Municipal Judge and Mother-of-Three Shannen Rossmiller Takes on the Bad Guys By David S. Lewis By day, Shannen Rossmiller serves as a municipal judge in Conrad, Montana. By night this mother of three and former cheerleader tracks down al-Qa’eda members as a self taught undercover operative. On June 26, Francis Harris with the U.K’s online […]
Taken by the Sioux A Buffalo Hunt, the Vast Sioux Village, and the Dog Feast
BY FANNY KELLY On the 20th of July [1864] we had nearly reached the Indian village [after our wagon train had been massacred by the Oglala on July 15, with I and 5-year old Mary taken prisoner on a forced ride deep into Indian country] when we camped for the night, as usual, when such […]
Gold, and a Crow War Party
Gold at Alder Gulch, 150 Years Ago This Month BY GARY FORNEY Prospectors swarmed the banks of Grasshopper Creek in the bustling new camp of Bannack (18 miles West of present-day Dillon) during the winter of 1862-63, along with persons typical of mining camps in those days—gamblers, saloon keepers, merchants, and men of infamous repute. […]
Wild Mustangs Find Asylum
NBC CEO and Others Fail to Prevent Their Arrival BY QUINCY ORHAI After a long legal battle of over 3 years, pitting New West neighbors against the government (and Karen and Greg Rice of the Spanish Q Ranch) 700 BLM surplus wild horses have found a new home under the big skies of Montana. The […]
Taken by the Sioux – The Ordeal Continues…
A Vision of Little Mary’s Fate BY FANNY KELLY First published in 1872 Abducted by the Sioux and taken to their village of thousands, Fanny Kelly becomes the object of the Indian’s revenge after General Sully pursued and killed many Sioux warriors in battle. The next morning I could see that something unusual was about […]
The Last Crow War Chief
Joseph Medicine Crow Remembering a life and death encounter during WWII, when he served as a scout in the U.S. Army’s 103rd Infantry Division, Crow tribal historian and anthropologist Joseph Medicine Crow, who turns 100 this year (the oldest living man of the Crow tribe), tells the story of how he was assigned to surprise […]
500 lbs of USFS Explosives Stolen near Red Lodge
Forest Service Failed to Keep Watch on Facility BY PAT HILL 06/07/13 The theft of over 500 pounds of explosives from a U.S. Forest Service facility near Red Lodge, Montana, sometime in April remains under investigation by law enforcement officials. Agencies including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the United States Forest […]
Wife Steals Wooden Leg – Hasn’t Gained Weight Since
BY CLEM BROULET I‘ve always thought of myself as having a good appetite, yet I’ve always been thin. I put on years, but not weight. In fact, for most of my life, my practice was to eat a little extra everyday to keep from wasting away (an advantage for a food critic). I would eat […]
Taken by the Sioux – The Sun Dance, a Puzzle of Human Bones, Poisoned Indians
(Originally published in 1872) BY FANNY KELLY About the 1st of October the Indians were on the move as usual [after my abduction in July, 1864, and the massacre of our wagon train in the Powder River area, as we were headed for Montana], and by some means I became separated from the family I […]
Diary of a Gold Miner
Riches Gained and Love Lost at Alder Gulch BY GARY R. FORNEY When considering the stories of the incredible wealth produced from the Alder Gulch by the thousands of miners who swarmed through the area—and later the enormous dredges that ate the landscape by gigantic mouthfuls—it’s easy to lose sight of the individuals who labored […]