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Dan never got permission to write about or of my f...

2012-05-03T14:07:16.507-06:00

Dan never got permission to write about or of my family W J V-W

My Name Is Wanda J Vieria- Wright . The Book which...

2012-05-03T14:04:24.513-06:00

My Name Is Wanda J Vieria- Wright . The Book which Dan Cushman wrote about His Home in Box Elder and the Family was about My Family My Grandmother and Great GrandMother and Father Myron B Sprague and My Great Uncles and Aunts and Got most of this info from my Grandmother Iam a bit angry as My GrandMother told me He know truel got premisson to print it She Be friended Dan and Well Ypou be the

The same steamboat was the last to pass the Lower ...

2012-03-07T15:59:24.644-07:00

The same steamboat was the last to pass the Lower Yellowstone Diversion Dam construction site at Intake, MT, on August 25, 1909. Intake is downstream from Glendive. Until then she was in limited service as far upstream as Forsyth in spite of the railroad.

It should be mentioned that Oscar's stuff had ...

2012-03-01T17:57:26.127-07:00

It should be mentioned that Oscar's stuff had to be auctioned to help pay the taxes that overwhelmed the family.

Yeah "Anonymous" take it easy!! We stopp...

2012-02-12T10:08:11.872-07:00

Yeah "Anonymous" take it easy!! We stopped to take pictures from the road and a couple guys from the house just west of the school, jump out of their truck and yelled at us for being there. Guess what Dudes?, you DON'T own the road! If THE OWNER of the school house property was so worried about trespassers, he would have explicit no trespassing signs and maybe he wouldn't let

I think it's the perfect slogan for Missoula, ...

2012-02-01T07:24:38.110-07:00

I think it's the perfect slogan for Missoula, though I don't suppose the local Chamber of Commerce would approve. :)

And I wish I still had a little more of that college-kid energy and inspiration!!

(I've been derelict this last month at the Chr...

2012-01-26T06:31:52.379-07:00

(I've been derelict this last month at the Chronicles, too...ah, well...)
Your blog reminds me of the interesting, good things that we are living in the midst of; January in Eastern Montana is an easy time to get morose and dark, so when your blog pops up and makes me smile, I appreciate it like you can't know!

This image should be framed! (And maybe it is, so...

2012-01-26T06:26:18.528-07:00

This image should be framed!
(And maybe it is, somewhere...)

100 page report in a weekend; college kids have energy and inspiration to burn, thank goodness. That's why so many amazing things come out of colleges, hm?

Oh, Lake McDonald... This is a great image! Old po...

2012-01-26T06:23:22.174-07:00

Oh, Lake McDonald...
This is a great image! Old postcards are funnily honest and "touched up" all at the same time. Just like memories that rattle around in our heads, I guess...

The wonders of a prairie sunrise are extremely dif...

2012-01-21T08:54:21.428-07:00

The wonders of a prairie sunrise are extremely difficult to describe, indeed ... to appreciate it, you really just have to be there! This verse does as good a job as any I've seen, though.

And I'm very glad you stopped by! I'm sorry I've been so derelict about this lately ... work has been frantic, but hopefully I can still get back to a regular posting schedule here

It's been a long time since I've seen repr...

2012-01-21T08:50:24.800-07:00

It's been a long time since I've seen reproductions of the old Northern Pacific prints for sale locally, but there are still a couple of places offering current reprints of this poster on eBay. I imagine they're "giclée" prints (produced on demand with a high-quality computer printer) ... I couldn't vouch for their quality, but they should be pretty good, and they'

"As over the rim comes tremendous ascending d...

2012-01-21T08:12:36.919-07:00

"As over the rim comes tremendous ascending day--"

That's perhaps the most perfect description of a prairie sunrise that I've ever read. And it has to be sort of over-the-top, really, because...well, prairie sunrises are inexplicably huge!

Thanks for sharing this!

Mark, I have not been able to find this reproduc...

2012-01-20T17:40:47.528-07:00

Mark,

I have not been able to find this reproduction anywhere. Any thoughts?

