In the 1920s, a tiny Montana farming county became the most successful Communist stronghold in American history. Struggling wheat farmers, a bombastic newspaper editor, and a crooked sheriff turned Sheridan County into “Little Moscow” — electing Reds to every local office. Then it all collapsed. Here’s how it happened.
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Before a single gold camp appeared in Montana, a camera was already there — and the photos have vanished. The story of Montana's oldest photograph is a tale of lost daguerreotypes, a 50-year archival mistake, and a mystery no historian has yet solved. The answer may be hiding in a box somewhere right now.
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Before a single classroom existed, Helena College started in an airport hangar. From training WWII war workers to welding students today, Montana’s capital city has spent nearly a century betting on hands-on education. How a 1931 aeronautics school became a full college is a story worth knowing.
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CSKT Bison Range welcomes first bison calf of the season
The birth marks another milestone in the tribe’s ongoing effort to bring bison back to the range.
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A borrowed train depot. A typewriter. $13,000. That’s all it took to launch what would become one of Montana’s most vital colleges. In 1967, five Flathead Valley visionaries bet that local education could change everything — and 600 students showed up on day one to prove them right.
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SWEETGRASS, Mont. — New developments are emerging along Montana’s northern border as officials move forward with changes to a historic shared roadway used for generations by residents on both sides of the U.S.-Canada line.
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Built during the Depression to tame the wild Missouri River, Fort Peck’s massive spillway was the ultimate safety valve for the largest earthen dam on Earth. It survived disaster, defied floodwaters, and reshaped an entire ecosystem. This is the forgotten story of the structure that kept a monster dam from becoming a monster catastrophe.
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He ruled Montana before Montana existed. Scottish-born Kenneth Mackenzie built a fur trade empire on the Upper Missouri, charming — and sometimes cheating — everyone from Blackfoot warriors to federal regulators. His illegal whiskey still nearly brought him down. His deals shaped a future state. Meet the man history forgot.
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In 1907, Michel Pablo owned the last great bison herd in America — and the U.S. government didn't want it. What followed was five chaotic years of cowboys, crashes, and a stampede that nearly killed a photographer. The story of how Montana's buffalo ended up in Canada is stranger than you'd expect.
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Poplar's valedictorian was bludgeoned to death beside the river in 1979. A neighbor confessed — but the confession was full of holes, key evidence was tampered with, and rumors pointed elsewhere. Barry Beach spent 32 years in prison. The real killer may never face justice.
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