Faces Behind A Stone Wall

Jun 22, 20222 min read

FACES BEHIND A STONE WALL: MURIEL MURPHY

There are multiple stories about the women inmates who were incarcerated at the Montana State Prison, but very few had happy endings....

Jun 12, 20221 min read

DEAF CHARLIE AKA ORLANDO HANKS

Orlando Camillo Hanks, aka: Charley Jones or Deaf Charley was an outlaw in the old west and one of the last and toughest of Butch...

Jun 12, 20222 min read

LUCY CORNFORTH

Lucy is one of our better known female inmates. Her trouble started when Wallace Holbrook, a local sheepherder, wrote a not to the...

Jun 12, 20221 min read

GEORGE HIGHSMITH

On Saturday, May 18, 1895, George Highsmith married Mrs. Kate Monahan of Dillon, MT. Less than a year later on February 27, 1896,...

Jun 12, 20221 min read

PAT HOLLINGSWORTH

The Daily Missoulian reported on Monday November 30, 1936, that a police car had been stolen from right out front of the Missoula police...

Jun 12, 20221 min read

DON WILLIAMS & GEORGE BLEND

Don Williams and George Blend had secured jobs together in Alaska and were excited to start paving their new paths into the future....

Jun 12, 20221 min read

JAMES BROWN

In the fall of 1939, a string of robberies were happening through Butte, Montana. In just under a week someone had robbed the Currie...

Jun 9, 20221 min read

Evelyn Donges & Tom LaFave

When Evelyn Donges was escorted behind the walls of the castle like prison in Deer Lodge, Montana, she became one of the youngest...