Distinctly Montana Magazine

2021 // Summer

Distinctly Montana Magazine

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w w w . d i s t i n c t l y m o n t a n a . c o m 5 7 Model T! Model T! w w w . d i s t i n c t l y m o n t a n a . c o m 3 EASILY TRAVEL FROM HELENA TO MISSOULA BY BREAKFAST! MAKE QUICK TRIPS TO LOLO AND WOLF CREEK IN NO TIME AT ALL!* RADIO PICKS UP ONLY ONE STATION THAT PLAYS THE SADDEST COUNTRY SONGS EVER RECORDED Places to Drive Your Model T: You Can Haul: No Highways in 1920s Montana? No Problem! Just Imagine Where You Can Go! *A River Runs Through It jokes! TRUSTY TRUCK TRAIN TRACKS!* 45° ROADS! IN A TREE! • 1 DOG! • 2 HAY BALES! • 406 PAINTINGS OF THE ABANDONED OLD TRUCK AT SUNSET! TRUSTY DOG O ne of the most influential cars of the 20th Century, the FORD MODEL T capitalized on innovative production line assembly to become the first affordable car for many Americans, with 15 millon cars sold between 1908–1927. While Montana had a whopping 50 miles of paved highways in 1928, cars like the Model T had already profoundly changed rural and city life for most Montanans. Model T! Model T! Farmer's Farmer's Friend Friend Make Your Own Stories Driving e My ical Looking for a Trusty Partner? You' ll Grow to Love e H istorically, agriculture has always been Montana's foremost economic engine from jobs to exports. Because of the Great Depression and World War II, only 30% of working farms used gas powered equipment into the 1940s, while the rest still relied on horses to work in the fields. Once trucks and tractors were available, farm productivity took off. Farmers could manage larger crops, and the machines could work longer hours as well as endure adverse conditions better than animals. Soon, trucks like the trusty 1949 INTERNATIONAL became the farmer's best friend.

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