Half legend, half history — Mike Fink ruled the frontier rivers, then vanished into Montana’s wild Yellowstone country. Was he a mountain man or a myth? The truth is wilder than the tall tales!
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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/mike-fink
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Before Montana had a voice, it had Joe Howard. Journalist, historian, union man — he exposed corporate plunder, championed the forgotten, and wrote the book that defined a state. He died at 45, but Montana’s conscience never really went quiet.
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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/joseph-kinsey-howard
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Major John Owen built Montana's first trading post — then lost his mind, his fort, and his fortune. Now legend says he buried gold there too. But did he? The diaries, the ledger, and decades of archaeology tell a very different story.
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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/mysteries/fort-owen-treasure
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Beartooth Highway welcomes Memorial Day travelers despite thin snowpack
RED LODGE — The Beartooth Highway is open for the season, welcoming skiers, sightseers, and holiday travelers just in time for Memorial Day weekend, though drivers may notice the snow walls lining the road are shorter than usual after a milder winter.
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A New York gangster, a dead roommate, a Montana murder trial — and a suspicious "witness" who turned up dead. Robert Vanella's 1908 conviction unraveled in ways nobody expected.
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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/events/vanella-murder-trial
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From a 1940 county vote to a national rodeo championship — Dawson Community College in Glendive, MT has spent 85 years proving that world-class education doesn't require a big city address. Here's how it happened.
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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/institutions/dawson-community-college
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Before it was Memorial Day, it was Decoration Day — born from the grief of a nation after the Civil War. From graves adorned with flowers to a federal holiday, the story of how America learned to honor its fallen is older and more complicated than most people know.
Today we remember those who gave all!
Happy Memorial Day!!
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Montana’s Giant Springs pumps 156 million gallons a day from a 330-million-year-old aquifer — and feeds the world’s shortest river. Lewis and Clark were speechless. A silver smelter came and went. Then fifth-graders picked a fight with Oregon. The full story is wild.
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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/giant-springs-roe-river
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From Irish poverty to Montana royalty — Marcus Daly arrived in America with nothing and built a copper empire that literally created cities, bought elections, and reshaped an entire state. His rise from dock worker to mining titan is one of the wildest true stories the American West ever produced.
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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/marcus-daly
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BILLINGS — A massive dust storm swept through northeast Montana last week, closing highways, canceling schools and damaging structures, and experts warn events like this could escalate into conditions similar to the Dust Bowl era.
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