June 9 – On this day in Montana history in 1948 Montana was
experiencing the power of President Harry S. Truman’s famous “Whistle Stop
Campaign” train tour of the nation that carried him to a major upset in the
presidential election. More than 10,000 Montanans turned out to hear him talk
at the Naranche Stadium in Butte, and thousands more lined up to see his train
pass through the state.
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