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From a cluster of old buildings just off Interstate 15 at Monida Pass, a dirt road winds its way through dry, windswept hills before easing down into southwest Montana's high and remote Centennial Valley. If it weren't for one of the gems of the National Wildlife Refuge system – Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge – very few travelers would make their way through this nearly 40-mile-long valley. Cattlemen first ventured into the place in 1876, establishing what are now...
Drought impacts wildlife, too. As we enter the season of complaining about the snow and cold, reminders of this summer’s drought remain in the form of haystacks, cows and pocketbooks that are all far too thin. The same is true for deer and other wildlife species. Some impacts of the drought were immediate, like low chick survival for pheasants and sharptails. Lack of moisture meant low numbers of beetles and other bugs that provide protein critical for chicks to grow during the first couple weeks of life. Poor chick p...
Hello, I hope you had a Merry Christmas! And I hope you will have a Happy New Year! And as long as I’m hoping, I hope we have warm, gentle rains next spring. And I hope the winter is mild, there are very few storms, and cattle prices go up. You can always hope. Hope is good. I am glad the Christmas season is over. You know that I am somewhat of a Scrooge when it comes to the Christmas season. I’m hoping to be better. There’s that word again. Hope is good. Shopping frustrates me. Shirley does it for the kids and grand...
On January 8, 2018 at 4:00 p.m., the annual C & B State Cooperative Grazing District meeting will be held in the meeting room of the Wagon Wheel Café in Ekalaka. Updates will be received from BLM, Jay Bodner, the Executive Secretary of the Montana Association of State Grazing Districts, the Montana Public Lands Council, and Executive Vice President Sandra Brown of the Montana Grass Conservation Commission. Other meeting items will include the election of one director and the proposed adoption of a bylaw amendment, Article...
On December 17, children from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Ekalaka helped deliver over 170 pounds of groceries to the Carter County Food Bank. The goods were donated by members of the church and were dropped off just in time for the holiday season....
Several copies of the 2018 Chamber of Commerce Calendar are still available. This is a 13 month calendar, so people who bought one last year know that they still can get one in January and be covered. That is, unless they’ve sold out. Check with Main Street Market, Wagon Wheel Cafe, Ekalaka Town Office, Carter County Museum, or Alicia Knapp at P.O. Box 108, Ekalaka, MT 59324. These calendars cost $12 each if purchased in Ekalaka, or $15 each if being mailed....
The major goal of the three authors (Sherry Farwell, Ned Summers, and Marguerite Goeders Rozelle) is to preserve the history of the Sykes-Belltower community by means of an accurate summary narrative. This narrative will be presented in multiple published parts and will focus on the years from 1865-1965. PART I (1865-1908) GENERAL GEOGRAPHIC AREA The Sykes-Belltower area lies within central Carter County, Montana but has no definite boundaries. In general, the Sykes-Belltower...
