Big Horn City September SCLT Explore History Program

Blacksmith shop in Big Horn, which houses the Bozeman Trail Museum

Big Horn City~ Between Massacre Hill & the Montana Line is the title of the September SCLT Explore History Program. On September 13, beginning at 10:30 a.m., the SCLT Explore History program, in conjunction with the Hub on Smith, will present a tour of Big Horn City and the O.P. Hanna cabin.

The Hanna cabin was built by O.P. Hanna, in 1878, the first homesteader in what is now Big Horn, and the first permanent settler in what later became Sheridan County.

According to the information from SCLT, Hanna built his cabin near a clear stream with a view of the Big Horn Mountains. He dedicated years as a founding father of business and local government.

The tour will be hosted by the Big Horn City Historical Society and included is a visit to the Bozeman Trail Museum that is housed in a building constructed in 1879 by the Rock Creek Stage Line and was the local blacksmith shop.

Items of interest in the museum are dental tools, a pump organ, portions of the 1881 post office, artwork, photograph multiplex of pioneer families, blacksmith and farm implements, Indian artifacts, and other collectibles from local families.

There is a maximum of 11 participants. Sign up by emailing amunford@thehubsheridan.org

This Explore History program offers open conversation for community members to share their memories or historical information about these sites. The Explore History program is generously funded by the Next50 Initiative.