Distinctly Montana Magazine

D I S T I N C T L Y M O N T A N A M A G A Z I N E • S P R I N G 2 0 2 1 6 TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S 2021 Spring 8 OUR CONTRIBUTORS 10 A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER 12 PARK TO PARK: 7 GREAT, DIVERSE ATTRACTIONS BETWEEN GLACIER AND YELLOWSTONE PARKS article and photos by Doug Stevens 18 THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING PAINTERLY SNOWSTORMS essay and photos by Carol Polich 22 I WAS AN EXTRA ON YELLOWSTONE by Cab Tran 28 DEBORAH MCKENNA: THE ESSENCE OF INSPIRATION 32 "IF YOU AIN'T GOT A COWBOY HAT, YOU AIN'T ****" by Dan Vichorek 34 THE COWBOY AND THE LADY: MONTANA'S BIGGEST MOVIE STARS by Kari Bowles 40 DIANE WHITEHEAD: THE JOY AND EXHILARATION OF ALL LIVING THINGS 42 HOW SNOWFLAKE THE SPRING CALF RUINED MY WHOLE MORNING by Gary Shelton 46 THE STENCH OF THE FRONTIER: PERSONAL HYGIENE IN THE OLD WEST by Lindsay Dick 50 DISTINCTLY MONTANA'S PHOTO CONTEST 52 LAST BEST BOOKS 54 FROM COWBOYS TO THE COLD WAR: THE PAST AND FUTURE OF MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE by Joseph Shelton 58 A FLY FISHERMAN'S GUIDE TO THE BEARTOOTH HIGHWAY by Sean Jansen 68 ORPHAN TRAIN RIDERS OUT WEST: HOW "WAIFS" FROM NEW YORK CAME TO BE IN 19TH CENTURY MONTANA by Teresa Otto 72 NOT JUST C.M. RUSSELL: THREE GREAT MONTANA WESTERN ARTISTS TO KNOW by Brian D'Ambrosio 76 FROM POKER TO HORSESHOES: A BRIEF LOOK AT COWBOY SUPERSTITION by Bill Muhlenfeld 78 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOHN EMEIGH, REPORTER AT KXLF IN BUTTE by John Emeigh 80 AFTER THE BURN by Larry Evans 84 MONTANAN YOU SHOULD KNOW: LAUREN KORN 88 FOR THE LOVE OF… CHINOOK HORSES 91 WILD WEST WORDS WITH CHRYSTI THE WORDSMITH 92 GET TO KNOW A COUNTY: LINCOLN COUNTY by Bryan Spellman 93 CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST 94 TRIVIA 95 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 96 DOWN THE TRAIL SEAN JANSEN COVER IMAGES 946-494, PAc 90-87.N165, Montana Historical Society Research Center Photograph Archives, Helena, MT.

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