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Montana History

Brilliance and Beauty: Celebrating the Gift of a Blackfoot Map

By Dr. Shane Doyle
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A Formidable Gentleman: The Corps of Discovery Meets the Grizzly Bear

By Joseph Shelton

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    By Gary Shelton

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    The Old Broke Rancher And The Night He And His Fellow Boy Scouts Collared A Bear

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    The Old Broke Montana Rancher Gets Prayed Over On Account of His "Abject Poverty"

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    The Old Broke Rancher Remembers A 1950s-60s Boyhood in Montana

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Living in Her Own Shadow: Calamity Jane's Time in Montana

By Doug Stevens
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    The Petrified Man of Livingston Goes East

    By Nick Mitchell
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    The Old Broke Rancher Invents the Lewis & Clark Diet

    By Gary Shelton
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    The Beartooth Highway: Then and Now

    By Holly Matkin

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Perfection and Paradise at Quinn's Hot Springs

By Sherman Cahill, with photos by August Millard
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    Yellowstone Hot Springs: A Natural Oasis at the Heart of Paradise Valley

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    A Tour of Montana in Pork Chop Sandwiches

    By Sherman Cahill
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    After the Burns: Hunting for Mushrooms

    By Larry Evans

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Military Veterans in Bronze

By Holly Matkin, Photos by Holly Matkin
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    The More You Do the More It Comes To You: Lee Steen and the Tree People

    By Lindsay Tran
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    Montana's Serb Fest

    By Christopher Muhlenfeld
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    Go To The County Fair!

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A Legacy of Conservation: Teller Wildlife Refuge Protects a Piece of Paradise in the Bitterroot Valley

By by Susie Wall • photos by Heather Tellock
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    Montana's Magnificent Buffalo Jumps

    By Holly Matkin
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    Against the World: the Secret Life of Butte's Pigeons

    By Sherman Cahill
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    Mysteries of the Morel

    By Larry Evans | Photos by Tim Wheeler

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Above It All: Hiking to Montana's Forest Service Lookouts

By Seth Anderson
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    Bouldering Montana: Five Spring Bouldering Spots

    By Maria Anderson
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    After the Burns: Hunting for Mushrooms

    By Larry Evans
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    Don't Let Them Get Your Goat

    By Michael Raether

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Chief Mountain: Iconic Landmark and Sacred Site

By Doug Schmittou
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    Driving in the Steps of the Corps of Discovery

    By Holly Matkin
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    Conquering the Montana Trail: 1,700 Miles Through Big Sky Country

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    Wild Horse Island - A Jewel In Montana's Famed Flathead Lake

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