Distinctly Montana Magazine

D I S T I N C T LY M O N TA N A M A G A Z I N E • S P R I N G 2 0 2 3 8 DO SOME TOURISTS HAVE A DEATHWISH, OR WHAT? PAGE 12 TELLING "THE STORY OF BUTTE" PAGE 36 SHERMAN CAHILL is a freelance writer who lives in Butte, Montana. He enjoys film, Westerns, crime fiction, and residing in the best city in America, if not the world. STUART'S STRANGLERS PAGE 18 NICK MITCHELL lives with his wife and two children in Kalispell and has always been interested in Mon- tana and Western history. He loves a good book, a tasty brew, and his family, though not in that order. He's only recently started writing, so he'd like it if you'd be easy on him. CHIEF MOUNTAIN PAGE 22 DOUG SCHMITTOU resides in Billings and is a freelance writer. His research focuses on travel in the North- ern Rockies, evidence-based wellness protocols, and nineteenth-century Plains Indian art, material culture and ethnohistory. Previous publications ap- peared in Montana The Magazine of Western Histo- ry, Plains Anthropologist and American Indian Quarterly. FORT BENTON PAGE 26 CALAMITY JANE PAGE 54 DOUG STEVENS (aka "graytrekker"), is a retired scientist and college educator. He is also a freelance writer and photographer living near Polson. Doug's printshop can be found at: graytrekker.darkroom.tech/ MEETING TOM FRYE: THE MONTANA MARKSMAN PAGE 40 FRANK VARGO is a former squadron photographer for the United States Air Force. Currently, he's a con- tributing photographer with his wife, Lin, for Dis- tinctly Montana and Rural Montana magazines, as well as contributing photographer for the Glasgow Courier newspaper. He is a former legislative aide for the Hawaii State Senate, former FBI identification division specialist, and re- tired Federal Police officer in Washington, D.C.. He would rather be fishing. SHANE AND A. B. GUTHRIE PAGE 44 KARI BOWLES was born and raised in the Gallatin Valley before spending time in the American Mid- west and the Scottish Lowlands. She is a lifelong lover of cinema and literature and enjoys writing about both. She can also be found as a DJ at 95.9fm KGVM, where she plays film soundtracks. CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTORS OUR Committed to bringing exceptional title and escrow services to Park, Gallatin & Madison Counties RESIDENTIAL & REFINANCE • COMMERCIAL BUILDER/ DEVELOPER SERVICES • LENDER SERVICES 3 LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU T H E choice I S yours! D E M A N D T H E best! BIG SKY 11 Lone Peak Dr #102 Big Sky, MT 59716 O: 406.993.2644 BOZEMAN 1925 N 22nd Ave #102 Bozeman, MT 59718 O: 406.587.7702 LIVINGSTON 207 S Main St Livingston, MT 59047 O: 406.333.0013 406.577.2585// www.blacksmithitalian.com Reservations: www.exploretok.com/blacksmithitalian >>> Located across S 3rd from the Museum of the Rockies <<< Hand Crafted Italian Dining Voted # 1 Best Fine Dining in Bozeman!

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