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 4 8 COVER PHOTO ROSS MOSHER was born and raised in Au- gusta, Montana. He's a full-time rancher, photographer, and avid outdoorsman. Montana will forever be his home. Get a print of this issue's cover photo at rossmosherbeyond.com and follow him on Instagram: @mosherross THE DEVIL'S BRIGADE PAGE 16 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. THE OLD BROKE RANCHER PAGE 34 GARY SHELTON was born in Lewistown in 1951 and has been a rancher, a railroader, a biker, a teacher, a hippie, and a cowboy. Now he's trying his hand at writing in the earnest hope that he'll make enough at it to make a down payment on an RV. Hell, scratch that. Enough to buy the whole RV. PAVING MONTANA PAGE 38 EDNOR THERRIAULT'S books include Myths and Legends of Yellowstone, Seven Montanas, and Montana Curi- osities, the best-selling title in Globe Pequot's Curi- osities series. His latest project, Haunted Montana, has just been released. He's also a musician (Bob Wire) and lives with his wife, Shannno, in Missoula. ANACONDA PAGE 52 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. MARK TWAIN AND "CLARK OF MONTANA" PAGE 58 BRENDA WAHLER is a fourth-generation Montanan who, befitting someone with degrees from both MSU and UM, wears multiple hats. An attorney, histori- an, and horsewoman, she and her husband live near Helena, Montana. Her most recent book is Marcus Daly's Road to Montana, published in 2023 by The History Press. POWDER RIVER KID PAGE 58 LIN VARGO was hired by the FBI as a student at Butte High School, and after graduation, went straight to Washington, DC, to work as a Fingerprint ex- pert in the Criminal Files. She met and married her husband, Frank, at the Bureau. After retiring, she, Frank, and their daughter spent 22 years in Hawaii before moving with my family back to Montana. She enjoys pho- tography, drawing, and researching family history. CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTORS OUR 2022-23 of B E S T M O N TA N A A S V O T E D B Y R E A D E R S O F Y E A R S WO N W I N N E R ! Our Approach Our local family owned & operated business focuses on public safety and fire protection, a true benefit to the owners/operator and the public. Our goal is to help en- sure that every business and facility with a commercial kitchen exhaust system is fire safe. Professional Hood Cleaning in the Gallatin Valley Certified We are trained and certified by Phil Ackland Training, leader in the restaurant kitchen exhaust cleaning industry. Flexible We work within your schedule. Safe We identify potential safety issues and bring them to your attention. Thorough We file after service reports on what services we performed and how we can make your business safer. www.TSKitchenExhaust.com (406)595-1367 Linney Road, Bozeman, Montana NOMINATE US WIN $1000 FOR YOUR CHANCE TO of B E ST M O N TA N A A S V O T E D B Y R E A D E R S O F 2023

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