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Tales from Montana's
Sun River Country
Tales from Montana's Sun River Country from Choteau to the Dearborn River is a collection of original short stories created from writings in old newspapers dating back to the 1880s including the Choteau Acantha that will entertain and inform both Montana residents and visitors alike. Learn about the people, climate and landscape of the Sun River country from the city of Choteau south to the Dearborn River, from true yarns spun about the region's memorable events, tragedies, crimes, agriculture, government projects and weather.

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Tales from Montana's
Rocky Mountain Front
Tales from Montana's Rocky Mountain Front is a collection of original short stories created from writings in old newspaper columns including the Choteau Acantha that will entertain and inform both Montana residents and visitors. It captures stories from the 1870s to 1935. Learn about the people, climate and landscape along the Rocky Mountain Front from true yarns spun about the region's Native Americans, settlers, heroes and ne're-do-wells, along with hail, floods, fires and grizzly bears.

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Tales from Montana's
Teton County
Tales from Montana's Teton County is the second in a series, a collection of original short stories created from writings starting about the 1920s through the war years, in old newspaper columns including the Choteau Acantha. The subjects are tragedies, crimes, veterans, heroes and villains, along with lore about hail, floods, fires and grizzly bears.

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Tales from Choteau Montana
Tales from Choteau Montana is a collection of original short stories created from writings dating back to the 1880s in old newspapers including the Choteau Acantha that will entertain and inform both Montana residents and visitors alike. Learn about the people, climate and cityscape of Choteau, Montana, from true yarns spun about its memorable events, tragedies, crimes, businesses, government officials, veterans, heroes and villains.

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The Birch Creek Hangings and other Montana Tales from Choteau to Glacier Park
A collection of original short stories created from writings in old newspapers dating back to the 1880s including the Choteau Acantha that will entertain and inform both Montana residents and visitors alike. Learn about the people, climate and landscape from the city of Choteau north to the Blackfeet Reservation and Glacier National Park, from true yarns spun about the region's memorable events, tragedies, crimes, businesses, government officials, veterans, heroes and villains.

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Pioneers of Northeastern Illinois

In the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor one may find northeastern Illinois history, Irish genealogy, gravestone art in pioneer cemeteries and the history of the earliest Catholic priests to minister along the canal. Irish immigrants came to northeastern Illinois in 1836 to build the canal and stayed to build communities. They lived,worked and died along the I & M Canal and are buried in Catholic cemeteries such as the St. James at Sag Bridge Cemetery near Lemont, Illinois.

Search your Irish roots and explore the cultural heritage that the canal represents to Illinois history. Canal Heritage Enterprises offers: