May

29

Campaign for veteran’s memorial in Kalispell

May 29, 2006 | 1 Comment

This appeared in today’s Daily Inter Lake:
Campaign aims for Kalispell veterans memorial
by Candance Chase
AFTER SOME brainstorming, the two figured they needed help from an artist to take the next step. They contacted C.A. Grende, a well-known sculptor in Big Arm.
Grende developed a clay rendering of a combat soldier kneeling in front of a comrade’s hastily [...]

May

29

Bozeman-Bound!

May 29, 2006 | 6 Comments

Hi,
My wife and I currently live in Houston, Texas, but have visited Montana twice (2001 & 2003) while vacationing in and around Yellowstone N.P. We immediately fell in love with the area and have been itching to relocate to Boseman, MT ever since.
Recently, a job opportunity has presented itself that might make this possible. However, [...]

May

29

Montana Hero

May 29, 2006 | 3 Comments

May 29, 1944
Army Captain William Wylie Galt of Judith Basin County, is Posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry in action against the Germans during World War II at Villa Crocetta, Italy. Captain Galt’s citation reads, “Nearing the enemy positions, Captain Galt stood fully exposed in the tank turret, ceaselessly fired his machine [...]

May

28

Montana Link to the R.M.S. Titanic?

May 28, 2006 | 5 Comments

May 28, 1993
Residents of the town of Ismay decide to rename their town Joe, as in Joe, Montana, for the upcoming National Football League season after quarterback Joe Montana of the Kansas City Chiefs. On July 3, the name becomes official with a Joe Montana Celebration. In October, twenty-two of the town’s twenty-eight residents are [...]

May

28

We Become a Territory

May 28, 2006 | 2 Comments

I missed posting this on the 26th but I think it’s interesting enough to post it a bit late. What do you think?
May 26, 1864
The territory of Montana is created when President Abraham Lincoln signs the legislation forming the new territory.
More than just a simple legislative act, the designation of what we now know as [...]

May

27

Warning

May 27, 2006 | 7 Comments

Here in Great Falls, we just received word from the Great Falls Tribune that we are getting a new resident:
A registered high-risk sex offender recently moved from Belt to Great Falls. Evan Ray Mayer, a Tier III sex offender, is now living at 1615 13th Ave. S. in Great Falls. He was sentenced [...]

May

18

Writing the High Country

May 18, 2006 | 4 Comments

OK, this doesn’t quite fall into the category of “Big Sky,” but I suspect that it will be of interest to many Big Sky Bloggers who enjoy writing, particuarly of the Western/Montana type. I received the following e-mail from Reif Larsen:
Dear David,
I just wanted to let you know about a unique writing workshop that [...]

May

13

WP 2.0!

May 13, 2006 | 7 Comments

OK, gang, I finally took the plunge: backed-up the database and upgraded to WordPress 2.0! This should — I hope — fix the errors that some of you get when trying to comment, and make Big Sky Blog easier to use. So go ahead — leave a comment and let’s see if everything [...]

May

12

Mount St. Helens

May 12, 2006 | 7 Comments

I know some of you might be like: “That’s great but what does this have to with Montana?!?”
Well considering that the last time Mount St. Helens blew, ash blanketed most of Montana, I thought you might be interested in this… word’s going around town that the volcano might be ready to let off some fiery.

And [...]

May

10

Big Sky Irish

May 10, 2006 | 5 Comments

Pretty neat: the President of Ireland is going to visit Butte, America! Butte’s long & proud history of all things Irish will certainly get a memorable boost from this visit. Oh, and President McAleese will also visit Missoula, but I’d wager that the Butte connection is a wee bit stronger!

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