Brother Van House Museum

By Suzanne Waring Great Falls is the home of one of Montana’s most famous pioneers. William Wesley Van Orsdel, or more fondly known as Brother Van, came to Montana on the Far West steamboat in [...]

Gold Mountain

By Catharine Melin-Moser Great discoveries of gold set in motion a westward migration of 30,000 hopeful Americans to California in 1849. The event also encouraged a mass immigration of people [...]