Upcoming and Past Events

Wednesday Evening Programs

Old Trail Museum will continue to provide Wednesday evening programs throughout the summer months. We have not  confirmed our program dates and the presenters for the 2021 season .   Please watch the Choteau Acantha for further details.

Wild Game Feed

We are very excited about our Wild Game Feed Potluck that will be held on  March 20, 2021.  The event will be held in the   Rocky Mountain Convention Center at the Stage Stop Inn in Choteau beginning at 5:30 pm.  This event will  include a no host bar, potluck, silent auction and live auction.  The potluck features wild game prepared by some participants but is not limited to just wild game.  People are encouraged to bring all kinds of non-wild dishes too.  We hope to have a wonderful turnout for this event.  With the Potluck being held in the  convention center we will have so much more room to enjoy the meal and to view the auction items. This event is scheduled but is contingent on the health guidelines at that time due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Interpretive Tours of the Old North Trail

Four interpretive tours of the Old North Trail will be offered this summer.  These tours will be led by Dave and V.V. Shea, Alf Wiseman and David Hartman.  The dates have not been set for the 2021 season.    Times and dates will also  be published in the Great Falls Tribune Hot Ticket and the Choteau Acantha closer to the time of events. If you have not had the opportunity to go on one of these tours now is the time to sign up.  These tours are so informative and brings you back to the late 1800's and early 1900's and how our pioneers lived and where they lived.  There are many artifacts still there. Sign up sheets will be available at the Museum after it opens in May.  This event may be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will keep you posted.

Schoolhouse Rental

We have a new look to the School House.  It has been painted, carpets have been cleaned, we put up new curtains and took many photos out of the archives and hung them on the walls. It looks so nice. The Old Trail Museum board wants to let the public know that the Schoolhouse at the museum is available for a minimal rental fee. This is a great place to hold small parties, meetings and other events as there is a full kitchen, bathroom, meeting room and a deck and large lawn area in the back.  Contact the museum at 406-466-5332 if you are interested in renting the building.

New Dinoaaur Bone

Amazing Toys in Great Falls closed their business and in this store was a scapula bone from a Capatopsian Dinosaur.  Anyone interested in the bone needed to write up a request letter and the owners Dave and Diana Campbell would determine who received it.  Old Trail Museum was the recipient of the donated bone.  So come see our new display.  We thank Dave and Diana very much for this new (old) bone.

Upcoming and Past Events

Old North Trail – Montana ~Tours 2021  (May be Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

Old Trail Museum board members, Alf Wiseman and Dave and V.V. Shea and David Hartman have offered to lead and narrate four one day tours of the Old North Trail, located along the mountain front west of Choteau.

Two tours will be North and Two South of the Teton River. Each tour will be a 6-7 hour driving/walking educational adventure that will begin near the Teton River. Short walks are optional if anyone is physically limited they can remain in a vehicle. Lunch will not be provided, so bring your own food and drink.

 Suggested donations for each tour will be $25 for an adult and $10 for a child/student. Participants will need to provide their own transportation but carpooling will be encouraged. We will meet at 7:30 am on each date at the Old Trail Museum and plan to leave Choteau by 8:00 am.

The history of the Old North Trail will be discussed. On the North Tour you will be able to see the Big Ring, Tepee Rings, Vision Quest sites, Eagle Trap, Antelope Butte Cairns and several sections of the Old North Trail.

On the South Tour you will see Big Bear’s cabin, adjacent North Trail and markers, the Metis Cemetery and History Sign, Buffalo Drive Cairn lanes, Tepee Rings, the Pothole Archaeological site, Buffalo Jump sites, Eagle Trap and Old North Trail segments. In addition, on both tours we will discuss the geology, local flora, and wildlife as we go.

Please consider joining in on this wonderful opportunity to learn and see this unique history of our area. All proceeds will directly benefit the continued operation of the Old Trail Museum.

The dates have not been set for the 2021 season  We will publish the dates in the Great Falls Tribune Hot Ticket and the Choteau Acantha closer to the date of the event.   If you have questions prior to the tour, museum's phone number is 466-5332; Dave’s is 466-2161.