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Bozeman
Trail before John Bozeman: A busy land • by
Robert Utley,
The Great Father sends us presents and wants us to sell
him the road, but White Chief goes with soldiers to steal
the road before the Indians say Yes or No."So Red
Cloud is supposed to have exploded angrily when Colonel
Henry
B. Carrington's infantry interrupted the Fort Laramie
peace council of 1866. Off he stormed with his Oglala
warriors, and the war for the Bozeman Trail was on.
Fly
Fishing Opportunities near Bozeman, Montana • By Brant Oswald
The fly fishing opportunities found near
Bozeman, Montana are well known to most folks in the FFF community.
Rather
than repeat the same information that is available from a
multitude of other sources, here are a few tips from a local
on the area’s best fishing
In
the Bozone • by Peter Fish
After just one day in Bozeman, Montana, I was compiling
a list of all the reasons my family and I had to move here
right away:
MSU
acquires records of legendary fly fishing publisher • By Tracy Ellig
Bozeman - In the past 30 years, any reader of fly fishing
books has likely turned the pages of something published by
Nick Lyons. Lyons, who sought the best writing on angling
and put it into print, is regarded as one of the most important
forces in the publication of fly fishing books in
America.
Empty
slopes in Montana
There wasn't really a story at all until the former US
television news "anchor" Chet
Huntley embarked on creating a ski resort on the eastern face of the mountain,
which is about 60 miles south of Bozeman in Montana.
Hemingway Adventure, Bozeman, Montana
On November 1930, when Archie MacLeish flew out to Montana
to see his friend Ernest hospitalised in Billings after
a serious car crash, it took him two days to get there and
he called it ‘the most hair raising flight of my life’.
Mountain
Meadows Guest Ranch, Bozeman Montana • By Kimberly
Lisagor
I'd Just plunged my fork into a
yolky eggs Benedict when Alex, my seven-year-old breakfast
companion,
posed
a question: "Have
you ever seen deer guts? They smell baaaad." In any
other setting, this might seem strange. Not so in Mountain
Meadows Guest Ranch's corner of Montana, 52 miles south
of Bozeman, where elk far outnumber humans and a curious
young traveler can collect a lifetime's worth of gross-out
facts in a single day.
Great
ski resorts you've never heard of
If you're serious about ditching the crowds, try one of
these powder-heavy, laid-back, easy-on-your-wallet alternatives
to the usual Rocky Mountain mayhem. Located about 16 miles
north of Bozeman, Montana, on Highway 86, Bridger Bowl Ski
Area has 2,000 feet of vertical, great intermediate glade
skiing, and some of the gnarliest rock-strewn couloirs in
the West. With 25 percent beginner terrain, 35 percent intermediate,
30 percent advanced, and 10 percent hike-in extreme skiing,
Bridger has plenty to offer skiiers of all levels. Despite
the fact that ultra-funky Bozeman is only a 20-minute drive
away, Bridger is blissfully crowd-free--thanks to a new
quad that's increased lift capacity by 43 percent. For slopeside
accommodations, rent a privately owned condo or opt for
the low-key bed and breakfast. Be aware that they only have
75 beds on the mountain, so most people stay down the road
in Bozeman (the airport is just 10 minutes outside of town).
Peak Named for Alex Lowe
September 22, 2005 Alex Lowe spent a lifetime inscribing
his legacy on mountains all over the world; now one of
them will bear the late climber’s name. The U.S.
Board on Geographic Names has approved Alex Lowe Peak
as the new name of a Montana mountain, in honor of the
climber considered one of the finest of his generation. Alex Lowe Peak, formerly known only as Unnamed Peak 10,031 — a
number corresponding to its elevation—is southwest
of Mount Blackmore in Gallatin National Forest, near Lowe’s
hometown of Bozeman.
Thanksgiving
Buck - The mule deer of a lifetime
Montana isn’t known as the place to go for trophy
mulies, rightfully so, but that doesn’t mean there
aren’t any good bucks in Big Sky Country. I’m
not going to say exactly where I found this guy, but I think
a little background on my development as a hunter and the
steps that led me to him will be revealing. I have always
had the hunting bug, but my father didn’t hunt big
game and the relatives who occasionally took me were pretty
much road hunters. I managed to kill a few deer and antelope
in my teen years, but never really got the opportunity to
hunt much until my college days in Bozeman. I can still
clearly remember the first time I was lurking down a ridge
in the Bridgers and got what I call the "predator feeling",
that right-brain thing where you stop thinking in words
and are just "there" with all senses turned up
to ten. I haven’t been the same since.
The
Face Of Bozeman • By Ann Marie Gardner
No longer a cow town, Bozeman -- in Big Sky Country, Montana
-- has been nicknamed Boz Angeles because of an influx
of Californians and celebrities. This has resulted in
ranchers cashing out and Wal-Mart moving in, although
downtown Bozeman still has plenty of charm, along with
mountain views. And while it has been known to snow in
August, on most weekends you'll find the whole town --
and its many dogs -- floating down the Madison and Yellowstone
Rivers on inner tubes.
MusicVilla.com •
Music Villa is located in beautiful downtown Bozeman, Montana.
Home of the Gibson Acoustics Premier Showroom, we are
a full line dealer selling quality musical products for
everyone from beginner to expert and hobbyist to collector.
Our web site shows just a sample of our large inventory,
so
if you are interested in a product that you dont see
here, please feel free to call us at 406-587-4761, Email
us or just stop by if you are in the neighborhood! .................I
did and the owner let me in to see the Gibsons even though
he
was
closed and knowing that I was a looker and not a buyer.
He is so proud of his product he personally showed me his
pride and joys that wen't on the showroom floor. If I can
ever afford a musical piece of art, I am buying it in Bozeman
at Music Villa. - Publisher - Upper Valley Free Press
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