Ravalli County

Harmon’s Histories: Bitterroot Valley agriculture produces delicious tale
Harmon’s Histories: Bitterroot Valley agriculture produces delicious tale
Harmon’s Histories: Bitterroot Valley agriculture produces delicious tale
“In no other section of Montana can there be found happier, healthier, more helpful or lovelier girls than in Ravalli County. Like all other products of the Bitter Root Valley, they are beyond compare!” The editor of the Ravalli Republican newspaper in Stevensville was on a roll, praising everything in sight, as the Western Montana Fruit Growers Association opened its first annual fall exhibit of fruits and vegetables.
Harmon’s Histories: Rocky Mountain Labs saves lives, weathers controversies for century
Harmon’s Histories: Rocky Mountain Labs saves lives, weathers controversies for century
Harmon’s Histories: Rocky Mountain Labs saves lives, weathers controversies for century
For more than 100 years, the Rocky Mountain Labs have conducted lifesaving research into deadly diseases, including COVID-19, SARS-1, MERS, Lyme disease and Ebola. As I wrote in 2020, the Bio-safety Level 4 Labs have a colorful and controversial history, dating back more than a century to the initial reason for their existence: Black Measles, known today as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.