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TA B L E O F
C O N T E N T S C O N T E N T S
TOM
RATH
Summer
2024
ISSUE
10 OUR CONTRIBUTORS
12 A NOTE FROM OUR PUBLISHER
14 THE TREASURE STATE TABLE
16 LAST BEST BOOKS
18 CHARLEY PRIDE:
FROM THE HELENA SMELTER TO COUNTRY-WESTERN SUPERSTAR
by Sherman Cahill
23 THE GRABOW AND HER SISTERS:
LIVINGSTON'S HISTORIC HOTELS
by Joseph Shelton
30 POETRY IN MOTION:
BRONC RIDING IN MONTANA
article and photos by Hallie Zolynski
40 WOMAN CHIEF AND RUNNING EAGLE:
NINETEENTH-CENTURY WOMEN WARRIORS OF THE APSÁALOOKE
(CROW), PIIKÁNI (PIEGAN BLACKFEET), AND OTHER PLAINS TRIBES
INDIGENOUS TO MONTANA
by Douglas A. Schmittou
46 FUR TRADERS AND FLYING SAUCERS:
WHAT DID JAMES LUMLEY FIND CRASHED IN THE CADOTTE PASS?
by Nick Mitchell
50 ARMING THE WILD FRONTIER
BEHIND INTO THE WILD FRONTIER WITH ARMORER DENNIS BORUD
by Charlie Denison, photos courtesy of Dennis Borud
54 THE OLD BROKE RANCHER ASKS:
IS OFFAL AWFUL?
by Gary Shelton
58 THE KIDNAP AND RANSOM OF FROGGY DOO
by Ednor Therriault
64 BLOOD ON THE WOOL:
MONTANA'S SHEEP WARS
by Nick Mitchell
70 DRIVING THE TEDDY THROUGH THE TREASURE STATE
article and photos by Todd Klassy
82 THE MISANTHROPE'S GUIDE
TO MONTANA WATERFALLS
by Lindsay Tran
89 DOROTHY JOHNSON:
A MONTANA TREASURE WHO NEEDS TO BE REMEMBERED
by Russell Rowland
94 GET TO KNOW FALLON COUNTY
article and photos by Bryan Spellman
102 PARADISE BY THE CARTON:
THE LEGACY OF THE MARLBORO RANCH
by Cab Tran
110 MONTANA MUSINGS
crossword puzzle by Bill Muhlenfeld
111 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS
112 DOWN THE TRAIL
