MZF0878.xml Guide to the History of Broadwater County Illustrated Narrative1958 History of Broadwater County Illustrated Narrative Kim Allen Scott, 2016. Anne Foster Montana State University Library, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscript Collections 2025
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-04-03. Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Montana State University Library, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscript Collections History of Broadwater County illustrated narrative Heberle, Lawrence S. 0878 10 items 1958 Circa 1900 Lawrence S. Haberle was a Lietuenant Colonel in the U. S. Army and a published historian, who grew up in Townsend, Montana, the county seat of Broadwater County. The History of Broadwater County illustrated narrative was written by Lawrence S. Haberle for a 1958 Montana history class at Montana State College. The narrative details the history of Broawater County, Montana, and the towns of Toston, Radersburg, Hassel Winston, Centerville, Canton, Bedford, Diamond City, and White City. Photographs include images of the mining ghost towns of Diamond City, Montana, and White City, Montana, taken by Haberle in 1958. Collection materials are in English

Lawrence S. Heberle was born April 1st of 1939, in Townsend, Broadwater County, Montana, to Lloyd Haberle and Thelma Heberle. After growing up in Townsend, he attended Montana State College in Bozeman, Montana, graduating with a BA in industrial arts and a minor in history. He served in th U. S. Army from 1961 to 1992, retiring as a Liutenant Colonel. A published historian, his work included research on Montana forts as part of the 1974-1976 Bicentennial History Project for the 50th Military History Detachment of the U.S. Army Reserve. He married Rebecca Emma Loney, also of Townsend, Montana, on April 14, 1963. The couple had two daughters: Jamie and Kristy. Heberle died September 11, 2020 and was buried in Meadow View Cemetery in Manhattan, Montana.

The History of Broadwater County is an illustrated narrative of Broadwater County, Montana, and "its people, places and events." Included in the essay are sketches of the towns and communities of Toston, Radersburg, Hassel Winston, Centerville, Canton, Bedford, Diamond City, and White City. Among the nine original photographs used as illustrations are images of the mining ghost towns of Diamond City, Montana, and White City, Montana, taken in 1958 by Heberle, with his notations on the verso. Two images were not taken by Herle and are likely copies of vintage prints. Diamond City was the orignal county seat for Meagher County, Montana Territory; it is now part of Broadwater County, which was established from the eastern portion of Meagher County in 1897. A freshman at Montana State College in the fall of 1958, Haberle was enrolled in a Montana history class for which he wrote this paper, focusing on the county in which his hometown of Townsend, Montana, serves as the county seat.

This collection is open for research.

A photocopy of an original student research paper and original photographs created by Lawrence S. Heberle were donated to Montana State University by him in the fall of 1970.

This collection was processed 2016 September 23

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 Montana--Broadwater County (Mont.) Montana--History Montana Mining camps--Montana--Meagher County Photographs Montana City and Town Life Narratives (document genres) Photographs Photographs History of Broadwater County 1 "OLD Robbie," last remaining resident of Diamond City 1 1958 2 First church in Broadwater County 2 1958 2 Headstone of B. F. Snelling 3 2 Wooden grave maker 4 2 Diamond City cemetery 5 2 Diamond City cemetery 6 2 White City place marker 7 2 Lawrence S. Heberle standing next to the White City place marker 8 2 City Hotel, Diamond City 9 circa 1900 2