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8 OUR CONTRIBUTORS
10 A NOTE FROM OUR PUBLISHER
12 THE FLATHEAD LAKE MONSTER: STILL AT LARGE?
by Ednor Therriault
16 VISITING JIM'S HORN HOUSE
by Joseph Shelton
19 I DIDN'T DIE IN MONTANA
HANK WILLIAMS JR. ON AJAX MOUNTAIN
by Sherman Cahill
24 LIGHTNING IN THE WILD
article and photos by Bruce Smith
28 THE LAKOTA DELEGATION PORTRAITS FROM 1868-1877
by Douglas A. Schmittou
36 WHEN STEAMBOATS RULED MONTANA'S WATERS:
THE ADVENT OF STEAMBOAT TRAFFIC ON THE UPPER MISSOURI
AND ITS IMPACT ON THE FUR TRADE, ART, ANTHROPOLOGY,
AND NATURAL SCIENCE
by Douglas A. Schmittou
43 WILD WEST WORDS
by Chrysti the Wordsmith
44 A STEP BACK IN TIME TO
SOUTHWEST MONTANA'S HOT SPRINGS
by Charlie Dennison
50 DUCT TAPE AND BARBED WIRE:
THE STORY OF DAVE BROWN
photos & article by Hallie Zolynski
52 "THE NEAR PERFECTION OF UGLINESS"
RESTORING MARY MACLANE'S HOME IN BUTTE, AMERICA
by Lindsay Tran
56 THREE SNAPSHOTS OF AN UNDERWATER MONTANA
by Nick Mitchell
62 THE OLD BROKE RANCHER:
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SEPSIS
by Gary Shelton
64 THE SHONKIN SAG:
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GEOLOGICAL SITES IN THE WORLD
story and photos by Todd Klassy
70 GET TO KNOW BLAINE COUNTY
article and photos by Bryan Spellman
74
MONTANA MEDIA
THE RIVER WILD
by Kari Bowles
77
ISLE OF BOOKS PRESENTS LAST BEST BOOKS
78 DISTINCTLY MONTANA'S PHOTO CONTEST
79 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS
80 DOWN THE TRAIL
