Resources Available for Powell County Lookups

RESOURCES
POWELL COUNTY, MT

William K. Kohrs Memorial Library
501 Missouri Avenue
Deer Lodge, Montana 59722

Library Hours: TWT-2-8, F-10-5, S-1-5,
Closed Sun & Mon

Fax and Phone: 406-846-2622
e-mail: kohrs@imine.net

GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES
AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH

IN-LIBRARY USE ONLY:

Leeson, History of Montana (1885)
Miller, History of Montana (1894)
Progressive Men of Montana
Sanders, History of Montana (1913)
Stout, Montana, Its Story and Biography
Society of Montana Pioneers
Look Out West! "Here Comes Robert Dempsey" 1848-1908 Hope Mommer
Conrad Kohrs; An Autobiography
Historic Resource Study....Kohrs & Bielenberg Home Ranch, Grant Kohrs
Ranch Nat'l. Historic Site, John Albright
Forty Years On The Frontier/Granville Stuart
History of Garrison/Alfred E. Gerdts
Gold Creek Bonanza/Bert Hanson
Profile of Early Ovando, 1878-1900 / Hazel Jacobsen
Pioneers of the Blackfoot Valley / Ovando School, 1952

Deer Lodge...In the Beginning / W. T. Beaumont

Historical Sketch of Deer Lodge City, Montana - Commemorating
100 Years of Progress
The History of the Deer Lodge Valley to 1870 / Va. Speck
Our Neighborhood: Newsy & Nosey / Avon Get Together Club 1949
Our Neighborhood (Avon) / Avon Get Together Club 1977
Collection of Powell County High School Year Books
Very Close To Trouble: The Memoirs of Johnny Grant / Ed. by Lyndel Meikle
"Deer Lodge On Parade" / Video (made from 1939 promotional film reel)
Miscellaneous vertical files
Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana - Vols. 1-10
Montana, The Land and the People / Robert George Raymer, 1930
A History of Montana / Merrill G. Burlingame & K. Ross Toole, 1957
History of Montana / M. A. Leeson, 1739-1885
The Saga of the Morrisites / C. LeRoy Anderson

NEWSPAPERS:

Montana Post - published Virginia City, Montana Territory - 1864-1869, Microfilm
New Northwest - published in Deer Lodge, MT - Hard copy 1869-1885, Microfilm 1869-1896 (covered all of western Montana)
Silver State/Silver State Post -published Deer Lodge, MT - Hard copy 1890-present.
Powell County Post -1917-1918, 1920-1923 Hard Copy
Powell County Call - 1905-1907 - Microfilm and Hard copy
Powell County Record (Elliston), (1902-1905) microfilm

CIRCULATING...

Where It All Began - Powell County history.
Our Neighborhood - history of Avon & Blackfoot City

Powell County Genealogical Society
912 Missouri Avenue
Deer Lodge, MT 59722

Genealogical resources available - will do lookups:

1870 Census Index for Montana Territory

1880 Census Index for Montana Territory

1910 Census Index for Powell County, Montana

Marriage Records - Deer Lodge County 1865-1880

Marriages-Powell County 1901-1990

BDM-Extracts from New Northwest 1869-1890

1890 Voter Register

Where It All Began - Powell County history.

1917-World War I Registration for Draft-810 Powell County men.