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Well, it finally happened. That "Girl from the Gulches" got married last week while we were reading "Girl from the Gulches; The Story of Mary Ronan" up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby during our Tuesday evening "Montana History"...

It's a beautiful presentation from Farcountry Press down in Helena. This coffee table book just released last month is "A Taste of Montana: Favorite Recipes from Big Sky Country". You're invited to the "table" with Seabring Davis. Davis is a food journalist whose love of cooking was passed down from her mother who showed her the importance of good food shared with family &

The "Girl from the Gulches" is finally ready to tie the knot with Peter Ronan, & we'll be reading "The-Story-Behind-The-Story" this evening (Tuesday) during our Tuesday tonight "Montana History" up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby."Gi...

Good news this today from AMTRAK! Railroad officials say AMTRAK carried a record number of passengers in the year ending September 30th, despite Northeast service that was temporarily knocked out by Superstorm Sandy. The nation's passenger railroad network carried 31...

I'll be reading Montana History again this evening, Tuesday, at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. We're almost half way through "Girl from the Gulches: The Story of Mary Ronan" as told to Margaret Ronna & edited by Ellen Baumler, the Interpretive Historian at the Montana Historical Society in Helena & the book gets better every week! A cove...

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 ...