Projects
Swan Valley Homesteaders' Family Trees
As a tribute to all the homesteaders and early settlers who toiled to eke out a living in Swan Valley, USVHS highlights a local family with deep and lasting connections to our community. The family trees are on display at the Swan Valley Museum and 12x18" prints are available for purchase.
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Anderson Family Tree
Clothier Family Tree
Fox Family Tree
Holland Family Tree
Hollopeter Family Tree
Holmes Family Tree
Johnson Family Tree
Kaser Family Tree
Whalen Family Tree
Wilhelm Family Tree
Holland Family Visits Swan Valley Museum
Over thirty family members of the first Swan Valley homesteaders’, Benjamin and Charles Holland, visited the Swan Valley Museum on July 27, 2023, with Steve and Sharon Lamar to learn more about their ancestors’ lives in the Swan Valley and share their knowledge of the family history.
Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project Audio Transcripts
This collection includes 56 interviews with residents of the Swan Valley, Montana, detailing the agricultural, ranching, forest service, logging and outfitting activities in the area. The interviews were conducted from 1998 to 2009 by Suzanne M. Vernon, Samantha Epstein, Jeanell Innerarity, Kit Johnston and Adam Lieberg. The interviewees discuss specific locations such as Lindbergh Lake, Salmon Prairie, and Gordon Ranch as well as broader subjects including Swan Valley community, recreation, schools, churches and wildlife. The original interviews are held as Oral History collection OH 422 at Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula.
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