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A Fight for Rights Women’s suffrage in Montana predates Montana as a state. It was 1883 when the Women’s Christian Temperance Union rolled into the territory, voicing support for a woman’s right [...]

Highs and Lows With Montana’s homestead boom came communities to support them. The Great Northern Railroad’s construction across the Northern Plains made it easy and (relatively) affordable for [...]

By Sue Carlbom During one of our winter storms, as I enjoyed the drama of the snow swirling past my window and listening to the wind howl, I wondered how different it was for those brave [...]

Text by Brad Reynolds, Images courtesy of Pamela Morris Everybody loves the idea of “the West,” the romance of it. But for cowboys on the American frontier, the West was a far cry from the pages [...]

Award-Winning Singer. Professional Pitcher. Smelter Man. Serviceman. Montanan. Charley Pride lived a remarkable life. Hailing from Mississippi, Pride got his first taste of life on the road as a [...]

Somewhere along the line, we came to accept this idea that Montana is a battleground—that farmers and ranchers are at war with environmentalists, as though agriculture and environmentalism were [...]

by Tiffany Sweeney One hundred years. That is the time that the Tenth Street Bridge has spanned the Missouri River in the heart of Great Falls. One hundred years of grandeur and beauty and [...]

From the sweeping plains of Sidney to the rugged peaks of Glacier National Park, Montana is celebrated for its dramatic terrain and diverse peoples. Our stories are as complex as our landscape, [...]

Open through May 3, 2021 As the western frontier evaporated into history, its place in shaping a collective American identity was conveyed more through cultural production—television, film, and [...]

At the start of 2020, the PRCA was slated to hold 39 rodeos in Montana. Then COVID-19 hit, and (for a variety of reasons) that number dropped down to 18. The board of the Montana Pro Rodeo [...]