BY BOB BROWN The old movie The Devil’s Brigade tells the story of an elite fighting force of WWII, and as many Montanans know, was based on the First Special Service Force that was created at Fort Harrison, Montana, for special operations during the war. Yes, the Special Forces actually originated in Montana, and their World War […]
South Central Rapper Parlay Starr Finds His Groove in Bozeman
Feels Community Has Embraced Him With Open Arms BY PAT HILL Though rap music artist Parlay Starr grew up in south-central Los Angeles, he did not want his son growing up on those same city streets, so he moved his family to southwest Montana instead. The Montana connection was already in place, as Starr’s partner […]
Montana’s Pioneer Editor
The Epic Career of Bozeman’s First Newspaper Man BY GARY FORNEY ‘Wicked’ Tom Baker hibernated in a drift…during the winter [of 1864-65]. Tom was not at all wicked those days, but as he has been a newspaper man since, that may have got its work in on him. The Madisonian, December 26, 1874 While newspapers […]
Life Is a Long Ride
Drifter Passes Through Livingston and Bozeman on 16,000 Mile Ride BY EMILY McKEE After seven years travelling 16,000 miles, at 4 miles per hour with horse and dog, Bernice Ende, the Lady Long Rider, embodies a lifestyle reminiscent of Western history. She is a strong woman who radiates curiosity and love for life. An explorer, […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger Lays Low in Livingston, Montana
With All the Other Outlaws BY DAVID S. LEWIS Imagine this—actually you can’t. You’re a former Mr. Universe, a movie star, a two term governor of the state of California, and you get caught in a scandal of epic proportions as word gets out that you fathered a child with the hired help right under […]