Celebrating History: Celebrating diversity in Havre

With the heat, the Chautauqua just ending, harvest still in full swing and the upcoming Labor Day weekend, there really wasn’t much in The Havre Plaindealer’s Aug. 25, 1917, issue. Wheat crops were paying well, but warnings were issued to safeguard next year’s crop due to the war effort.

One of the things I love most about the Havre area is the incredible diversity of its citizens. People from all over the world joined American Indians whose ancestors had lived here for centuries to create the largest and greatest city on Montana’s Hi-Line, and each brought their own customs with them. Sadly,...