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Before alarms and sprinklers, there was this 25-foot wooden sentry keeping Helena safe….

Georgetown Lake hides a century of secrets beneath its surface.

When city slickers traded skylines for sawtooths, one dude ranch adventure in 1930 captured all the grit, grace, and goofy glory of Montana’s wild side on film. Here’s more from Brett French….

The Baby Rose was proof that not all underdog stories end in triumph…

Meet the original long-haul drivers—gritty bullwhackers and mule skinners who freighted their way into history…

A stuck wagon, a thirsty idea and a saloon that built a town—Ekalaka’s beginnings are as colorful as its history.

From rooftops to rugged landscapes, William Henry Jackson’s lens captured history in the making…

Covered bridges are like the old-school charmers of rural America, and many have stuck around for a reason. You’ve probably […]

In the early 1900s, four of the most famous names in American history—Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, John Burroughs, and Harvey […]

  Fishermen use lead to help sink their baits, flies, and lures. The more lead, the deeper the presentation. Lead […]

We have all seen the big black birds hopping on the ice or soaring around our forest and fields. Which […]

  Golden trout have become the new trout attraction. They are also known as “Shills”, “Palomino’s”, Bananas, Albino’s, and “Judas […]

From rooftops to rugged landscapes, William Henry Jackson’s lens captured history in the making…

Covered bridges are like the old-school charmers of rural America, and many have stuck around for a reason. You’ve probably […]

In the early 1900s, four of the most famous names in American history—Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, John Burroughs, and Harvey […]

  Fishermen use lead to help sink their baits, flies, and lures. The more lead, the deeper the presentation. Lead […]

We have all seen the big black birds hopping on the ice or soaring around our forest and fields. Which […]

  Golden trout have become the new trout attraction. They are also known as “Shills”, “Palomino’s”, Bananas, Albino’s, and “Judas […]

Southwest Montana is Big Sky Country. It also is the home to what is arguably the best trout fishing in […]