Distinctly Montana Magazine

D I S T I N C T LY M O N TA N A • FA L L 2 0 1 8 10 SEVEN DAY HIKES IN THE SWAN RANGE PAGE 12 Aaron eisen is the author of Day Hiking Glacier National Park and Western Montana (Mountaineers Books). He most recently wrote about Maverick Mountain Ski Area in the Winter '17 issue of Distinctly Montana. MISSOULA'S GOLD-LEVEL BIKING TRAILS PAGE 18 LORI GRANNIS has been a writer for 30 years—from fit- ness and sports magazines, to lifestyle and food features. She covered environmental and crime stories throughout Montana for five years. She lives along the Blackfoot River with her husband, Chris. is July was their first season as partners in a Flathead cherry business called Cowboy Cherries. WILD MONTANA PAGE 22 Award-winning wildlife photographer DON JONES has lived in Montana for 36 years. An obsession with wild life and habitats drew him to the Montana wilderness. He travels the world but is based in Troy, MT. His publications in- clude 11 photography books and over 800 magazine covers. To view more of his work, visit www.donaldmjones.com. THE AMERICAN PRAIRIE RESERVE REVISITED PAGE 30 BETH SABOE grew up on the Eastern Montana prairie but resides in Bozeman. She's an award-winning Montana journalist who recently joined American Prairie Reserve as Public Information & Outreach Manager. Prior to that she hosted, edited & produced an Emmy-nominated news and public affairs program for MontanaPBS. BUTTE'S DIMPLE KNEES SEX SCANDAL PAGE 43 JOHN KUGLIN is a journalist from Chicago who moved to Montana in 1965. He worked 31 years for the Associatied Press and retired in 2005 as AP's bureau chief for Montana and Wyoming. He helped launch the Montana Freedom of Information Hotline. Receiving many awards, he was inducted in the Open Government Hall of Fame. He lives in Helena. WILD WEST WORDS PAGE 46 CHRYSTI M. SMITH was raised on a farm in northeastern Montana and now wrangles words for her daily radio series, "Chrysti the Wordsmith," produced at KGLT- FM in Bozeman; it can be heard on public radio stations throughout Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and worldwide on Armed Forces Radio. www.wordsmithradio.org MISSOULA'S RED BIRD CHEF JIM TRACEY PAGE 48 JIM GRAY is a retired chef and culinary instructor. He lives in Missoula where he currently works on a cookbook that is a retrospective of the recipes and dishes he created. RIDING THE MEMORY MAKER PAGE 50 GLENDA WALLACE lives in a town that a train once ran through. She has railroading in her roots: her grandfather worked for a railway and she hears the call of yesteryear when the train across the river goes rolling by her home. See her Web site at www.glendawallace.com. COWBOY CRICKETS PAGE 54 EDNOR THERRIAULT'S Montana Curiosities, published in 2009, became the best-selling title in Globe Pequot's Curiosities series. Myths and Legends of Yellowstone is out in late 2018 on Two Dot, and erriault's current project, Seven Montanas, is scheduled for release in 2019. Playing music under the name Bob Wire, Ednor performs around the state and has released five albums of original music. He lives in Missoula. MONTANA SLANG PAGE 58 TODD KLASSY is a commercial photographer who specializes in photographing the state of Montana, especially the people, places, and things in remote, rural areas. He has twice won the Interna- tional Federation of Agriculture Journalists (IFAJ) Star Prize. His photos have been published in many magazines. PETRIFIED: MONTANA'S SCARIEST HALLOWEEN DESTINATIONS PAGE 68 JOSEPH SHELTON lives in Bozeman, where he received his Masters in English Literature. He loves film, hiking, reading, exploring, and above all, writing. MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE'S LIFE COVER PAGE 72 BRIAN D'AMBROSIO is the author of more than 10 books and his articles have been published in local, regional, and national pub- lications. D'Ambrosio's favorite journalistic topics or subjects: history, music, architecture, vernacular artists, boxing, photog- raphy, forgotten inventors, and obscure American poets and authors. He may be reached at dambrosiobrian@hotmail.com ARCHITECTURAL GEMS PAGE 76 DONNIE SEXTON has an endless passion for travel and is quick to say if she isn't on the road, or in the planning stages of a trip, she is restless. Getting off the beaten path and seeking out unusual angles is her focus with both her storytelling and pho- tography. Originally from Billings, Helena has been her home for 44 years. Her work can be viewed at www.donniesexton.com CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTORS VALERIE HARMS has edited this magazine since 2005 and says it is like throwing a party every season. A writer as well as editor, she is the author of 10 books and numerous articles. A graduate of Smith College, for seven years she was an editor at the National Audubon Society in New York City. She has taught writing and given workshops around the country, plus in Greece and Canada. In 1995 she moved to Montana to see wild animals in their habitats and explore the mountains and rivers. For more info see her Web site at www.valerieharms.com. Email queries to valerie@distinctlymontana.com. ROBERT RATH collects hyphens. Currently, he's an illustrator-designer-author-art director-dog walker living in Bozeman. He's illustrated many children's books, including the award-winning First Dog: Unleashed in the Montana Capitol, and Yellowstone's Hot Legends and Cool Myths. His clients include Lucasfilm, The History Channel, Scholastic Books, Farcountry Press and many others. He isn't allergic to anything, can't remember the names of housing subdivisions, likes to cook, can wiggle his ears, and hates writing bios. OUR ALEXIS PIKE

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