Twice a year, a large, white cross is visible from I-90 between Laurel and Park City, MT. Sitting atop Square Butte, the current cross has a vastly different meaning than it did in 1925, when at least one Ku Klux Klan meeting was held on the plateau.
You think egg prices are bad now? Be glad you didn't live in 1860s Montana, where the cost for essentials like meat, flour, and eggs were ridiculously expensive.
Thomas Francis Meagher was a lawyer, a high-ranking soldier, a felon, and perhaps a bit of a drunkard. He died under mysterious circumstances in Fort Benton in 1867.
Believe it or not, there was once a time when communism had a foothold in Montana—specifically in one small part of the state known as "The Red Corner."
Sometimes you catch yourself scrolling through news and social media posts and it is just junk after junk after junk. But then there's something cool that catches your eye.