Meet Stu and Cyd Hoefle.

We’re Stu and Cyd Hoefle. Montana natives with roots that run generations deep. Cyd was raised along the Yellowstone River near Reed Point on her family’s registered Hereford ranch. Along with her two older brothers and two younger sisters, she spent her youth helping out on the ranch, running the baler during haying season, working with the cattle and helping her mother feed the many crews. She was educated at MSU and met Stu while working in Billings. They have three grown children and are now the proud grandparents of five. 

Stu was raised by parents whom loved the outdoors and along with his three brothers, they roamed Montana’s mountains hunting for elk and deer and fishing the waters of every river possible. After a successful career as a petroleum geologist, the timing was perfect for the two of them to purchase Raised in the West Magazine.  

Since June of 2019, they have crisscrossed the state looking for great stories, meeting great people and taking great photographs. Along the way, they have found multiple writers and photographers that have joined in their vision of bringing heartfelt stories about authentic Montanans living ordinary lives doing great things.

Each issue is packed with stories that will entertain, enlighten and educate you. You will be sure to know someone in every issue, or know someone that knows them, showing just how small and tightly knit is our great state.