DISTINCTLY MONTANA MAGAZINE
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WINTER 2022-23
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Celeating
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8 OUR CONTRIBUTORS
10 A NOTE FROM OUR PUBLISHER
12 THE ART AND CRAFT OF ERIK OLE NELSON
16 RAILS TO TRAILS by Lindsay Dick
22 BIG SKY BRAVERY:
MILITARY SPECIAL OPS FIND JOY AGAIN IN THE MONTANA WILDERNESS
by Holly Matkin
28 HOGAN'S ARMY HEADS EAST
HOW A BUTTE MINER HIJACKED A NORTHERN PACIFIC TRAIN
AND TRIED TO DRIVE IT TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
by Nick Mitchell
34 WILD WEST WORDS
by Chrysti the Wordsmith
36 KNIGHTS OF THE TIE AND RAIL
by Joseph Shelton
40 KRIS NUNN CURATED DESIGN
43 LAST BEST BOOKS
44 KID CURRY AND THE
GREAT NORTHERN TRAIN ROBBERY
by Joseph Shelton
48 ALL ABOARD THE MID-CENTURY
EMPIRE BUILDER
by Sherman Cahill
53 JAMES J. HILL, EMPIRE BUILDER
by Amy Grisak
60 MONTANA AND THE NEZ PERCE FLIGHT FOR FREEDOM
by Doug Stevens
66 VIRGINIA CITY IN THE NOT-SO-QUIET OFF SEASON
by Renee Carlson
70 THE OLD BROKE RANCHER IS NO ANGEL
by Gary Shelton
74 BEAUTIFUL MONTANA ROADS FOR ALL SEASONS
story and photos by Todd Klassy
84 GETTING (UN)STUCK IN MONTANA
by Sherman Cahill
86 GET TO KNOW BIG HORN COUNTY
article and photos By Bryan Spellman
92 DISTINCTLY MONTANA'S PHOTO CONTEST
94 TRIVIA
95 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS
96 DOWN THE TRAIL
