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Built for irrigation and a water supply, man-made Lake Frances has become a popular recreation spot. Fishing, boating, and camping are enjoyed by both locals and visitors to the Valier area year [...]

Throughout history, eagles have been revered and celebrated in diverse cultures and mythologies. These majestic birds symbolize strength, freedom, and power, serving as powerful emblems of [...]

By Lori Wickett, Communications Director While exploring Montana this summer, you’ll likely drive by golden wheat and barley fields ripening under a Big Sky sun. Those fields produce small [...]

The Great Falls, one of the high points of the Lewis and Clark expedition, was a series of five waterfalls near what is now the city of Great Falls. In upstream order (traveling east to west), [...]

Story & Photos by Stacy Bronec Before I married a farmer, I only thought of the seasons as changes in the weather. Summer meant days on the lake, BBQs, and sunscreen. Winter meant skiing, [...]

“The hills and river Clifts which we passed today exhibit a most romantic appearance,” writes Meriwether Lewis in his journal entry on May 31, 1805. Describing the White Cliffs of the Missouri, [...]

Glasgow: Historical treasures at the Valley County Pioneer Museum include an ornate Buffalo Bill Cody and a buffalo mount that was butchered for a celebration honoring President Roosevelt’s visit [...]

Chinook, Blaine County Museum: Exhibits provide insight into Assiniboine and Gros Ventre culture, hardships of the Homestead Era, and Blaine County’s history through two World Wars. Blaine County [...]

Fort Benton Museums & Heritage Complex: This includes: The Old Fort Benton, The Museum of the Upper Missouri, The State of Montana’s Museum of the Northern Great Plains, Homestead Village, [...]

Bob Marshall Wilderness: Named for Robert Marshall (the American forester and activist who spearheaded the 1935 founding of the Wilderness Society), “the Bob” extends for sixty miles along the [...]