Thanks so much. :) The year has been way too bus...

2011-12-18T08:58:21.543-07:00

Thanks so much. :)

The year has been way too busy for me, so the blog fell by the wayside for a few months ... but I'm going to try to start up daily posting again at the first of the year.

Good to see you back on line. I have been faithfu...

2011-12-18T02:10:46.449-07:00

Good to see you back on line. I have been faithfully checking on a regular basis as I am sure numerous other people have been also.

Bill, Thanks for your note! And yep, I can also ...

2011-12-09T09:30:27.108-07:00

Bill,

Thanks for your note! And yep, I can also confirm that the Lilly is back open again ... I had dinner there a couple of weeks ago myself. It's still the same old place as always, which made me very happy.

This time of year, the Lilly is open Wednesday through Sunday, until about 8:30 or so. Once summer comes around, I suspect it will be open every day again.

Just for anybody who might be surfing this. The Li...

2011-12-09T09:23:04.992-07:00

Just for anybody who might be surfing this. The Lilly is back open. We stopped there in August 2011. This Michigan boy (& his family) go to try their fare. What a great place!!! The Lilly was a true highlight for us on our journey to Glacier park. Do not miss the chance to stop here!!!!!!

I grew up in Harlowton. When I was 21 I had a chan...

2011-10-01T13:39:03.722-06:00

I grew up in Harlowton. When I was 21 I had a chance to buy this building for $8000.00 from the owner Gay Murry. He was well into his 80's at the time.
This was before the fire.
I had never been inside the building - the theatre part of the building that is. In High School, I had a couple of friend who lived in the 2nd floor apartment and if you drove down the alley

Yep, prints of the photos are available for sale. ...

2011-09-14T08:23:51.377-06:00

Yep, prints of the photos are available for sale. To contact me with inquiries, click on the link in the "about me" area in the right-hand column of this page ... you'll find an e-mail link there.

Many thanks!

Hi, Gary ... Many thanks for your note! I was ex...

2011-09-14T08:17:23.793-06:00

Hi, Gary ...

Many thanks for your note! I was excited to read it, in part because until today I hadn't realized that any episodes of Route 66 were filmed in Montana! It turns out there were two -- this episode, and the one following -- both filmed in the Butte area in July 1961. I'll be looking forward to watching them, and reporting about them in a future blog post.<

I'm so glad I found this site! About a month ...

2011-09-13T20:50:43.143-06:00

I'm so glad I found this site! About a month ago I happened upon a rerun of "Route 66," a hit TV show that aired from 1960 to 1964, starring Martin Milner and George Maharis. It was a superior series which I was too young (10-14) to understand at the time. Now, I want to see all of them. The one episode I caught took place in Butte, Montana, where the two men had temporary jobs in

hey is is possible to buy a print of this photo? w...

2011-09-02T16:53:39.101-06:00

hey is is possible to buy a print of this photo? we knew the owners (clyde and Ada) and the bar is very special to us!

Glad to hear you'll eventually be back from th...

2011-08-03T13:51:35.865-06:00

Glad to hear you'll eventually be back from the "real world". BTW, we stopped at the Polebridge Mercantile when we were there in June, and the sticky bun I had was the best I've EVER had! Well worth the trip, a wonderful funky ambiance (like so much of Montana) and a lovely drive. They also have internet connections. :o)

I'm sorry for the relative silence over here l...

2011-08-01T05:56:26.435-06:00

I'm sorry for the relative silence over here lately, and for the major delays in posting ... my commitments in the real world keep interfering. Hopefully by this fall I can get back to a more regular schedule. (And in the meantime, I'll keep posting when I can! :-)

And I definitely need to figure out an excuse to head west, so I can check out this bar ...

How am I missing these posts?!?! Isn't this a ...

2011-07-31T14:44:16.327-06:00

How am I missing these posts?!?!
Isn't this a cool place? I haven't been there since I was quite young...I'm sure there are a LOT more silver dollars, now.