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On April 16, 1959 prisoner Jerry Myles and his accomplices, Lee Smart and George Alton, took control of Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge. The riot was started when the prisoners seized rifles [...]

Senator Taft speaking to a crowd on Main Street in Lewistown, 1952 By L. Abigail Jones In the United States, those of us born after 1980 are part of the first generation who does not know our own [...]

Havre In 1951 a radar station was built at Simpson, forty miles northwest of Havre. Prompted by the start of the Korean War, the station was intended to function as a ground control intercept and [...]

Named after its anchors, Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, The Huntley-Brinkley Report was first aired on NBC in 1956. The fifteen minute news program was initially ill-received by audiences who [...]

Many Montanans in 1959 had lived through the Helena earthquake of 1935. Even if they weren’t in the capital city at the time, they could remember news of the destruction – more than $4 million in [...]

One of the first UFO sightings to be captured on film was recorded right here in the Treasure State. For roughly twelve seconds, the Mariana UFO footage depicts two bright, silvery objects moving [...]

By Brad Reynolds Special Thanks to the Cascade County Historical Society Mirroring the attitudes and actions of the country as a whole, Montana saw some big changes in the 1950s. Populations [...]

If you’re traveling along US-87 between Great Falls and Havre, you’ll slow down to pass through several agricultural communities. Each has features that set it apart from the rest. For Big Sandy, [...]

Horses have played a big role in human history. They’ve been used in transportation, battle, work, and play. But perhaps most importantly, horses have served us as companions. They’re smart and [...]

On any given year, more than 200 animals come through the doors of Chouteau County’s Dedman Foundation. Unlike many animal shelters, the Dedman Foundation is a no-kill facility that spays and [...]