August 2026
Rachel Phillips
Over the course of the last two years, local quilters from the Gallatin Quilt Guild met regularly at the Gallatin History Museum to organize the quilt collection. Once the quilts were cleaned, evaluated, and properly stored, the group chose three…
August 2026
Topher Sedlak
Montana might not be first place you envision when hearing baseball. The earliest game using modern rules took place in New Jersey across the Hudson River from New York City. But that’s only part of the story. The Old West was chock full of…
July 2026
Rachel Phillips
In the spring of 1879, Flora Gardner traveled from Kansas to Bozeman with her family, via steamboat and wagon. Once settled in her new home, Flora sent a letter to friends in Kansas describing the trip’s adventures. This is the final…
July 2026
How a Tragedy, a Cow Pasture, and One Man’s Determination Created One of Montana’s Most Important Soccer Facilities
By any measure, the story sounds impossible. Over 40 acres of undeveloped land, years of fundraising, environmental battles, countless volunteers, dozens of local businesses, and a memorial that one man refused to abandon. Today, Adam Bronken Soccer…
June 2026
Pat Hill
On June 6, 1863, the rush began along a 16-mile stretch of stream in present-day Southwest Montana 5It would also become one of the richest placer gold discoveries ever recorded (if not the richest), eventually yielding nearly $3 billion in gold at…
June 2026
Rachel Phillips
In the spring of 1879, Flora Gardner traveled from Kansas to Bozeman with her family, via steamboat and wagon. Once settled in her new home, Flora sent a letter to friends in Kansas describing the trip’s adventures. This is the third of a…
May 2025
Kathleen Johns
In a season marked by cranes (building, not whooping), scaffolding, and quiet transformation, Downtown Bozeman is once again redefining itself. Along its ever-evolving Main Street, two of its most iconic architectural anchors are stepping into new…
May 2025
Rachel Phillips
In the spring of 1879, Flora Gardner traveled from Kansas to Bozeman with her family, via steamboat and wagon. Once settled in her new home, Flora sent a letter to friends in Kansas describing the trip’s adventures. This is the second of a…
April 2026
The Prettiest Place in the World
Rachel Phillips
In the spring of 1879, Flora Gardner traveled from Kansas to Bozeman with her family, via steamboat and wagon. Once settled in her new home, Flora sent a letter to friends in Kansas describing the trip’s adventures. This is the first of a…
April 2026
Steve McGann
Montana has an outstanding literary legacy. The names A B Guthrie, Norman MacLean, and Joseph Kinsey Howard come to mind. There are many more men on the list. A name not often mentioned is Dorothy M Johnson, most likely because she was a woman. Yet…
