MSU-Northern Will Celebrate 90 Years

Many residents across the Hi-Line can claim an affiliation to MSU-Northern, either as a former student, as an employee, or as a benefactor of the economic benefits that come from a college town. Given those common connections, all can celebrate the institution's 90th Anniversary on September 24.

Northern actually had its beginnings in 1913 when the Thirteenth Legislative Assembly of Montana established Northern Montana Agricultural and Manual Training School to be located at Fort Assiniboine. Although the bill passed on March 8, 1913, no money was appropriated until sixteen years later when th...