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Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame 2015 Inductee From childhood, Jay Contway created art. He sculpted in Beaver Creek mud as a child, painted in watercolor and oil and drew in pen and ink. But it was [...]

By Hope Good Wolf Point has always embodied the untamed and free- spirited nature of the West. Its first non-indigenous settlers were fur trappers and traders—and, in fact, it is believed the [...]

Story and photos by Erika Haight Some angels have wings, and play harps – others stomp around this Earth in 16” customized ostrich skin boots, advocating for human compassion. Although my first [...]

Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame 2015 Inductee The first Montana Cowboy Poetry Gathering was held in Big Timber, Montana in 1986, organized by poet and author Gwen Petersen. It has continued to thrive [...]

1913-2016 2016 Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame Inductee High Bird – Dr. Joseph “Joe” Medicine Crow was born near Lodge Grass, Montana on October 27, 1913. At age eleven he was present for and [...]

(1917-2016) 2012 Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame Inductee Ben Steele was born in Roundup, Montana in 1917. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1940 and was stationed at Clark Field in the Philippines in [...]

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 [...]