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 • FA L L 2 0 2 3 6 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 2023 TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S C O N T E N T S TOM RATH CHECK OUT OUR PAGES 32 - 53 BEST OF MONTANA SECTION 8 OUR CONTRIBUTORS 10 A NOTE FROM OUR PUBLISHER 12 THE TREASURE STATE TABLE 15 ISLE OF BOOKS PRESENTS: LAST BEST BOOKS 16 BOOMTOWN SAINT by Christopher Muhlenfeld 22 HOW BOBBY BECAME A LEGEND by Nick Mitchell, illustration by Robert Rath 26 WHEN FLYING SAUCERS FIRST CAME TO GREAT FALLS by Nick Mitchell 29 THE OLD BROKER RANCHER ON WHICH IS WORSE: CALIFORNIANS, OR ALIENS FROM OUTER SPACE by Gary Shelton, illustration by Robert Rath 32 BEST OF MONTANA SECTION 54 THE SHUNKA WARAK'IN, HYENA OF THE ROCKIES by Joseph Shelton, photos by Tom Rath 61 TRAPPERS' TALES: EARLY STORIES FROM YELLOWSTONE by Doug Stevens 70 BRILLIANCE AND BEAUTY: CELEBRATING THE GIFT OF A BLACKFOOT MAP by Dr. Shane Doyle 73 BUTTE, MONTANA: J. EDGAR HOOVER'S FBI SIBERIA by Sherman Cahill, photos courtesy Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives 78 LIVE FROM THE HI-LINE MONTANA ACTORS' THEATRE SERVES UP TOP-QUALITY THEATRE by Charles Finn, photos by Jim Potter 82 MONTANA MEDIA: WHAT DREAMS MAY COME: GLACIER AND THE SUPERNATURAL DIVIDE by Kari Bowles 86 FROM LEWIS AND CLARK TO FORT PIEGAN: THE 25-YEAR-LONG WAR BETWEEN MOUNTAIN MEN AND THE PIIKÁNI (PIEGAN) BLACKFEET by Douglas A. Schmittou 90 SEVEN MONTANA TOWNS THAT NEVER EXISTED by Sherman Cahill 95 GET TO KNOW A COUNTY: CARBON COUNTY article and photos by Bryan Spellman 100 LEO J. CREMER: THE RODEO KING OF MONTANA'S HISTORIC CREMER RANCH article and photos by Todd Klassy 110 MONTANA MUSINGS crossword puzzle by Bill Muhlenfeld 111 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 112 DOWN THE TRAIL Fall 2023 ISSUE COVER PHOTO BY KEVIN LEAGUE

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