Frenchtown Community

Settled in 1857, Frenchtown is one of Montana’s earliest communities. Appearing ahead of the Montana gold rushes and in advance of the railroad, many of Frenchtown’s settlers were closely-connected to the fur trade and many were French-Canadians or ...

Frenchtown Historic Community

In 1831, historic plantations, churches, homesteads, educational institutions, businesses and residences filled this area.

The community has long been occupied by free people of color and other persons of African descent. Following the Civil War many freed slaves migrated into ...