The Famous Actor and His Beautiful Wife Loved Livingston By David S. Lewis As a beautiful young model in 1977, Barbara Minty’s first encounter with Steve McQueen had been arranged, by McQueen, a meeting in Los Angeles under the pretext that Steve wanted her to play an Indian princess in a movie he was planning. Minty, who would later become Barbara McQueen, told us though … [Read more...]

When we were kids, Steve McQueen was our hero. He was everything we wanted to be. It began with the black and white poster many of us had in those days (the poster taped on my brother’s bedroom wall for years). It was the legendary image of McQueen’s motorcycle jump in The Great Escape (on a TT Special 650 Triumph painted olive drab and made to look like a wartime BMW) as he … [Read more...]

Chiricahua Apaches Defy and Fight U.S. and Mexican Soldiers (From Life of Tom Horn, originally published1904) BY TOM HORN All that year I was going back and forth between the Mexican line and San Carlos bringing in bunches of Indians and big bunches of [their stolen] stock [to the reservation]. The Mexican Government was just "raising Cain" because we were doing as … [Read more...]

In honor of the Centennial of Women's Suffrage in Montana Young Belle Winestine described suffragist Jeanette Rankin as “magnetic,” with an “illuminous quality,” and quoted another observer of the charismatic Rankin as like a “young panther ready to spring.” A century ago this year, Montana women won the right to vote. Two years later, in 1916, with ardent support of … [Read more...]

For Some, It’s an Idea Whose Time Has Come BY STEWART TRUELSEN Picture yourself in the future, the not too distant future, on a bright summer day. You are grilling hot dogs at a picnic with your family in a park. You pay little attention to the drone flying overhead. It’s probably a UPS or FedEx drone making a package delivery. But it’s not. It’s the food police and they … [Read more...]

Authors Say It Is Pro-Wolfers Who Propagate Myths   Probably the most controversial animal in the North American wilderness, the wolf has been the subject of heated debate since their 1995 reintroduction into Yellowstone. Many assert that wolves are an important part of the ecosystem that should be protected, even revered, and that unfounded myths have surrounded … [Read more...]