Distinctly Montana Magazine

w w w . d i s t i n c t l y m o n t a n a . c o m 11 THE PEOPLE WHO FEED MONTANA PAGE 59 SUSIE WALL is a freelance writer and real estate agent living in Missoula. Endless curiosity leads her to write about a variety of topics from farming to trav- el to scat identification, but her favorite subjects continue to be the captivating people of Montana. THE REAL CATTLE QUEEN OF MONTANA PAGE 62 DOUG STEVENS (aka "graytrekker"), is a retired sci- entist and college educator. He is also a free- lance writer and photographer living near Polson. Doug's printshop can be found at: graytrekker. darkroom.tech/ MILITARY VETERANS IN BRONZE PAGE 95 HOLLY MATKIN is a native Montanan who lives with her husband at the foot of the Elkhorn Mountains. She covers a wide variety of topics as a freelance writer for multiple local and national publications, and es- pecially enjoys writing travel, history, and human interest pieces. SEEKING SOLITUDE PAGE 102 HALLIE ZOLYNSKI is a freelance writer and photographer living in Butte with a small outdoor business called The Nomadic Ice Axe teaches outdoor education. When not teaching you can find her out roaming the remote backcountry of Montana. Articles have been in Outside Bozeman, Bozeman's Own and MSU Field Guide focusing on the outdoor life and rural Montana. MINERAL COUNTY PAGE 108 A native Montanan, BRYAN SPELLMAN has lived all over the state, and now lives in the foothills of the Cab- inet Mountains. A graduate of UC Berkeley, he is now retired from a career centered in the School of Fine Arts at the University of Montana. In retire- ment, he spends his time on weaving, photography, travel, writ- ing, and, yes, geocaching. HOW MONTANA FOUGHT WORLD WAR I PAGE 111 AMY GRISAK is a writer and photographer specializing in gardening, cooking, and sustainable lifestyle topics, as well as anything to do with the beautiful Montana outdoors. Her articles appear in the New Pioneer, Rodale's Organic Life, Camp Cabela's, Hobby Farms, The Farmers' Almanac, Horticulture, the Great Falls Tribune, and more. GOLD RUSH PAGE 118 DOUG SCHMITTOU resides in Billings and is a freelance writer. His research focuses on travel in the North- ern Rockies, evidence-b ased wellness protocols, and nineteenth-century Plains Indian art, materi- al culture and ethnohistory. Previous publications appeared in Montana The Magazine of Western History, Plains Anthropologist and American Indian Quarterly. Your online store for Montana-made products www.naturallymt.com OPEN APRIL OCTOBER rough (OPEN IN NOVEMBER WEATHER PERMITTING) OPEN PURCHASE TICKETS AT WWW.MININGMUSEUM.ORG 155 MUSEUM WAY BUTTE, MT 59701 406-723-7211 TAKE AN UNDERGROUND TOUR IN THE ORPHAN GIRL MINE AND EXPLORE THE STREETS OF HELL ROARIN' GULCH B E S T M U S E U M B E S T C U LT U R A L M U S E U M B E S T H I S T O R Y M U S E U M B E S T O F M O N TA N A B M D I S T I N C T L Y M O N T A N A ' S 2 0 2 2 W I N N E R ! W I N N E R !

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