• Introducing exploreyellowstoneriver.org, Our Montana’s new easy to use website!

    Posted on May 25, 2016

    FROM LAST BEST NEWS New website promotes, celebrates Yellowstone River By: DAVID CRISP | May 20, 2016 ShareEmail Print A new website aimed at enhancing appreciation of the Yellowstone River has been created by the Our Montana nonprofit organization. The website, exploreyellowstoneriver.org, offers a near-complete guide to access sites, history, points of interest, community parks and […]

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  • How You Can Trail Clark Down the Yellowstone

    Posted on July 29, 2015

    July 20, 2015 The Billings Gazette The Corps of Discovery once passed through the Yellowstone Valley where Park City, Laurel and Billings now stand. On Friday and Saturday, those of us fortunate enough to live along this stretch of river have invitations to walk the same ground those Western explorers trod in buckskin and moccasins […]

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  • Clark’s Crossing Dedicated

    Posted on July 29, 2015

    July 24, 2015 4:30 pm  •  By Mike Ferguson About 70 people lined the Yellowstone River on a sparkling Friday morning to dedicate the place where Capt. William Clark sent a small contingent from the Corps of Discovery to cross the river with their horses exactly 209 years earlier — on July 24, 1806. The next […]

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  • UM Archaeology Team Explores Rosebud Battlefield

    Posted on June 15, 2015

    May 24, 2015 6:15 am  •  By Brett French with the Billings Gazette Holding the corroded, dirt-filled piece of metal up to a small magnifying glass, Doug Scott confirmed what the volunteers surrounding him had waited almost breathlessly to hear. “It is what it’s supposed to be,” the historical ballistics expert said. “That’s a .50-70 fired […]

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  • Our Montana Ancient Indian Trails Presentation by Mike Penfold

    Posted on June 9, 2015

    Mike Penfold, OM’s Volunteer Conservation Program Director, gave a presentation on Ancient Indian Trails at Cafe Regis in Red Lodge. He covered a broad scope of travel history in the Montana area, including touching stories and artifacts of human past, and the range of critters and characters that you might have met if you were living […]

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