Next Meeting is May/21/25 6:00pm at Zier Art Gallery. Bridger, Montana
HISTORICAL FIELD TRIPS
Fieldtrips and Photos from Fantastic Sites around Bridger, MT.
Fieldtrip Highlights
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Bridger Historical Society Structures to Save
Historical Projects
These projects focus on saving Bridger's wild west history, and the flavor of the early town. If you feel moved to donate to help with any of these projects, Contact Bridger Historicall Society @ P.O. Box 504, Bridger, MT 59014 Bridger Historical Society is a tax deductible 501c3 organization.
JENNINGS_MAHR CABIN
Historic cabin of F.D. Jennings and later the Charles and Margaret Mahr family.
Friends of Chief Plenty Coups and Buffalo Bill, soldier of General Custer... these settlers had strong western roots, sturdy personalities and humor to go with it all.
TEESDALE HOUSE
Eligible for the National Registry, this two-story house was the first frame-built, clapboard building near the town of Bridger, MT by some of the earliest settlers of the town. The wood freighted in to build the town was stored at this site. The family knew Calamity Jane who ate at their cafe and helped herself once to food in the cellar.
It is a priority project with much preliminary work to be completed.
MEMORIAL PARK TOWN HALL BUILDING AND PARK
This more permanent town hall replaced the earliest log town hall of Bridger. It was a grand design collaboration between the Bridger Commercial Club, private citizens, the WPA and the Town of Bridger in the late 1940s. Ornamented with massive chunks of petrified wood from nearby areas, the building also boasted a large fireplace inside. The park structures also were ornamented with petrified wood and once had rose gardens, a fish pond and a fountain. Three historic water pump houses are al
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Open Meeting 2/21/24
Discussion of the Teesdale Home Restoration to assess any environmental impact.
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