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Grizzly Bear Activity in the Five Valleys Area

Online , United States

“Missoula’s First Resident Grizzly Family Gets in Trouble Quick” read the headlines of the Missoulian in the Fall of 2021. Bears and bear activity have been a significant issue in Missoula for years now, but there is a new sense of importance now that grizzlies have established themselves in the North Hills and, therefore, as […]

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Grizzly Bear Activity in the Five Valleys Area

Online , United States

“Missoula’s First Resident Grizzly Family Gets in Trouble Quick” read the headlines of the Missoulian in the Fall of 2021. Bears and bear activity have been a significant issue in Missoula for years now, but there is a new sense of importance now that grizzlies have established themselves in the North Hills and, therefore, as […]

$20

Indian Forts and Religious Icons: The Buffalo Road Trail

Online , United States

The Buffalo Road Trail along the Blackfoot River was used for centuries by Columbia Plateau Indians to access buffalo hunting grounds east of the Continental Divide. Ancient campsites, peeled trees, rock cairns, and unique stone features are the “landscape signatures” that denote the trail’s location today. Captain Meriwether Lewis, Jesuit missionary Nicolas Point, and General […]

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A Social History of Montana’s Hot Springs

Osher Lifelong Institute at the University of Montana (MOLLI) 32 Campus Drive, James E. Todd Building, Missoula, MT, United States

Montana’s hot springs and hot water resorts bubble with fascinating histories of Native American legends, miraculous curative properties, isolated wilderness soaks, and glittering spas. Crude bathhouses built by early settlers in the 1800s gave way to ornate bathing resorts and social gathering centers. Some of these palatial resorts featured luxurious furnishings and services rivaling those […]

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CSI and Forensic Science: Determining the Time of Death

Osher Lifelong Institute at the University of Montana (MOLLI) 32 Campus Drive, James E. Todd Building, Missoula, MT, United States

This presentation will cover the critical factors at a violent crime scene that the investigator needs to document and photograph so the forensic pathologist can accurately determine the manner and cause of death. The information recorder can also assist in estimating the time of death. NOTE: There will be images that may be disturbing to […]

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Manifest Destiny: Native Expulsion and Westward Migration

Online , United States

Even though the phrase "manifest destiny" was not used in print until 1845, the spirit of American expansionism that it referred to was very apparent long before the 1840s. In fact, Americans had been talking about pushing westward as if it was their destiny ever since the newcomers in Jamestown began eyeing the land which […]

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Taming Infinity

Osher Lifelong Institute at the University of Montana (MOLLI) 32 Campus Drive, James E. Todd Building, Missoula, MT, United States

The concept of infinity has bedeviled theologians, philosophers, artists and scientists through the ages. Humans struggle to understand things that have no bounds, no boundary, no limit, no end. Indeed, engagement with infinity traverses the history of cosmology, astronomy, physics and theology. This talk will guide participants through a mathematical way of looking at infinity, […]

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