History In a Box

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April/May 2007
By Merry Lycett Harrison 
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A Town’s Legacy

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And what of the town the collection came from? Stevensville, Montana, in the Bitterroot Forest region, is the oldest settlement in the state and houses the oldest pharmacy in the state. That pharmacy is now called Valley Drug and Variety. Stevensville is a small town that grew up around the old St. Mary’s Catholic Mission built in 1841. Its history is rich, and people there were helpful in directing me to historians to contact.

Colleen Meyer, director of Historic St. Mary’s Mission, found that Valley Drug and Variety had once contributed an old ledger to the mission—a prescription book from the old Stevensville Drug Company dated from March to May of 1908, and it contained the name “Joe Dagenais, Reg. Pharmacist.” Could Dagenais have been the creator of the boxes? Although it’s a logical assumption, I can’t be certain.

While I may never have all the answers to the mysteries surrounding my collection, they continue to tantalize me with much to study and interpret.

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To read transcripts and view more photos of the boxes and their contents, visit www.MillcreekHerbs.com.


Merry Lycett Harrison is the owner of Millcreek Herbs, and teaches classes in medicinal and culinary herbs and herb gardening. She lives in Salt Lake City.

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