Barbara Behan
Barbara C. Behan, M.A., is an independent researcher in Missoula, Montana. She has researched Montana’s territorial African American communities as a research fellow for the Montana Committee for the Humanities, results of which are forthcoming in the Journal of African American History. She also prepared the nomination for the listing of the Great Falls, Montana African Methodist Church on the National Register of Historic Places.
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James Presley Ball (1825-1904)
The daguerreotypist James Presley (J.P.) Ball was born in 1825 in Virginia, probably a Freeman. As a young man he...
Leonard “Kip” Rhinelander Trial (1925)
The New Rochelle, New York annulment trial of Leonard “Kip” Rhinelander and his wife, Alice Jones Rhinelander, was a much-publicized...
Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Montana (1890- )
The Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church in Great Falls, Montana, is one of the state’s oldest active churches. It is also...
Montana Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs (1921-1972)
The Montana Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs was a voice for Montana’s African American community for half a century, from...
Taylor Emmanuel Gordon (1893-1971)
Taylor Emmanuel Gordon was born in 1893 in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, one of six children of a cook and a...
Millie Ringold (1845-1906)
Millie Ringold was a gold prospector, boarding house proprietor, and long-time resident of the Yogo mining district in the Little Belt Mountains...
