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1923-2012 2011 Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame Inductee Dr. Barney Old Coyote, Jr., (ChiipKalishtahchia, translated from the Apsaalooke/Crow as White Bison Calf), worked for and reached the highest [...]

Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame 2013 Inductee In the early 1900s, the game of basketball was being introduced across the nation. The Indian boys and girls at the government Industrial Indian School [...]

2024 Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame Inductee In the spring of 1944, with World War II in full swing, Durl Gibbs graduated from high school. By that fall he was inducted into the United States Army [...]

1925-2014 2013 Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame Inductee Raymond W. “Rib” Gustafson was born on May 1, 1925. As a young man, he helped the family earn extra income by capturing wild horses turned [...]

By Suzanne Waring If you were going to read up on one of our country’s founding fathers during our Celebration of the Declaration of Independence this year, what person would you choose? Would it [...]

The Bear Paw Battlefield is the site of the last battle in the Nez Perce War. Following the breakout of war in Idaho, nearly 800 Nez Perce spent a long and arduous summer fleeing U.S. Army troops [...]

Provided by Central Montana Museum The area’s story is presented chronologically, beginning in the 1870s, when the region was largely unsettled and buffalo roamed the open prairies. The museum [...]

Sometimes we forget how blessed we are in Montana. Not every state has its own Glacier or Yellowstone. Few states can compete with the abundance of wildlife here or rival our picturesque scenery. [...]

The Mesozoic Era—the “Age of the Dinosaurs”—spanned 186 million years. To date, over 1,000 distinct species of dinosaurs have been discovered, along with multitudes of prehistoric reptiles, fish, [...]

On Earth, it is generally true that where there is water, there is life. This was certainly the case with the Western Interior Sea during the Late Cretaceous. This large seaway, which bisected [...]