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It was February 27, 1943, when one of the 75 coal miners killed in the Bear Creek, Montana underground coal mine explosion scratched out "Goodbye wifes and daughters." That the title (Goodbye Wifes and Daughters) of our current read Tuesday evenings during Montana History at the Marias Heritage Center...

Today's Tuesday, & that means tonight, I'll be up at the Marias Heritage Center to read & share more Montana History. We're all "caught up" in the book, "Goodbye Wifes and Daughters," the riveting story of the February 27, 1943 coal mine explosion, fire & disaster down at the Bearcreek mine in which 73 of the 78 men on duty died that awful day in the mine. Bearcreek

The late Emil Anderson knew this after the lights went out in the mine. He knew the DEADLY gas would soon be coming for him. Anderson was one of the 78 men on duty February 27, 1943, when the Smith Mine in down Bearcreek, Montana blew up. I'll be sharing & reading more on that disaster this evening (Tuesday) at Montana History up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. Ou...

We read & hear more about it everyday...CWD, or chronic wasting disease, is a contagious neurological disease that infects deer, elk & moose. Unfortunately, NO cure is known, & it's FATAL to infected animals. In fact, mule deer are thought to be the most susceptible species here in Montana, but moose, elk & white-tailed deer can all be infected. There'll be a ...

We'll be reading about the late disgraced labor leader, Tony Boyle, during Montana History tonight (Tuesday) at the Heritage Center. Boyle was from Montana. We're currently caught up in the history of the 1943 coal mining disaster in Bearcreek, Montana...

57 degrees is about the average temperature in a coal mine day & time year around. We'll be back in the infamous Bear Creek (Montana) coal mine this evening (Tuesday) during Montana History at the Marias Heritage Center. I'll be at the Heritage at 6 tonight to read more of the 1943 coal mine explosion in Bear Creek mine explosion that left 75 men dead. Th...

The man is Clarence Pellett. The film is "Pellett." You're invited to the Toole County Courthouse here in Shelby this Wednesday at 12 noon, when Clem Pellett & the production team from the movie, "Pellett." will be presenting a special Shelby "sneak" preview with the trailer from the movie. Cl...

It's "National Night Out" tonight (Tuesday,) & here in Shelby, we'll be CELEBRATING it over at Aronow Park. Come on out & enjoy the barbecue at the park along with music, games & some most interesting displays. Shelby's "National Night Out" is scheduled to run from 6 until 8, & I submit that's it's going to be GREAT!...

I'm jacking my jaws about the BUFFALO Bills! I've come up with a sports trivia question for tomorrow (Saturday) morning ON the Buffalo Bills, & the first person to call in to 434 5241 with the correct sports trivia answer will WIN #1 New York Times Bestselling author Susan Wiggs latest novel. He...

I'll be stopping by the Marias Heritage Center tonight (Tuesday) to read & share more Montana History. We're currently reading the "story-behind-the-story of the Otter Creek sheep slaughter. At a mere 112 pages, "Slaughter on the Otter" is a quick read, & a most interesting insight into a nearly unknown chapter of our early history on the wild & woolly Montana & Wyom

2.113 head of sheep, & if that's NOT a lot of "slaughter," I don't know what is! The book is, "Slaughter on the Otter: The Kendrick Sheep Raid," & it's our current read during Montana History up at the Heritage. I'll be there at 6 tonight to read about infamous Kendrick sheep raid back on an early December morning in 1900, when a determined group of cattlemen led by a f

The cattle guys will be wearing their masks tonight (Tuesday) as we continue to read & share more Montana History at the Heritage Center. We'll be commencing chapter 7, in our current read, "Slaughter on the Otter." This is the "story-behind-the-story" on the infamous Kendrick Sheep Raid in early day Montana & Wyoming. On an ...