Jean Peterson Jean Peterson

Gifts in a Jar

This holiday season, share gifts straight from your kitchen.

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Cyd Hoefle Cyd Hoefle

50th Anniversary of Montana Silversmiths

Buckles are the crowning glory for Montana Silversmiths. Having designed and hand-crafted thousands, Montana Silversmiths is the official silversmith of the NFR, PBR, and PRCA and has placed buckles in the hands of hundreds of world champions. 

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From Drought To Deluge

On June 13, the Red Lodge community began battling the raging Rock Creek, which had blown its banks at the south end of town. As it escaped its banks, it turned Broadway Avenue into a rocky river channel flooding everything in its path.

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Fire Fighters Fight For First 

The 89th Annual State Firemen’s Association Convention held in Lander, Wyoming this past June drew volunteer firefighting departments from communities across Wyoming, with nine teams competing from the city and rural departments of Afton, Torrington, and Lander and the rural departments of Riverton, Wheatland and Newcastle.

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Amy Grisak Amy Grisak

Protecting Produce from Pesty Problems

It's the height of summer and gardening should be easy, right? The risk of frost has passed and it's not quite late enough to worry about another, yet this is also when the bugs and other issues cause us concern.

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Cathy Moser Cathy Moser

“God’s Acre”

Meadowlarks warble from their perches on the ornate and lustrous silver fence fronting the Forest Grove Church where worship will soon begin. The bell in the bell tower rings as congregants pass through the front doors that open to the sanctuary.

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Kayla Sargent Kayla Sargent

Montana Agri-Women

Join Montana Agri-Women as we host the American Agri-Women National Convention November 2-6, 2022 in Bozeman, Montana.

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Cyd Hoefle Cyd Hoefle

Summer 2022 Publisher’s Note

What extreme weather we have had this summer! Floods, fire, drought, hail, grasshoppers, even tornadoes. If you were spared of one weather pattern, you likely experienced another.

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Cathy Moser Cathy Moser

Center Mark

On November 8, 1889, Montana was admitted to the union as the forty-first state, and pioneering townsfolk in Lewistown were happy to finally call their centralized hamlet, “The Heart of the State of Montana.” 

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Gayle Irwin Gayle Irwin

The Celebration of 150 Years

Given its proximity to Montana and Wyoming locals, Yellowstone National Park is the perfect place to enjoy during the off season and there’s time now before tourists swarm the sites.

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Cyd Hoefle Cyd Hoefle

Publisher’s Note

We filled this issue with good things. Reminders that even though all is not well in our nation and world, there is still much to be grateful for and enjoy.

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Kayla Sargent Kayla Sargent

Red Lodge Songwriters Festival

The Red Lodge Songwriter Festival will bring the kind of music to town that will guarantee to touch you in a way like never before. Hit song writers and rising stars from Montana, Nashville and around the country will congregate for three full days, in June.

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Cyd Hoefle Cyd Hoefle

A Glance at Eastern Montana

Being in the middle of nowhere hasn’t stopped Whitney Klasna from making an impact in the agriculture community in the state of Montana and, in fact, in the nation.

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