January

Ron Mills was born in 1941 on a small ranch near Stockett but has spent most of his life on cattle ranches along the Rocky Mountain Front. As a youngster, Ron “practiced” riding broncs on the [...]

The West was immortalized by Charles M. Russell, America’s Cowboy Artist. Much of his revered work features landscapes in and around Central Montana, where Charlie first got his start as a [...]

Walter Wetzel was born on June 27, 1915 near Cut Bank Creek on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. He became well-known by the nickname “Blackie,” derived from his Indian name (Siks-A-Num) which [...]

On a cold day in January 1960, Charlotte Mary Johnson was born, fighting for her life. The small baby’s body did not like her parents blood type combination and survived two complete blood [...]

Edmond Chester Solomon was born on December 28, 1929 in Havre. He came up the way many young boys did back then: no-nonsense, no-frills. Cowboy life wasn’t a choice; it was just life. Most of the [...]

In 1969, at the Cohagen Bar in eastern Montana, two cowboys, Judd Twitchell and Bud Kramer, challenged one another to prove who could ride the rankest bucking horse. Others riders jumped on the [...]

William C. “Billy” Knorr was born on January 21, 1885, in Poplar. Billy’s father, Phillip Knorr, was a U.S. Army Union Soldier in the Civil War who moved west to Montana and met Billy’s mother, [...]

Born in 1941, Betty Lorraine (Blair) Steele grew up training and riding horses. In her sophomore year of high school, and the two years following, Betty won the all-around at the district level [...]

By Catharine Melin-Moser Born into slavery in Virginia in 1845, Millie Ringold moved to Washington, D.C. after emancipation, working as a nurse and servant for Major Nelson B. Switzer of the 3rd [...]

Richard “Dick” Charles Klick was born in Great Falls on February 7, 1934 and Nancy (Mclean) Klick on May 19, 1936. They married in 1956. The couple was most well-known for owning and operating [...]