Glacier national Park

I don't often read "westerns", but I've come across a really engrossing neat page turner, or in this case, a page "BURNER" penned by my friend Bill Yenne. Yenne's new book is the 1st in a new series titled "Bladen Cole: Bounty Hunter" & it takes place & is happening & hopping right out here in Montana, including this area of north central Montana. Bladen C

66 pages to be exact. That's how many pages we have remaining to read in our current book up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby for our Tuesday evening "Montana History". We've been enjoying "Nothing To Tell-Extraordinary Stories of Montana Ranch Women" beautifully penned by author Donna Gray...

As Shelby Mayor, His Worship-Dr. Larry J. Bonderud, says, "run to the roundhouse, they'll never CORNER you there"! The National Association of Railroad Passengers is invited back to Washington DC next month for the BIGGEST week of the year for national passenger train advocacy...

If last year's was any indication, this year's is going to be a blast! I'm blogging today about the Annual Ball on tap for this Saturday night over at East Glacier. Talk about fun!...there's going to be a dinner followed by dancing & prancing along with a silent auction to boot. It...

Just the other day, I was thinking about our "Old Fishing Hole" program & wondering how long it would be until spring & I get the opportunity to host the program again. I've already talked with Bob Kovatch at Lake Francis down in Valier & invited him to join us on our 1st broadcast this spring! Speaking o...

The infamous Erik "Fingers" Ray, the man with the "magic fingers", will be working his musical magic tomorrow night (Saturday) over in East Glacier. The "Radiant Ray" will be performing & getting down at the Community Hall" in East Glacier beginning at 7 tomorrow evening. Th...

Puff here & I AM a train "buff". I enjoy railroading & have since I've been a kid & my father used to take me down to the Great Northern & Milwaukee Depots in Great Falls to watch the trains come in. I recall both the Empire Builder & the Western Star from the Great Northern along with the infamous yellow & orange Hiawatha on the Milwaukee line. I even remember wa

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A state wildlife official says capping the Montana wolf population at 250 could jeopardize the state's oversight of the predators. Ken McDonald of Fish, Wildlife and Parks made his comments yesterday to a legislative panel meeting on the limit proposed by Rep...

Bart the Bear would be 36 today! Here's a brief biography for Bart taken from his unofficial page http://bartbear.tripod.com/: Bart was born in a US zoo on January 19, 1978. His destiny was not to live out his 23 1/2 years in the unchanging confinement of a zoo, but to see the world and become a beloved member of a human family...

(Information in the following story is from: KCFW-TV, http://www.kcfw.com) WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — Search crews rescued two skiers from Glacier National Park after an avalanche partially buried one of the men. Park officials told KCFW-TV that the man's injuries did not appear to be life-threatening...

A sumptuous collection of Charlie Russell's iconic works is what it is, & it is truly a beautiful "coffee table" book offering a retrospective of Charlie Russell's paintings & sculptures. This beautiful work is entitled "The Masterworks Of Charles M. Russel...

It's Tuesday & as usual, I'll be going up to the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby tonight to read Montana History to some of the Heritage Center residents. We'll be finishing up the Nancy & Charlie Russell book this evening & my friend, Marie Ostrem, is bringing along a new book to read that deals with a Fort Benton area woman who was one of our pioneer agriculture people here in