Shakespeare in the Park 50th Anniversary: King Lear The Old Montana Prison welcomes Montana Shakespeare in the Parks Friday, July 29th at...

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

Visions of immediate wealth and unlimited riches lured thousands to Montana where, by 1866, the population numbered approximately 28,000....

In 1866, citizens of Virginia City petitioned for the release of a convicted criminal. Apparently, the prohibitive expenses of...

From the very beginning, it was apparent that the new wing failed to satisfy even minimal expectations. The finished wing entailed...

On August 1, 1874, U. S. Marshall Wheeler returned as the Prison's administrator after the operational responsibility was restored to the...

During the early 1840s, at a prison in west central New York "a system of prison administration arose that for over a century wielded an...

On February 22, 1889, President Grover Cleveland signed into law the Omnibus Bill. This bill or enabling act permitted the Dakotas,...

Frank Conley was born on February 28, 1864, the youngest of seven children, at Havre de Grace, Maryland. In 1880, he left Maryland for...

This small article ran in the August 1922 issue of Popular Science Magazine, demonstrating that the "Oregon Boot" was still in regular...

Did you know that the wall of the Old Montana State Prison is actually the oldest standing structure of the complex? Entirely built with...

ARTICLE TAKEN FROM THE APRIL 1939 ISSUE OF THE MONTANA STANDARD NEWSPAPER. "Tonight, as the shades of darkness draw quietly about the...