We Made Our Stake: An African American Mining Community in Homestake, Montana @MontanaHistoricalSociety

Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

In this talk, historian Kristen Steadman discusses the Brown and Flagg families of Homestake, Whitehall, and Butte, how they came to Montana, staked their home, and kept it from 1884 to the present day. Her presentation discusses their contributions through mining, community advocacy, voting, athletics, and more.

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