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September 5, 2026, 2:00 pm. "John Mullan's Swan Song: The Last Spike of the Northern Pacific." Mullan Road Conference, Helena, MT
September 22, 2026, 6:30pm “Marcus Daly’s Montana Empires,” Helena College, Helena, MT.
September 27, 2026, 10:00 am. "The Rural and the Rockies: Free Knowledge in Flyover country." WikiConference North America, Edmonton, Alberta.
October 1, 2026, 6:30pm: "Marcus Daly and Patsy Clark: Mining Magnates who Shaped the West." Presentation and book signing, Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WA.
October 14, 2026, 6:00 PM "In Perpetuity: Montana’s Copper Mining Legacy." America 250, Missoula Public Library, Missoula, MT.
"Copper King scores the bronze Friday as New Statue Unveiled" Montana Standard, June 29, 2026. Click here for screenshot reprint from Helena Independent Record, June 30 2026.
The Buttecast with Bill Foley. Podcast no. 326, interview, February 24, 2026.
"Brenda Wahler - Wikipedia is the starting point of research" WikiConference North America, October 2025.
"Brenda Wahler gives presentation on James Ben Ali Haggin and his business operations with Marcus Daly." Montana Standard, September 4, 2025 (paywalled). Lecture online HERE
She's Been Writing 'Bout the Railroad." Outlaw Beat podcast interview, January 1, 2025
"Galloping in the Gallatin: Montana's Horse Racing History." presented by OLLI at MSU and the Belgrade Community Library. October 17, 2024. Lecture online HERE
"Bozeman Public Library to host author Brenda Wahler" NBC Montana, October 20, 2023
"How's She Goin': Helena author discusses new book about Butte Copper King, Marcus Daly." Interview, KXLF TV, April 10, 2023.
"Where is Marcus Daly's 1897 Belmont trophy?" Ravalli Republic, June 16, 2021 (paywalled).
Recent talks:
(Presentations placed online by sponsors, links go to external sites)
"The Remarkable Life of Phoebe Hearst"
(Hearst Free Library, Anaconda, MT, June 11, 2026) PowerPoint Slides and lecture audio"The Copper King and the Electric City"
(Great Falls Public Library, May 12, 2026)"The Clark-Daly Feud Revisited"
(Montana Historical Society Heritage Center, April 2, 2026)
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