March

By Richard Ecke Trunks are handy for swimmers and for elephants. But trunks also are making their way to schoolchildren across Montana. These plastic trunks—made from recycled materials, of [...]

By W.D. Nottingham Early settlers in Montana were ranchers attracted by free grazing on the “open range.” Their cattle were able to roam over large distances only to be brought together during [...]

By Stacy Bronec As the saying goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words,” which makes a photo album priceless. Mary Kassmeier practiced midwifery in central Montana during the early 1900s, and [...]

Ron Otto and Aaron “Duke” Pursley don’t make rifles quickly; they make them right. “We build a very specialized product,” says Otto of Little Sharps Rifles. “It takes eight hours just to polish [...]

Resting on the edge of cattle country and the Golden Triangle, Havre is where many ag producers come to do business. The Havre Chamber’s Ag Committee was formed more than thirty years ago to [...]

By Brad Reynolds I was 18 when I first drove a tractor. I was 24 when I sat in a combine. I was 27 when taught to ride a horse. Agriculture, like any subject, requires education—and it’s never [...]

(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 [...]