1st editions of the three-volume series of documented regional history of the lower Clark Fork River valley in northwestern Montana, circa 1860s-1930, are out-of-print and rare collectibes. They are reproduced here with only a few of the 1000 photographs from the homesteaders private albums ~~~~~[SCROLL the LABELS to Volumes & Chapters IN RIGHT HAND PANEL to locate them] Contact: Mona Leeson Vanek, 13505 E. Broadway Ave., Apt. 243, Spokane Valley, WA 99216
BEHIND THESE MOUNTAINS
Sunday, January 23, 2011
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I'd have liked to be there when Mona Vanek turned her attention to history, tagged along to listen as she flagged folks down or knocked on a front door during Sunday dinner and stayed long enough for the family photo album to appear. From the beginning she seems to have been of a single mind: to record the personal histories of her neighbors and preserve a time that might have otherwise been lost. Her accomplishment, however, extends beyond the boundaries of Montana's Sanders County because it captures the people and the time as uniquely American. The details might differ, but state to state, folks were facing the same challenges. The first-hand accounts are so telling in their simplicity that they go to the core of who we were as a people. Congratulations, Mona. You deserve the continuing accolades. I enjoyed your series immensely.
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