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Randy’s Billings Free Press continues to improve — he’s done a great job with it. He’s got a great layout/design, fresh content, images, tags, the whole thing. If you live in Billings – or will be visiting – you owe it to yourself to both read the Billings Free Press AND add it to your [...]

July 31, 1860 – (1911)
Ella Knowles, attorney and Populist political candidate, is born in Northwood, New Hampshire.
Knowles has the distinction of being the first woman lawyer in Montana, having passed the Montana bar in late 1889. At this time, there are probably fewer than a hundred women attorneys in the entire country. Knowles practices law [...]

July 30, 1969
[Billings native] Dave McNally, ace southpaw for the Baltimore Orioles, wins his seventeenth consecutive game by defeating the Kansas City Royals 4-2 in Kansas City. McNally ties the American League record set by Johnny Allen of the Cleveland Indians during the 1937 season. The streak ends on August 3, largely due to Twins [...]

From an e-mail: I’m heading to Gold Creek for a cancer retreat Sept. 4 and really want to come early or stay late to see your beautiful state. I’m on a cheap budget. What would you see or do? Any suggestions for clean cheap lodging? Small towns that you would not [...]

Today’s edition of The Billings Gazette has some good stories today which are worth reading.
The first is a story about the Japanese community in 20th century Harlowton and the second is of the last Japanese native in Harlowton. The story of Henry Muneta is especially poignant since he is the father-in-law of a Big Sky [...]

Glacier National Park’s “1 million acres contain more than 70 varieties of mammals, 260 of birds, at least 1,132 varieties of plants, 762 lakes, 750 miles of marked trails, 13 campgrounds, … six National Historic Landmarks … and a National Civil Engineering Landmark.”

Brian Schott has an excellent Boston Globe article about Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road. He covers three of my favorite subjects: religion, history and political bloviation.

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Last Saturday, I stopped by the Farmer’s Market in downtown Great Falls and happened upon a booth operated by Brent and his family, where they were selling their Manly Man Candles, their home-based business located in Power, Montana. I loved the scents, bought a few, and asked Brent if I could promote his business on [...]

July 27, 1849-(1928)
Luther “Yellowstone” Kelly, scout for the military, is born in Geneva, New York. Following service late in the Civil War, Kelly comes west, eventually becoming chief of scouts for Colonel Nelson Miles. As chief scout, Kelly’s extensive knowledge about the Yellowstone and upper Missouri River basins proves to be invaluable to the military [...]

July 26, 1840
The first Catholic Mass in Montana is conducted by Father DeSmet near the Red Rock Lake area west of what is now the Yellowstone Park area.
July 26, 1979
Actress Raquel Welch arrives in Billings for on-location shooting of the television movie The Legend of Walks Far Woman. Portions of the film are also shot [...]

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