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 2 6 8 OUR CONTRIBUTORS 10 A NOTE FROM OUR PUBLISHER 12 THE TRADITION OF SPRING BRANDING LIVES ON article and photos by Todd Klassy 22 MONTANA'S MAGNIFICENT BUFFALO JUMPS by Holly Matkin 28 BOVINES OF MONTANA written and illustrated Robert Rath 16 YELLOWSTONE BROKERS PRESENTS HOW BRIAN KEMPISTY AND PORT X LOGISTICS ARE CHANGING OUR VISION OF SUCCESS 34 THE BEARTOOTH HIGHWAY: THEN AND NOW article and photos by Holly Matkin 42 INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL PUNKE AUTHOR OF THE REVENANT, RIDGELINE, AND LAST STAND: GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL, THE BATTLE TO SAVE THE BUFFALO, AND THE BIRTH OF THE NEW WEST by Lindsay Tran 44 QUINTESSENTIAL COWBOYS: CELEBRATING THE DIVERSITY OF MONTANA'S COWBOY CULTURE by Amy Grisak 47 THE BUFFALO HUNTERS interview by Joseph Shelton 51 REAL MONTANA COMICS: STAMPEDE! written and illustrated Robert Rath 55 BARBED WIRE ON THE RANGE by Joseph Shelton 56 STEAK AND AMERICA: A ROMANCE FOR THE AGES by Sherman Cahill 59 THE OLD BROKE RANCHER TRIES FAKE MEAT by Gary Shelton 62 WILD WEST WORDS: STEAK TERMS with Chrysti the Wordsmith 64 THE COLD BLOODS: DRAFT HORSES AND THE ART OF TAKING IT SLOW article and photos by Hallie Zolynski 70 RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IS LEGAL IN MONTANA: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 72 WHAT ROCK CAN DO FOR YOU photos and article by Seth Anderson 78 GET TO KNOW A COUNTY: POWDER RIVER article and photos by Bryan Spellman 80 THE ROWDY HISTORY OF MILES CITY'S BUCKING HORSE SALE by Renee Carlson, photos by Todd Klassy 96 FOR THE LOVE OF... BOZEMAN SCORE 98 THE NATIONAL BISON RANGE: STORY OF VISION, TRAGEDY, AND HOMECOMING by Doug Stevens 104 LAST BEST BOOKS 106 DISTINCTLY MONTANA'S PHOTO CONTEST 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 2022 Spring TOM RATH BEARTOOTH HIGHWAY, PAGE 34 COVER PHOTO BY TODD KLASSY 2 0 Y E A RS o f t he T R E AS U R E S T A T E Celeating

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