Phillips County Museum News for June 17, 2015

Opening the mail…..such a trivial item in one’s day yet the thrill of that unexpected contact, the hope of the million dollar check, the surprise of the unknown awaits each of us. The Montana Historical Society recently opened a brown postage due envelope that amazed and surprised them. The envelope had no return address but held one of the most exciting donations ever received at MHS. 2015 is the 150th Anniversary of MHS, as it was created in 1865, by the Montana Territorial Legislature. And what does this have to do with the envelope…….well…..the “original signed act”...