2018

Of Montana’s many, many historic businesses, the Polebridge Mercantile may be among the most photographed. With its decorative pressed metal siding and false front façade adorned with large, [...]

(From Cow Trails and Wagon Tracks) By Arnold Hokanson A corral gate swings On creaking hinges. The wind blows Through the barn, Through a broken Window pane. Loose shingles clatter Upon the roof, [...]

Courtesy of the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame The legendary White Wolf of the Judith Basin was first sighted in 1915. Five years later, he was plundering herds of cattle and sheep, but only a few [...]

By Kent Hanawalt​ We went to a funeral not long ago for the matriarch of a neighboring rural family. Although she lived in the country, this woman had once been the county treasurer, and thus, [...]

By Andrea Withey, RDN, Great Falls Clinic When you can feel the warmth from the sun and see the green underneath your feet you know that spring is here. With the change of the season comes the [...]

Jon Sheehy is an honest man. So, he’ll tell you truthfully that he wasn’t excited when he joined the FFA (Future Farmers of America) in 2003. He was a sophomore, and at the time, the organization [...]

Courtesy of the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame In Trails Plowed Under, Charlie Russell says: “Over in Lewistown there’s a gent livin’ that’s one of the leadin’ citizens…if I’d ever told what I know [...]

Courtesy of the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame “If you can’t do it on horseback, it probably ain’t worth doing.” – Montie Montana Owen Harlan Mickel, better known as “Montie Montana,” was born on [...]

By Brad Reynolds Fame is a uniquely human concern. We laud celebrities, we praise and scorn people we’ve never met, and we wonder—all of us, even if only in fleeting moments—whether we’ll have [...]

The tiny town of Utica, at the headwaters of the Judith River was established in 1880. Located approximately 40 miles from Lewistown it was headquarters for the Judith Basin roundups. It once [...]