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 • F A L L 2 0 2 1 6 2021 Fall T H E DIGGING TREASURE STATE MINING IN MONTANA 8 OUR CONTRIBUTORS 10 A NOTE FROM OUR PUBLISHER 14 LARCH MADNESS FALL-FOLIAGE DESTINATIONS IN NORTHWESTERN MONTANA by Douglas A. Schmittou 18 YELLOWSTONE BROKERS PRESENTS: FROM UFC FIGHTER TO MONTANA HATTER by Joe Shelton, photos by Natalie Taxiera 22 MONTANA'S MYSTERIOUS ROCK SHOW words and photos by Holly Matkin 28 GOLD! MONTANA'S STAMPEDE by Patti Albrecht 31 THE SPIRIT OF BUTTE written and illustrated by Robert Rath 38 EAST TO GOLD MOUNTAIN CHINESE MINERS IN MONTANA words and photos by Sherman Cahill 44 HEADFRAME SPIRITS INSPIRED BY THE PAST, BUT LOOKING TO THE FUTURE by Sherman Cahill 47 A BRIEF AND TASTY HISTORY OF THE PASTY, THE MINER'S FAVORITE MEAL by Joseph Shelton 49 WILD WEST WORDS with Chrysti the Wordsmith 50 I AWAIT THE DEVIL'S COMING MARY MACLANE, BUTTE'S PRODIGAL DAUGHTER by Lindsay Dick 54 WE DIED AN EASY DEATH THREE OF MONTANA'S WORST MINING DISASTERS by Sherman Cahill 58 DO TOMMYKNOCKERS LURK IN THE DARKNESS? by Joseph Shelton 60 "GIVE ME A HIGH DROP, BOYS" FRONTIER JUSTICE AND THE GHOST OF HENRY PLUMMER by Doug Stevens 62 A PHOTOGRAPHIC TRIP TO MONTANA'S HISTORIC CEMETERIES words and photos by Renee Carlson 68 GRANITE, SILVER, AND THE DOLLAR THE MAKING OF A GHOST TOWN by Joseph Shelton, photos by Bryan Spellman 70 OLD BROKE RANCHER MY FORTUNE, DENIED by Gary Shelton 73 THE SAPPHIRE ROAD words and photos by Hallie Zolynski 80 LIFE DURING WARTIME AT THE CHARTER OAK MINE words and photos by Carl Davis 84 LAST BEST BOOKS 86 MINING IN TODAY'S MONTANA words, photos, and graphs by Bryan Spellman 89 SUPERFUND SITES AND THE COMPLICATED LEGACY OF MINING by Zuzu Feder 92 NUTS TO THE NOBLE EXPERIMENT MONTANA'S CUSSED WOMEN BOOTLEGGERS by Teresa Otto 96 DISTINCTLY MONTANA'S PHOTO CONTEST 98 WINNERS OF THE DISTINCTLY MONTANA AND MONTANA MEMORY PROJECT FICTION CONTEST 102 MONTANAN YOU SHOULD KNOW DAVID MIRISCH 107 GET TO KNOW A COUNTY TOOLE COUNTY article and photos by Bryan Spellman 110 TRIVIA 111 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 112 DOWN THE TRAIL TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S C O N T E N T S

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