Glacier national Park

The book that we're currently reading up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby, "Girl from the Gulches: The Story of Mary Ronan" as told to Margaret Ronan & edited by Ellen Baumler is a "Women Writing The West Finalist Willa Literary Award Finalist" & this comes as no surprise after reading the first 75 pages. I'm lo...

It's TUESDAY(!) & that means it "Montana History" this evening up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. I'll be up there at 6 o'clock SHARP this tonight to continue on with our current read, "Girl from the Gulches; The Story of Mary Ronan". Wh...

That's what we'll do tonight (Tuesday) during "Montana History" at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. We'll be continuing the outstanding "Montana History" book, "Girl from the Gulches: The Story of Mary Ronan" as told to Margaret Ronan & edited by Ellen Baumler, the Interpretive Historian at the Montana Historical Society down in Helena. Th...

I'll be up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby this evening (Tuesday), reading more Montana History. We just started reading "Girl from the Gulches; The Story of Mary Ronan" as told to Margaret Ronan & edited by Ellen Baumler last week. In...

I'm ready to read MORE "Montana History" this evening (Tuesday) up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. This evening I plan to read a chapter or two of "As I Remember" by Marias Heritage Center resident Tom J. Scalese. Years back, Tom's friends used to tell him that he "ought to write & book" & "Talkative"-Tom went out & did just that &a

I'll be going up to the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby reading more "Montana History" this evening (Tuesday) at 6. Last week, we started the book, "Penny Post Cards and Prairie Flowers". It is a relatively good read & all, but I suspect that this might be a better book to read on an individual basis as opposed to reading aloud to a group of folks. As...

The Senate is debating an important transportation funding bill that would include $1.45 billion for AMTRAK & $100 million for high performance rail. The bill also has $550 million for TIGER grants, a program that has effectively funded passenger & freight rail improvements, & $1.94 billion ...

No, that's NOT how old I'll be on my birthday in September(!)...it's Christine Barnes's beautiful new book in her "America's Grand Lodges" series, "Glacier Park Lodge; Celebrating 100 Years" & what a grand presentation! "Glacier Park Lodge: Celebrating 100 Years" is a must read for all of us in north central Montana with Glacier National Park as our next door neig

The Shelby AMTRAK Station that is...that AMTRAK Exhibit train celebrating Veterans that was in Havre over the weekend will be part of the Empire Builder rolling into Shelby this afternoon (Monday). Powered by a specially painted locomotive celebrating veterans & showcasing the past, present & future of America's Railroad, the AMTRAK Exhibit Train will be part of the "Builder" thi

A "Special Train" is making it's 1st Hi-Line stop for America's Railroad in Havre this weekend! Powered by a specially painted locomotive celebrating veterans & showcasing the past, present & future of America's Railroad, the AMTRAK Exhibit Train will be open to FREE tours today, today (Friday), tomorrow & Sunday at the AMTRAK station over in Havre. Veterans g...

Make that a "penny post card"! Philip J. Burgess's "Penny Post Cards and Prairie Flowers" is the next book that I'll be reading during Montana History up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. I met Philip at Montana Storytellers this past spring in Cut Bank, & the man tells & writes quite the story. Philip...

We're still enjoying "The Hi-Line; Profiles Of A Montana Land" by Daniel N. Vichorek at our Tuesday evening "Montana History" reading up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby, & I'll be up there tonight (Tuesday) at 6 o'clock to continue with this panoramic view of what, I think, is the BEST place out here in the "Last Best Place".. T...