Dillon, MTVisit the Library and Archives I have been going to the Dillon Public Library for over 50 years. The Dillon Public Library was the first Carnegie Library to open in Montana. The doors opened December 27, 1902. Mary Hooker was the founder of the first library in Dillon. She moved to the Dillon area…
Missoula, MTVisit the Library and Archives A women’s club founded the Missoula library, which grew out of an 1882 ladies’ reading group. By 1894, the city library had 500 volumes and had secured public tax support. Six years later, Missoula residents had access to almost 5,000 books from the library’s rented downtown rooms. In 1903,…