December

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 [...]

2019 Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Inductee “Doggone Cowboy.” “Yodeling Fool.” “My Home’s in Montana.” “When I’m Ridin’ I’m Right.” Wylie Galt Gustafson is a man best [...]

Article by Brad Reynolds. Photos courtesy of the C.M. Russell Museum Few men embody the West like Charlie Russell, and few Montanans rival him in fame. Over the last century, he has been the [...]