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Philipsburg Documentary Debuts April 18, 21, 22 on PBS

April 17, 2019 by Prairie Populist No Comments
Philipsburg Brewing Company on the corner of 101 W. Broadway, boasts a restored metal front. Drone photo credit: Jordan Lefler. Documentary still shot.  Sweeping Film Charms, Captures P-Burg Renaissance Residents and cast snagged sneak peeks of filmmaker Jim Jenner’s seamless,...
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Decade-old Harvest Ball Revived as Montana State Tradition

November 13, 2018 by Prairie Populist No Comments
A Celebration of MSU's Role in Montana Agriculture. Back before Montana State became a University, with multiple colleges, graduate degrees and nearly 18,000 students, it was simply Montana State College (MSC). Its limited degree options included agriculture and economics, and...
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Jeannette Rankin Gave the Rest of Country A Taste of Montanans

October 26, 2018 by Prairie Populist No Comments
Throughout the next month, join us at Prairie Populist as we highlight some of the people from Montana’s history that embodied the values of freedom, independence, and resilience.  Click HERE to browse this series. America’s First Female Representative Stood Her Ground...
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How Strong is Montana’s Foundation of Freedom, Independence, and Resilience?

October 16, 2018 by Prairie Populist No Comments
Montana’s Populist History Relived and Repeated We Montanans don’t take kindly to other folks telling us how to live and what to think. We live as we want and we think as we please. That’s the way we like it...
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Three Forks. Three Parks. One Community.

August 24, 2018 by Prairie Populist No Comments
Missouri Headwaters, Madison Buffalo Jump, and Lewis and Clark Caverns State Parks Summer means exploring our state, and at Prairie Populist we’re joining the thousands of Montanans visiting the amazing lands, lakes, and historical sites that make up Montana’s state...
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First Peoples Buffalo Jump
People and Places

First Peoples Buffalo Jump: History Under Your Feet and Before Your Eyes

August 14, 2018 by Prairie Populist No Comments
Minutes off the highway, centuries back in time Just a few miles off Interstate 15, if you look closely at the ground below, you can spot flakes of bone, all that remains of buffalo and other animals that were driven...
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The Secret’s Out at Sluice Boxes State Park

August 10, 2018 by Prairie Populist No Comments
But the pressure is on. Summer means exploring our state, and at Prairie Populist we’re joining the thousands of Montanans visiting the amazing lands, lakes, and historical sites that make up Montana’s state parks. We hope you’ll check back all summer and join...
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Hey, I think that was my grandpa’s forge! Havre Beneath the Streets- It’s Everyone’s History

May 29, 2018 by Prairie Populist No Comments
Take a trip back in time to see what secrets lie underground in Havre On June 14, 1904, a fire broke out in Havre, and four blocks burned to the ground. Stores, businesses, offices -- everything was gone. With much...
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Montana Horse Could be First to Win Kentucky Derby Since 1889

April 25, 2018 by Prairie Populist No Comments
Ruby Valley Produced Upset Winner; Bets Taken Now on Bolt D’Oro   Before tractors, hydraulic combines, dirt bikes, and trucks, we Montanans relied on horses for every aspect of life: combining wheat in the fall, tilling the land in the...
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40 Years Later, WaterWorks Still Making Waves in Miles City

October 6, 2017 by Prairie Populist No Comments
Just west of downtown Miles City, where the Tongue River and the Yellowstone meet, is the WaterWorks Art Museum. Built in 1910, this brick building was the original water treatment plant for Miles City. But the tides have since turned,...
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