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02/16/2025

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02/16/2025

There are so many ways to celebrate creativity, culture, and community during The Russell. Buy tickets now https://bit.ly/40ZQF0U

02/16/2025

March in Montana Auction catalogue just released! Not to be confused with The CM The C.M. Russell Museum auction this is hosted by Coeur d' Alene Galleries. The auction includes contemporary artist and deceased art as well as important Native American artifacts, antique fi****ms and rugs. They are experts in their field and run a first rate art gallery in Coeur d'Alene Idaho.
Check out the link: https://bid.marchinmontana.com/online-auctions/march-in-montana-auction/randy-van-beek-oil-on-canvas-7116151
Sioux Camp on the Big Horn River 36x36 Oil (2024)

02/16/2025

Congratulations Linda!

Votes have now been tallied and the People's Choice Award for this year's Juried show goes to Linda Short Artist of Great Falls for her dynamic and breathtaking scratchboard piece, "Take the Prey". If you haven't been out to see the exhibit, we encourage you to do so. There are 67 pieces of art on display until March 6th.

02/16/2025

Congratulations Dawn!

Dawn Sievers, who teaches Spanish, Art, and English at Power Public Schools, is the 2025 recipient.

02/16/2025

02/14/2025

02/14/2025

The E Bar L Ranch, near Greenough on the Blackfoot River, is one of the oldest family-owned and operated guest ranches in Montana. Summer 2025 will be its 100th season.

The E Bar L Ranch, near Greenough on the Blackfoot River, is one of the oldest family-owned and operated guest ranches in Montana. Summer 2025 will be its 100th season. Oral tradition says that Gertrude Landsburg “Mah” Potter was fed up with hosting husband Orrin William “Pops” Potter’s fr...

02/14/2025

Happy Valentines Day!

02/13/2025

Plan to attend the 10th Anniversary of the Celebration of Native Plains Artists, the premier showcase of Native American art and design. Featuring Native American artists and artisans, look for one-of-a-kind fine art, sculpture, jewelry, clothing and accessories. This year the show will include a special Fashion Show, March 22, 2-3:30pm at the Great Western Show at Montana ExpoPark.

02/13/2025

Cowboy on a Bucking Bronco would become one of Charles Edward Morris’ most famous photographs. In 1906 Charles and his wife Helen registered its copyright along with several other photographs (now archived at the University of Montana). They even used the image of Matheson’s daring ride as a trademark stamp for their burgeoning postcard business. “It’s believed to be the first photograph to document a horse bucking with all four feet off the ground,” says Pamela Morris, Charlie’s granddaughter, with pride.

02/12/2025

In 2013, Rainbow was recognized at the Montana Pro Rodeo Hall and Wall of Fame for his many accomplishments and contributions to rodeo. This February he was inducted into the 2025 Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame. Rainbow absolutely loves the Western way of life and more often than not, he hears, “They just don’t make ‘em like you anymore, cowboy.”

Born in the Roundup hospital in 1943 and raised in nearby Musselshell, Raymond Hugh “Rainbow” Hillman grew up ranching and began breaking horses at the ripe age of 10 years old. He went on to become valedictorian of his class of 1961 and then played college basketball in Havre. While there, he w...

02/10/2025

Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame 2025 Inductee Rosie Stoneberg has impacted lives and land by hosting sustainable agricultural field trips for national and international students of all ages. Her management of the prairie’s natural resources has resulted not only in a model of good grazing practices, but an induction into the Montana Range Day’s Hall of Fame in 1996.

Rose Anderson Stoneberg lives on the same land where her grandmother filed a homestead claim in 1918, a 50-mile drive south of Hinsdale. Born in 1946, Rosie began a life-long love of learning in a one- room schoolhouse near Tallow Creek, about forty-five minutes (or twenty-two miles of bad roads) fr...

02/09/2025

Great event! Great people! Great Cause!

02/08/2025

Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame 2025 Inductee Barbara Van Cleve’s work has garnered numerous awards and honors, including the Montana Governor’s Arts Award and the Western Heritage Wrangler Award for Photography (by the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum). In 1995, she was inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas.

Barbara Van Cleve’s journey beganin the small town of Melville, outsid eof Big Timber, in 1935. It was here, amidst the sweeping prairies and towering peaks, that her love affairwith photography blossomed. Critical of her own hand-drawing skills, Van Cleve recalls seeking a way to visually communi...

02/08/2025

Despite the snow and nasty travel conditions across the state, it was a packed house with tough cowboys, cowgirls and western lifestyle enthusiasts who made it to Great Falls for the MCHF Welcome Reception. Thanks to the event sponsor, The Heritage Inn. See you all tomorrow at the MCHF Induction ceremony and brunch!

02/07/2025