in her...
