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 U M M E R 2 0 2 4 10 COVER PHOTO MARSHALL HAIGLER is a visual storyteller based in Whitefish. Combining his love for the outdoors and proximity to some of North America's Greatest landscapes, you can find him summiting moun- tains at first light, traveling by headlamp, and most of the time with his husky, Luna. Learn more at droptheframemedia.com CHARLEY PRIDE PAGE 18 SHERMAN CAHILL is a freelance writer who lives in Butte, Mon- tana. He enjoys film, Westerns, crime fiction, and residing in the best city in America, if not the world. POETRY IN MOTION PAGE 30 HALLIE ZOLYNSKI is a freelance writer and photographer living in Butte with a small outdoor business called The Nomadic Ice Axe teaches outdoor education. When not teaching you can find her out roaming the remote backcountry of Montana. Articles have been in Outside Bozeman, Bozeman's Own and MSU Field Guide focusing on the outdoor life and rural Montana. WOMAN CHIEF PAGE 40 DOUG SCHMITTOU resides in Billings and is a freelance writ- er. His research focuses on travel in the Northern Rockies, ev- idence-based wellness protocols, and nineteenth-century Plains Indian art, material culture and ethnohistory. Previous publica- tions appeared in Montana The Magazine of Western History, Plains Anthropologist and American Indian Quarterly. ARMING THE WILD FRONTIER PAGE 50 CHARLIE DENISON is a freelance writer and newspaper editor who fell in love with Montana and decided to make the Treasure State his long-term home. When not writing or soaking, he en- joys playing music and exploring more of the state with his wife. They live in Boulder. THE OLD BROKE RANCHER PAGE 54 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. FROGGY DOO PAGE 58 EDNOR THERRIAULT'S books include Myths and Legends of Yel- lowstone, Seven Montanas, and Montana Curiosities, the best-selling title in Globe Pequot's Curiosities series. His latest project, Haunt- ed Montana, has just been released. He's also a musician (Bob Wire) and lives with his wife, Shannno, in Missoula. FUR TRADERS AND FLYING SAUCERS PAGE 46 BLOOD ON THE WOOL PAGE 64 NICK MITCHELL lives with his wife and two children in Kalispell and has always been interested in Montana 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. DRIVING THE TEDDY PAGE 70 TODD KLASSY is a commercial photographer who specializes in making rural lifestyle and travel photos. His photographs es- pecially show his fondness for western culture. His photos have been published by American Cowboy, Popular Photography, Sports Illustrated, Western Horseman and many other magazines, websites, and books. To see more of Todd's work please visit: www.toddklassy.com MONTANA WATERFALLS PAGE 82 LINDSAY TRAN is a freelance copywriter living and working in Hel- ena. Originally from Bozeman, her writing and research interests include history, health and wellness, literature, and historic pres- ervation. She enjoys gardening, hiking, reading, and horror movies. DOROTHY JOHNSON PAGE 89 Fourth-generation Montanan RUSSELL ROWLAND is a critical- ly-acclaimed author of six books, a teacher, and a radio and podcast host. From the written to the spoken word, he is a true voice of the Big Sky Country. GET TO KNOW FALLON COUNTY PAGE 94 A native Montanan, BRYAN SPELLMAN has lived all over the state, and now lives in the foothills of the Cabinet Mountains. A graduate of UC Berkeley, he is now retired from a career centered in the School of Fine Arts at the University of Montana. In retirement, he spends his time on weaving, photography, travel, writing, and, yes, geocaching. PARADISE BY THE CARTON PAGE 102 CAB TRAN graduated from the University of Montana and received his MFA from the University of Michigan's Helen Zell Writers' Pro- gram. He has recently completed his translation of Bao Ninh's story collection Hanoi at Midnight. MONTANA MUSINGS PAGE 110 BILL MUHLENFELD is the former owner of Distinctly Montana and a self-described serial entrepreneur. When he is not puzzling over the human condition he enjoys puzzling over crosswords. CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTORS OUR CONTIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Patricia Grabow Montana Historical Society Tom Rath Joseph Shelton Lindsay Tran Robert Schmittou

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