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By Amy Pearson Become a Shriner Shriners International started in New York as a fraternal organization of the Masonic Society in 1872. They built their first hospital in 1922 in an effort to [...]

By Hope Good According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Montana at 68.8% had the highest rates of informal helping in 2021. This concept of “paying it forward” is a simple but powerful way of doing [...]

By Joanne Sanford In 1867, a group of entertainers in New York City formed a loose group to get together for fellowship and called themselves the Jolly Corks. When one of their members died [...]

By Suzanne Waring After Paris Gibson, founder of Great Falls, set eyes on the landscape that became the city, he wrote that the area in 1882 was beautiful, and he knew that its assets – water [...]

By Amy Pearson In 1880, Mose Kaufman moved to Fort Benton from New York City. A decade later he moved to Great Falls. In 1894, he opened Kaufman’s Menswear Center downtown at 218 Central Avenue. [...]

By Joanne Sanford Chuck Fulcher started the Great Western Show in 2013. He had attended larger art shows and realized he wanted to include more than fine art, bronzes and sculptures. He wanted a [...]

Lewistown has long been known for its beautiful historic downtown and breath- taking view as you top the hill into the district. With Christmas fast approaching, the variety of diverse shops and [...]

Tucked in the Northeast corner of Montana, in the Glasgow downtown shopping district, sits the original First National Bank building. This historic building was completed in 1914, and now houses [...]

By Hayley Young What is better than getting a letter from Santa Claus? Not much, apart from the presents delivered from the big guy. I cannot deliver the happiness those presents bring but I can [...]

Author Unknown The other day a young person asked me how I felt about being old. I was taken aback, for I do not think of myself as old. Upon seeing my reaction, he was immediately embarrassed, [...]