Gene Tierney's 1990 book recounts details from his work during an early era of wildlife law enforcement in Montana, as well as humorous insights into growing up in a rural state during the Great Depression.
In August 1942, U.S. marines landed on Guadalcanal in the southern Solomon Islands. Their objective was to capture Guadalcanal to use as a base of support for a campaign to eventually capture or neutralize the major Japanese base on New Britain. The Japanese defenders, who had occupied Guada…
Though D. C. is the nation's capital, for many years, the residents of Washington lacked full self-governance.
In the 1919 World Series, the Cincinnati Reds were to play the Chicago White Sox. Sportswriter Hugh Fullerton had a hunch that the upcoming series might be rigged.
Violet Jessop was born in 1887 in Argentina. She was one of six surviving children born to her Irish immigrant parents, out of a total of nine. She was afflicted with tuberculosis that was supposed to kill her, but fate stepped in.
In 1866, Charles Goodnight, a Texas rancher known as the "father of the Texas Panhandle”, invented the chuck-wagon. The cook on a trail drive was a very important person, second only to the trail boss. Because of this, cowboys often did favors for the cook so they could later receive extra rations.
George Ferris Jr., one of America’s top steel engineers of his time, obtained permission to build an enormous steel wheel at the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
When we travel by car, we take for granted that highways and roads are identified by either a unique number or a unique name. However, in the early days of motoring, this was not the norm.
One single scientist created two inventions that accidentally claimed the lives of millions of people. Not only did these inventions decrease the average intelligence of people all around the world but also increased crime rates.
Joshua Abraham Norton was born around 1815 in England. When he was quite young, his family immigrated to South Africa where his father led a small Jewish community. After his father died in 1848, Norton inherited all $40,000 of his father’s estate. He decided to cash in on the American gold …
On Wednesday, about 20 people gathered to see the beginnings of history being reborn at the Historic St. Mary’s Mission in Stevensville with groundbreaking for new replica of a historic building.
The "World Famous" Miles City Bucking Horse Sale starts Thursday. It was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out these photos from the 1978 sale, when Billings Gazette photographer Larry Mayer covered the event.
Seven groups asked the U.S. Board of Geographic Names on Tuesday to rename three geographic places in Montana now named after Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederated States of America during the Civil War, and change them in honor of Indigenous people and Chinese immigrants.
On Feb. 2, 1989, temperatures plummeted to minus 27 degrees Fahrenheit as 49 runaway train cars barreled down Mullen Pass above Helena, Montana. The runaway cars crashed into another train just outside Carroll College, causing two explosions that forced evacuations of nearby residents and le…
On Feb. 2, 1989, temperatures plummeted to minus 27 degrees Fahrenheit as 49 runaway train cars barreled down Mullen Pass above Helena, Montana. The runaway cars crashed into another train just outside Carroll College, causing two explosions that forced evacuations of nearby residents and le…
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Copper King William A. Clark established the Gardens in 1899 for the miners and city that helped feed his fortune. The park grew to 68 acres and entertained countless people before its closure in the 1970s.
Copper King William A. Clark established the Gardens in 1899 for the miners and city that helped feed his fortune. The park grew to 68 acres over the years and the carousel was added in 1923.
Take a look at the history behind Montana's statehouse, the Montana State Capitol, from its original (and abandoned) design, to its status today as one of the state's iconic symbols.
Sands Casino Hotel opened Aug. 13, 1980. Pinnacle Entertainment Inc., agreed to buy the Sands on Sept. 5, 2006, from billionaire Carl Icahn for $250 million, plus $20 million for tax benefits and real estate assets. The Sands closed Nov. 11, 2006, to make room for development of Pinnacle’s p…
Vintage postcards of mines from the past.
Just a few years before Billings became the "Magic City," another town served as the area's commercial hub. Coulson was a riverboat town that sat right next to the Yellowstone River near what is today Coulson Park.
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