December

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 [...]

In October 2020, the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center (MCHF & WHC) announced the 13th class of inductions into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame. The inductees were [...]

Montana’s state flag was originally designed as a flag for the 1st Montana Infantry to fly during the Spanish-American War in 1898. Since the state had no flag at the time, the infantry commander [...]

As most locals know, MPRF stands for “Montana Pro Rodeo Finals,” but for Jack Stensland, the acronym will always have a double meaning. In 1979, he was one of the cowboys that went to the brand [...]

2019 Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Inductee Alex Nixon “Alec” Ogilvie was born October 1, 1924 in a tarpaper shack in Cohagen, Montana. It was a hardscrabble existence, and [...]

2019 Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Inductee At age 14, Walter J. “Walt” Vermedahl learned how to train colts and to shoe his saddle horses from his neighbor. It wasn’t long [...]

2019 Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Inductee Rosebud County area had a notable number of cowboys in earlier days, but one of the most remembered is Joseph H. “Proc” Proctor. [...]

2019 Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Inductee Trailblazer, Belknap “Ballie” Buck was born at Fort Belknap in Montana Territory on August 6, 1872. At age three, Ballie left the [...]

2019 Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Inductee Iola “Olie” Else has been an ambassador of the University of Montana Western and the sport of rodeo for over three decades. Olie [...]