The 39th president, who died Sunday at 100, spoke to 2,000 people at the Rims. He called the venue "the most beautiful place I've ever been asked to speak in."
Nels and Annie Anderson died in 1924, but they live on in Glenn Pomeroy and others who owe their existence to the victims of one of Billings' most notorious crimes.Â
Going into Christmas of 1925, Montana was roughly seven years into its self-imposed sobriety, and Billings bootleggers were about to get a gut-check from prohibition authorities.Â
Kooistra worked at the museum for nearly three decades, tirelessly telling, retelling and preserving the story of Billings and the Yellowstone Valley.Â
Charles Dickens’ classic 1843 novella, “A Christmas Carol,†has been adapted to the screen dozens of times. Read about more Christmas classics.
Butte High grad spent entire war as a POW.
Content by AARP. Identical twins Dan and Dave Eckerson and their father, Tom, have invested decades of their lives serving their country.
“The veterans here, they’re one of us," a VFW Post 12177 member said. "They’re just as honorable, and they don’t deserve to be forgotten.â€
Meagher County's Castle Town is privately owned, meaning you can only explore its historic old buildings from the road.Â
The Montana Paranormal Research Society have been trying to explain the unexplainable for two decades. They're volunteers, and have never taken money from the folks who ask them to investigate.
The  church at the corner of North 27th Street and Third Avenue North is being recognized with a grant of up to $250,000 from the National Fund for Sacred Places.
Content by AARP. As a volunteer at Horses Spirits Healing in Billings, this former Vietnam vet works daily with other veterans, children with disabilities and anyone else who comes for some peace of mind.
Content by AARP. For weeks, Christopher “Kit†Löwe, a forward observer with the 1-108th Cavalry Regiment, would pass out prepackaged snacks to Afghan kids running alongside his Humvee while he drove through their villages.
Volunteers toiled long and hard restoring the ballrooms inside the Carpenters Union Hall in Uptown Butte and have planned a fundraiser to help pay for an elevator to ease access.Â
The bridge deck is 800 feet above the Yellowstone River, providing auto access to Yellowstone National Park’s North Entrance.
Content by AARP. For David Nordel, returning to civilian life as a veteran is like standing on one end of the Grand Canyon and being told you have to get to the other side, without being given any instructions on how to do it.
The 55-minute documentary showcases the sentiment of Montanans during the influenza outbreak, and focuses on six stories of death and survival.
Politics were put aside Sept. 8, 1974, and the presidential news did not take center stage. Instead, the focus was on Evel Knievel and his Snake River jump.
Hype surrounded Evel Knievel’s attempt over Snake River Canyon near Twin Falls. Knievel wanted family, friends and fans in attendance also the Butte High Band and Purple Bz drill team.
Content by AARP. To honor those brave service members who have passed, here's an alphabetical list, sourced from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Wall of Faces website and Billings Gazette archives.
The plan is to rearrange some of the existing rooms and build one more, which will give the museum a bit more space and add a wheelchair lift.Â
Content by AARP. For those considering a career in the military, Brown has a few words of advice.
Eero Solomonson, whose leukemia has been in remission for a year, spent a week this summer interacting with the beings who walked this earth 150 million years before us.Â
John “Jack†Keith Lundberg was a 25-year-old second lieutenant from Utah aboard the B-17 bomber "Spare Charlie" when it went down near Épagne-Épagnette, France, on June 22, 1944.
Free guided tours have returned to the state Capitol, offering visitors a more detailed look at the art, architecture and history of a building often called "the people’s house."
Content by AARP. A former high school football and Greco Roman state wrestling champion, Hawes said he lives for moments of action.
Admission for the museum will be free every Tuesday in 2024, giving all access to the five exhibits they have on display, featuring homesteading history, Indigenous art and more.Â
The Treasure County '89ers Museum doesn't keep regular hours, but call one of the numbers posted in the window and they'll let you explore the spectacular buildings and the history.Â
Earl Crouch worked as a hunting guide for the Frost & Richard Camping Co. He found gold on Eagle Creek and — once the boundary of Yellowstone National Park was changed in 1928 — was able to mine it.
During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in the Bighorn Basin a rapid increase in carbon dioxide resulted in large climatic and ecological changes.