Local Authors In Conversation- Brenda Wahler

28 West Main Street,Bozeman MT 59715

11 May, 2023

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In our IN CONVERSATION series we are inviting our community to join incredible local authors in conversation about a recent title. This month we are excited to announce Brenda Wahler's book MARCUS DALY'S ROAD TO MONTANA. Rachel Phillips, the Research Coordinator at Gallatin History Museumat Country Bookshelf on Thursday, May 11th, at 6pm. Born in 1841 to tenant farmers, Marcus Daly came from rural Ireland to New York as a boy. Having learned the big city’s harsh lessons, he traveled west to the gold and silver mining camps of California, Nevada, Utah and Montana. Then, a spectacular discovery in the Anaconda mine made him one of Montana’s famed Copper Kings. Yet his early life remained shrouded in myth. Daly was famed for his machinations in state politics and shaping Butte into the “Richest Hill on Earth,” but his path from farm boy to mining king has been overlooked. For the first time, author Brenda Wahler brings his secretive and formative early years to life. Brenda Wahler is a fourth-generation Montanan. An attorney, historian and equine consultant, she and her husband live near Helena, Montana. Wahler is also the author of Montana Horse Racing: A History (2019). Rachel Phillips is the Research Coordinator at Gallatin History Museum. At the Gallatin History Museum you can step back in time and learn about Gallatin County’s heritage. In addition to jail cells and a hanging gallows, the museum maintains displays illustrating the unique histories of a variety of people who have called Southwest Montana home. Permanent exhibits include the infamous Big Horn Gun, a lifesize Pioneer cabin, exhibits on women, agriculture, music and the history of the jail.