Tiny Towns In Montana Big Timber and Gardiner
Montana is a special place. The sky is big, the state is huge but the towns are small and the people so friendly. We stopped in two little towns and here is what we discovered.
Backroads of Montana: Cakes & Cowboys (2009)
Episode #31 of BACKROADS OF MONTANA. This BACKROADS OF MONTANA episode travels first to Park City, where everyone will tell you that the best angel food for miles around comes from The Cake Ladies. In Great Falls, we'll visit a special site that not only honors fallen soldiers, but pays tribute to living veterans as well. We stop in the central Montana town of Winifred, the unlikely location for what may be the world's largest Tonka toy collection. And we visit a working cowboy singer on his ranch south of Wibaux. William Marcus hosts the program from Malta.
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Backroads of Montana: Episode 10 - Wool & Wind (1997)
Episode #10 of Backroads of Montana hosted by Montana TV & Radio personality, William Marcus.
William Marcus takes us ice-sailing near Helena, kite-flying at a festival in Helena, gliding over the Flathead Valley, sightseeing in Glacier National Park, sheep shearing near Absarokee, and along for the ride through the Gates of the Mountains on the Missouri River near Helena.
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Interstate 90 Eastbound as we head twards the Montana State Line
Interstate 90 Eastbound as we head twards the Montana State Line. - BigRigSteve is an American trucker that trucks all 48 states. He has equipped his truck with LIVE Truckcams and Still-Image webcams. He keeps his Road Crew up to date by using Fully Automated GPS trip maps and other GPS related information, and Blogs on his daily experiences on the road, He uses HD Videos, Photography, and Interactive Panoramas to show America's Highways to the rest of the world. become one of the RoadCrew and visit us on To learn more about BigRigTravels, visit these links:
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Backroads of Montana: Episode 8 - The Badlands (1996)
Episode Eight of Backroads of Montana hosted by Montana TV & Radio personality, William Marcus.
We start with a tour of the Cameron Gallery in Terry, then stop at Makoshika State Park near Glendive to talk with dinosaur hunter Doc Hiatt, then visit the Medicine Rocks near Ekalaka. After chats with a saddlemaker and a pair of Wibaux homesteading pioneers, we conclude our journey by passing time with a trio of Ryegate retirees who combine woodworking and bird watching. This show originates from Ulm Pishkun State Park near Great Falls.
Program Updates
The Evelyn Cameron Gallery in Terry is still open and the town inaugurated the “Lady Cameron Heritage Days” in the summer of 2005. The event is expected to recur each year during the Prairie County Fair. Ivy Brubaker, who shared her family’s Cameron album with us, died in February 2006. She was 97. Doc Hiatt no longer hikes Makoshika Park near Glendive but still enjoys the park’s wildflowers and picnic areas. The kindly Wibaux ladies who traded stories of cold Montana winters have passed on. Miriam Breitenfeldt passed away in early 1997 at age 92. Lela Hall died in June, 1998. She was 98. Saddle maker John Brown eventually moved his saddle shop from Ekalaka to Miles City. He died in April, 2005. Ulm Pishkun State Park near Great Falls was renamed First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park in 2007.
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Backroads of Montana: Episode #23 - Collecting Memories (2005)
Backroads of Montana: Episode #23 - Collecting Memories (2005) hosted by Montana TV & Radio personality, William Marcus.
We profile the high flying exploits of '50s television icon and Montana native Kirby Grant, better known as Sky King. Next, we visit Schafer Air Field in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, a woman in Fairfield with an unusually large hankie collection, and a Missoulian whose entrepreneurial dream is an inspiration to those around her. Also, tour the Fort Peck Dam near Glasgow.
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Backroads of Montana: Episode 5 - The Golden Triangle (1994)
Episode #5 of Backroads of Montana hosted by Montana TV & Radio personality, William Marcus.
Episode Five “The Golden Triangle” (1994) – We see Dana Boussard's stained glass windows in Choteau and then visit an ostrich ranch in Hingham, the Hi-Line Theatre in Rudyard, and Carl Mehmke's Steam Engine Museum near Great Falls. Then we tour a pet cemetery near Great Falls and take a gander at Priest Butte near Choteau. Finally, we tour the Lewis and Clark Caverns near Cardwell.
Program Updates
The Hi-Line Theatre in Rudyard has been remodeled – the original marquee is back in place. Carl Mehmke was inducted into the steam engine hall of fame; he died in March 2009. The pet cemetery near Great Falls continues to grow.
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Backroads of Montana: Episode 7 - Havre to Hamilton (1995)
Episode #7 of Backroads of Montana hosted by Montana TV & Radio personality, William Marcus.
Episode Seven Havre to Hamilton takes us to Havre Beneath the Streets, to the Pitchfork Fondue in Chinook, shows us the Shiniest Oldsmobile on Earth in Butte, and introduces us to Hamilton jazz pianist Jean Wrobel.
Program Updates
Havre Beneath the Streets is still open and has some new exhibits. Frank DeRosa, the friendly gentlemen who guided us beneath the streets, passed away in March 2005. The Fondue King still fires up his pot of boiling oil for Pitchfork Fondue in the Hi-Line area, although the price has gone up a little. That abandoned railroad trestle has become perilously rusted and weakened by the Montana weather. Jazz pianist Jean Wrobel, the Jewel of the Bitterroot Valley died in 2004, and Bob Corbett, the proud designer of the Shiniest Oldsmobile on Earth died in January, 2008.
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Backroads of Montana: Episode #22 - Coming Home (2004)
Backroads of Montana: Episode #22 - Coming Home (2004) hosted by Montana TV & Radio personality, William Marcus.
In this episode we accompany the Shakespeare in the Parks troupe to Birney, the smallest community to host their tour; visit Kremlin-Gilford for its last homecoming parade; plant a special tree with a group of Girl Scouts in Great Falls; and walk an interpretive trail near Hamilton that tells the story of Lewis & Clark from another perspective. Produced by KUFM-TV/MontanaPBS, UM-Missoula.
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Backroads of Montana: Episode 28 - Places of Note (2007)
Episode #28 of Backroads of Montana hosted by Montana TV & Radio personality, William Marcus.
We remember the Ozark Club, visit the Ringing Rocks, and profile the entertainer Luigi.
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