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THE LITTLE ICE AGE IN MONTANA PAGE 66
DOUG SCHMITTOU resides in Billings and is a freelance writer. His
research focuses on travel in the Northern Rockies, evidence-based
wellness protocols, and nineteenth-century Plains Indian art, material
culture and ethnohistory. Previous publications appeared in Montana
The Magazine of Western History, Plains Anthropologist and American
Indian Quarterly.
SAVING A LEGACY
PAGE 72
CHARLIE DENISON is a Montana newspaper editor, freelance writer
and musician who began his Big Sky journey 15 years ago, thanks
in part to inspiration from Western art. He and his wife (a beautiful
Montana native) live in Absarokee.
FAIRMONT HOT SPRINGS
PAGE 53
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.
THE UNLIKELY MONTANAN
PAGE 81
Fourth-generation Montanan RUSSELL ROWLAND is a critically-ac-
claimed 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.
MONTANA MEDIA
PAGE 84
KARI BOWLES was born and raised in the Gallatin Valley before spend-
ing time in the American Midwest 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.
GET TO KNOW GALLATIN COUNTY
PAGE 88
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.
MONTANA MUSINGS
PAGE 94
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.
CONTIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS
Sherman Cahill
Fairmont Hot Springs
Justin Franz
Tom Rath
Riverside Crossing
1931 West Stevens Street
Unit B
Bozeman, Montana
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