Missoula sites, including Mary Gleim properties, featured in new Montana Historical Society volume

During his Missoula talk, Kirby Lambert singled out local examples to show how the book ties neighborhood stories to broader state history. He described two West Front Street buildings in Missoula "built by notorious woman Mary Gleim to house female orders" and summarized elements of Gleim’s life, including a late‑19th century conviction and the property’s role in Missoula’s red‑light district.

Lambert used the Missoula examples to demonstrate the editors’ effort to balance urban and rural, east and west, and immigrant and indigenous histories across the state. He told the audience that readers can expect a mix of well‑known and little‑seen places and that the book aims to introduce new ways of seeing familiar local sites.