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The Band Boys of Butte: Montana's Best Brass Band and the Tycoon Who Never Bought a Man Who Wasn't for Sale

By Ross Peterson, with photos courtesy of the Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives
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Above It All: Hiking to Montana's Forest Service Lookouts

By Seth Anderson
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Sanananda: Montana's 163rd Infantry in the Jungle Hell of New Guinea

By by Colonel (Retired) John B. Driscoll

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    The Old Broke Montana Rancher Gets Prayed Over On Account of His "Abject Poverty"

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Emerald Isle to Big Sky Country: the Ancient Irish Sport of Hurling Takes Root in Montana

By Holly Matkin
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    Roadtrip to Dillon and the Andrus Hotel

    By Joseph Shelton, with photos by the author
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    Best Western Boots in Montana: Atomic 79's Award-Winning Custom Craftsmanship in Dillon

    By Distinctly Montana Staff
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    Get to Know a County: Golden Valley County

    By Bryan Spellman, with photos by the author

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Wooden Wild Horses: Montana's Seven Carousels

By Bryan Spellman
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    Holiday Hospitality at The Ranch at Rock Creek

    By Distinctly Montana Staff, with Photos Courtesy of The Ranch at Rock Creek
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    Yellowstone Hot Springs: A Natural Oasis at the Heart of Paradise Valley

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    The Old Broke Rancher on Becoming a Hobo at Nine

    By Gary Shelton

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Richard Hugo Reminds Us

By James Grady
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    Charley Pride From the Helena Smelter to Country-Western Superstar

    By Sherman Cahill
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    The Landscapes of Norman Maclean: Forest, Mountains, Water

    By Bryan Spellman
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    I Didn't Die in Montana: Hank Williams Jr. on Ajax Mountain

    By Nick Mitchell

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The Shunka Warak’in, Hyena of the Rockies

By Joseph Shelton, with Photos by Tom Rath
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    A Legacy of Conservation: Teller Wildlife Refuge Protects a Piece of Paradise in the Bitterroot Valley

    By by Susie Wall • photos by Heather Tellock
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    Montana's Magnificent Buffalo Jumps

    By Holly Matkin
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    Against the World: the Secret Life of Butte's Pigeons

    By Sherman Cahill

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By Lindsay Tran
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    Above It All: Hiking to Montana's Forest Service Lookouts

    By Seth Anderson
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    Bouldering Montana: Five Spring Bouldering Spots

    By Maria Anderson
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    After the Burns: Hunting for Mushrooms

    By Larry Evans

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The Shonkin Sag: One of the Most Important Geological Sites in the World

By Todd Klassy, with Photos by the Author
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    I Didn't Die in Montana: Hank Williams Jr. on Ajax Mountain

    By Nick Mitchell
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    Larch Madness: Fall-Foliage Destinations in Northwestern Montana

    By Douglas A. Schmittou
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    A Summer in the Taylor-Hilgard

    By words and photography by Hallie Zolynski

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