When the 1893 silver crash hit Montana, the Ming family lost their fortunes, and the theatre closed for a short time. Wealthy philanthropists subscribed to the arts and reopened the Ming Opera House.

Rev. John Joseph Ming S.J. (20 September 1838 – 17 June 1910) was a Swiss Roman Catholic priest, philosopher and writer. He was born in Giswil, Obwalden and was educated at the Benedictine College, Engelberg, Obwalden. He was ordained in 1868.

John H. Ming (1831-1887) was a Helena, Montana Territory, rancher and theater owner. Collection includes family correspondence (1859-1887); financial records (1852-1887); legal documents (1852-1895); subject files about Ming's Opera House and the Park Ditch Company; and subgroup for Katherine Cole Ming.

Sep 12, 2024 · Built by John Ming in 1880, the Opera House was a renowned theatre that hosted such performers as Otis Skinner, Eddie Foy, Marie Dressler, and Katie Putnam.

Built by John Ming in 1880 and renowned throughout the Pacific Northwest, the theater hosted such famous performers as Otis Skinner, Eddie Foy, Marie Dressler, and Katie Putnam. In 1915, noted Helena architects George Carsley and C. S. Haire redesigned the building in the exotic Egyptian Revival style.

Nov 1, 2018 · Built by John Ming in 1880 and renowned throughout the Pacific Northwest, the theater hosted such famous performers as Otis Skinner, Eddie Foy, Marie Dressler and Katie Putnam. In 1915 noted Helena architects George Carsley and C.S. Haire redesigned the building in the exotic Egyptian Revival style.

John H. Ming opened Helena's first opera house, described by one city newspaper as "Montana's first pretentious theater," on September 2, 1880, featuring Katie Putnam in a production entitled "Old Curiosity Shop."

Apr 6, 2012 · John Ming renovated the opera house after 100 people literally roasted alive in an opera house fire in Exeter, England. Ming added ample exits and updated the gas lighting system. Ming Opera House, left, 1898.

When once he had acquired English, Father Ming began to write for the leading Catholic magazines, especially the "Messenger" and the "American Catholic Quarterly Review", in which his first article appeared in 1879.

Ming, JOHN, philosopher and writer, b. at Gyswyl, Unterwalden, Switzerland, September 20, 1838; d. at Brooklyn, Ohio, U.S.A., June 17, 1910. He was educated at the Benedictine College, Engelburg, Switzerland, and entered the German Jesuitnovitiate in 1856.