Upper Swan Valley Historical Museum

The Swan Valley retains many signs of its varied history. Old Indian trails crisscross the mountains. Remnants of trapper cabins, notched trees for marten trapping, and old phone wires strung between trees by the U.S. Forest Service to improve communication, ...

Whalen Cabin

Grandma Whalen’s Homestead Cabin

Grandma Whalen, a widow, filed to homestead in 1918 on 160 acres in the Swan Valley. Her husband Roderick, a Northern Pacific Railroad employee, had died that year in Missoula.

Mary Ann Whalen’s homestead included a ...

Swan River Tavern

Louis and Marion Krause opened the Swan River Tavern after moving to the Swan Valley from Woodworth in 1947. Louie built a small (12’x12’) building next to the family’s log cabin. He set up a counter of rough sawn boards ...

Witchcraft Victims' Memorial

The Salem Witch Outbreak of 1692 lasted for under a year, but left a mark in history that is still prominent today. Not only is the series of events remembered in history, popular culture uses aspects of the events. Unfortunately, ...

Tituba and John Indian

Tituba and John Indian were married servants in the Parris household. They both served Samuel Parris in Barbados and in Salem. Tituba was fully involved in the witchcraft hysteria. When Elizabeth Parris, Abigail Williams, and other young girls started complaining ...

Sarah Holten and the Accusers

Sarah Holten was one of the accusers involved in the witchcraft hysteria. One of the people she accused of wrongdoing was Rebecca Nurse. Unlike many of the other accusers, she was not a child and she was married. The accusers ...

Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne

Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne were two of the first women accused of being witches during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. They were accused, along with Tituba, by Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams. After Tituba confessed, she also accused ...

Roger Williams

The First Church of Salem is one of the oldest churches in America, originating from members of the 1629 Massachusetts Bay Colony. All the members shared the same Puritan beliefs. Ministers of the church are known to be outspoken and ...

Samuel Parris

Reverend Samuel Parris was the minister during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. He had only been living in Salem for three years prior to the outbreak. His father lived and operated in Barbados. He made enough money to fund ...

Rebecca Nurse

The earliest women accused of witchcraft fit the typical description of a witch. Rebecca Nurse was not like those women. Nurse was a regular church member and had lived in the community for decades. By all accounts, she was well ...