2024 TOUR OFFERINGS

Proudly offering high-quality history tours in the Helena area since 2021. Learn more about our past offerings below and we look forward to taking more tours through time with you in 2025!

Interested in taking any of these offerings as a private tour? Contact Zach at zachary@mthistory.org or call 406.202.8196.

OFFERINGS FROM SUMMER 2024

REDISCOVER REEDER’S ALLEY

APPROX. 45 MIN | 0.25 MILE WALKING TOUR | DIFFICULTY: EASY (SOME INCLINE IN ALLEY)

Learn about the history of Helena’s oldest standing district on Rediscover Reeder’s Alley, a 45-minute guided walking tour! From its founding to its survival, Louis Reeder’s legacy lives on in stories about his alley, the Pioneer Cabin, and the Stonehouse that decorate the brick-lined streets.

This tour will return during the summer of 2025.

Please review our Know Before you Go Section for tour questions and policies.

ADVENTURE ON THE AMBROSE TRAIL

APPROX. 75 MIN | 1 MILE WALKING TOUR | DIFFICULTY: EASY (SOME INCLINE)

Go back in time on Adventure on the Ambrose Trail, a family friendly stroll along Mount Helena’s ADA trail! On the way, explore the town’s early settlement, experience nature, and uncover stories of history making flights that will inspire you to reach for the sky! A game of trail bingo will bring these history nuggets to life.

This tour will return as a private offering during the summer of 2025.

Please review our Know Before you Go Section for tour questions and policies.

BREWERIES & BROTHELS

APPROX. 90 MIN | 1.5 MILES WALKING TOUR | DIFFICULTY: MODERATE (SOME INCLINE)

Explore the colorful history of Helena’s prominent brewery scene and historic red-light district during Breweries & Brothels, a downtown walking tour beginning at legendary Reeder’s Alley. Stories of entrepreneurial Brewmeisters and madams divulge the rise and fall of Helena’s underworld that will excite, surprise, and inform a forgotten history of the capital.

This tour will return during the summer of 2025.

Please review our Know Before you Go Section for tour questions and policies.

MINERS TO MILLIONAIRES

APPROX. 90 MIN | 1.5 MILES WALKING TOUR | DIFFICULTY: EASY

Every step tells a story on Miners to Millionaires, a tour of Helena’s historic Last Chance Gulch. Discover the vibrant history of a rowdy mining camp turned capital city told through the complex legacies of downtown Helena’s spectacular buildings. From wooden cabins to brick jewels, you will hear stories of crime, corruption, and community spirit that transformed Helena into the Queen City of today.

This tour will return during the summer of 2025.

Please review our Know Before you Go Section for tour questions and policies.

PEDALING THROUGH THE PAST

APPROX. 120 MIN | GUIDED PUB TROLLEY RIDE | DIFFICULTY: EASY

Want to cover more ground, enjoy a luxury ride, and still have a guided history experience? Join us for our Pedaling through the Past Tour on the Bert & Ernie’s Pub Trolley! This fun experience features the many historic homes of Helena and includes the Cathedral of Saint Helena, the Mansion District, and Reeder’s Alley with photo ops along the way. Drinks welcome, fun mandatory!

This tour will return during the summer of 2025.

Please review our Know Before you Go Section for tour questions and policies.