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Since 1929, Billings has relied on Daylis Stadium as the primary venue for most of the major outdoor sporting events in the city. But the west end of the stadium was condemned for safety reasons in 2024, which caused...

Jeff Mangan is a former state representative and state senator, and he also served for six years as the Commissioner for Political Practices.

Megan Torgerson grew up on a ranch near Dagmar, Montana. After moving away when she finished high school, she found herself fascinated by stories from the place where she grew up.

In 2010, Elouise Cobell, the long-time treasurer for the Blackfeet Tribe, settled a lawsuit against the US government on behalf of over 500,000 members of several tribes who had been victimized by the US government for...

For the past few months, there has been a great deal of turmoil amongst the tribal council for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. I had the opportunity to speak with Melissa Lonebear, one of the members of the tribal council...

Granville Stuart was perhaps one of the most influential figures in the 'settlement' of Montana. He and his brother James were the first to record a major gold strike, he was a founding member of the Montana Historical...

In 1979, an army of people took over the Outlaw Inn in Kalispell, Montana, led by a man who had just won two Academy Awards for what would eventually become known as the pinnacle of his career: The Deer Hunter. Michael...

The West has a complicated history when it comes to its African American population, but it is estimated that at least 25 percent of the early cowboys in the West were Black.

Once he retired from Naval Intelligence as a Captain after nearly thirty years, Ken Robison spent the last thirty-plus years establishing himself as one of Montana's preeminent historians. His new book, Lost Great...

Fort Missoula was built in 1877, in part because of fear among the settlers in that region of the Native American population. However, it was also built as an economic opportunity, creating jobs for locals.

In February of 1918, the Montana Legislature was the first in the nation to pass The Sedition Act, a law that carried fines of up to $20,000 and a jail sentence of up to 20 years if someone were to “print, utter, or...

This month, Russell Rowland reads excerpts from his upcoming new memoir, BE A MAN: Raised in the Shadow of Cowboys. The book is a personal history of his family, but it also explores the complexity of what it means to...

Kevin Kicking Woman grew up on the Blackfeet Reservation as the youngest of fifteen children. After his mother left the family, he was shuttled around to various foster families, where he suffered horrific trauma.After...

Evelyn Cameron left behind an aristocratic life in England to homestead in Montana in the late 19th Century. Despite being married to a man who had some of the worst business sense imaginable, she embraced life in...

When the Central Pacific Railway got the contract to complete the western leg of the transcontinental railroad in 1862, they faced the challenge of finding enough men to complete the enormous task. The gold rush was...