admin | February 2, 2010
Here’s how John Neihardt described his visit to the highest of the Great Falls of the Missouri in late July, 1908: “I caught myself tightly gripping the ledge and shrinking with a shuddering instinctive fear. Then suddenly the thunders seemed to stifle all memory of sound – and left only the silent universe with myself [...]
Category: 1900, Literature, Missouri River, Montana |
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Tags: 1908, Fort Benton, John Neihardt, Missouri River
admin | June 28, 2009
When I first read A.B. Guthrie’s “The Big Sky” back in the 1970s, I figured it was a pretty good baseline for living in Montana. I’m having at it again this summer and wondering if it’s not something more than that. Take this passage, at a time in the novel when old-time mountain man Dick [...]
Category: Fur trade, Literature, Uncategorized |
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Tags: A.B. Guthrie, mountainmen, The Big Sky
