Bear Bones Historians

04/18/2022

Leiser's Footsteps museum exhibit has moved to The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library at the University of Montana.

From early April through May you can explore important Jewish and Salish lives that made their mark in Missoula, and in the world.

01/19/2022

Leiser's Footsteps Museum Exhibit is now on display on the top floor at the Missoula Public Library. If you missed your chance to see it last year at the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula, here's your opportunity.

06/15/2020

Our Salish exhibit is now hanging in the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula. It reveals the lives of three important Salish elders that made their mark on history.

03/25/2020

Documentary of Jewish history in the Wild West.

It’s not enough to build an exhibit. We are currently collaborating with Amanda Kinsey, who is busy producing a documentary about Jews of the Wild West for general release. We will be including this revealing, insightful documentary into our museum presentation. Amanda uses footage of Jewish ranchers, cowboys and cowgirls, and weaves their stories into the narrative. These people are the great grandchildren of early Jewish settlers in the West. Get ready for a wild ride!
Please visit our exhibit at: bearboneshistorians.org

03/16/2020

While so many of us are sitting at home wondering what to do, visit bearboneshistorians.org and learn about how these extaordinary Jewish settlers in Missoula overcame their struggles to accomplish so much. Leiser's Footsteps museum exhibit is on display at the historical Museum at Fort Missoula. Please share with friends and family. -Paul

03/12/2020

Bert and I have been invited to see the interior space of the new Missoula Public library in June. The object is to decide what space works best for exhibiting Leiser's Footsteps museum exhibit. We're planning on a Fall opening.

03/10/2020

When this exhibit at the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula comes to a close, it will migrate to the newly constructed Missoula Public Library space for the Fall.

03/07/2020

After spending so much time and effort into research, and more research building and designing this exhibit, Bert and I are both thrilled by the article, written by PJ Grisar for the Forward. We just want to send our thanks to the other important members of the Bear Bones Historians team that made t...

03/07/2020

https://forward.com/culture/440930/montana-jews-missoula-exhibit-history/?fbclid=IwAR1ae3BBuRK26gduB_plPVPI-UO7EoyiqrPFLSZUF26Dk3BkhO0dYujSa8Q

When the 1860s Montana gold rush ended, the Jews of the territory were just getting started.