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SWAN VALLEY – There will be a free film showing of “Unbranded,” Saturday, March 19, 7 p.m. at Condon Community Hall, presented by Alpine Artisans, Crown Community Cinema series. Unbranded is the story of four young cowboys, just out of college and looking for a little adventure before getting jobs and settling down. They decide to take a bunch of wild mustangs from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) shelter, break them to ride and pack and take a trip from Mexico to Canada through some of the wildest country in the U.S. Piece of cake, right...
SEELEY LAKE – The late Clarence Barron "C.B." Rich of Seeley Lake was inducted into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center Feb. 6 in at the Best Western Heritage Inn in Great Falls, Mont. Rich was one of 39 inductees from the 12 districts in Montana. Seeley Lake resident Ron Cox nominated C.B. for the award. He, with the help of Rich's son Jack, wrote the biography that was read at the ceremony and will be available in the Hall of Fame. "I want to give credit to Ron to have t...
Swan Valley AARP Meeting Feb. 1 SWAN VALLEY – A month’s journey in Germany, France and Italy will be the Monday, Feb. 1 program for the Swan Valley AARP Chapter. Local residents Steve and Betsy Ellis will show color slides of their recent trip. The group will meet at noon for potluck at 12:30 p.m. The program will start at 2 p.m. The Ellises will be the host for the occasion. The public is invited. Artist-Wilderness-Connection, Artist-in-Residence Program Application Period Open KALISPELL - The Flathead National Forest, Bob Marshall Wilderness...
Excerpts from “Cabin Fever” © Mildred Chaffin 1989. Reprinted with permission. “Cabin Fever” is available on the Seeley Lake Historical Society (SLHS) website, www.seeleyhistory.org bookstore and locally at Cory’s Valley Market, Double Arrow Lodge, Grizzly Claw and Rovero’s. A Dude Ranch or Cattle Ranch? C.B. Rich shared some stories about the early days at the ranch. “’The dude buildings had been allowed to run down and we thought we budgeted enough to repair them. We didn’t, however, and maintenance and repair of the buildings were the...
SEELEY LAKE - The Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Project (BCSP) Steering Committee recently updated their 2008 proposal addressing restoration and protection of the region's forests in a manner that promotes recreation opportunities, conservation interests and the local economy in the southwestern Crown of the Continent. Last week they submitted their 2015 proposal to Montana Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester and Representative Ryan Zinke in hopes of gaining their support. In 2005,...
It has been just over seven months since I came to Seeley Lake to serve as the Forest Service District Ranger for the Seeley Lake Ranger District. I wanted to share my expectations, experiences and lessons learned thus far with you. With recent retirements and transfers, there have been many changes within the Forest Service and the local district office personnel. Several district employees remain part of our permanent staff and we have added two new members to our team. We are almost fully...
Though the smoke has cleared from Montana’s skies, we’re far from extinguishing another major problem facing our forests: the crisis of how we pay for fighting forest fires while continuing to fund essential Forest Service programs that sustain Montana’s outdoor way of life and our outdoor economy. Instead of focusing his energy on a common-sense solution to this Montana crisis, Senator Steve Daines is playing political games in Washington, D.C. by supporting the Resilient Federal Forest Act (HR 2647) as the cure-all to our nation’s wildfir...
Length: 2 to 3 miles to Lower Rumble Creek Lake and another 1/2 mile to a mile to Upper Rumble Creek Lake. Distance varies with route. Elevation: Trailhead at 4,800 feet; Lower Rumble Creek Lake - 7,000 feet; Upper Rumble Creek Lake - 7,900 feet; Holland Peak - 9,356 feet Directions to the Trailhead for East Foothills Trail No. 192: Approximately 28 miles north of Seeley Lake or two miles south of Condon, at mile marker 39, turn east on the Rumble Creek Road across from Condon Community Church....
At 7:10 a.m. on Thursday, June 16, 2005, from Missoula Community Medical Center came the news that Helen went to meet C.B. at the top of the pass. He's been patiently waiting for her since Oct. 12, 1996. Helen Betty, a third-generation Montanan, was born in Columbus on June 3, 1921, to parents Gertrude Harris Calhoun and John Clarence Calhoun. She was later joined by siblings Patricia "Patsy" and John "Johnny." The local registrar of birth certificates changed her name to Helen "Elizabeth." Her...
On October 12, 1996 at 5:00 a.m. God called home one of His best. Clarence Barron "C.B." Rich came to bless the home of his Montana pioneer parents on March 6, 1919 at the family home in Dean, Montana. After a difficult birth Grandma Lizzie cuddled and loved him to keep him warm and help him make it through the night. He was born to parents Clarence Gallatin Rich and Anna Margaurite Barron Rich, a fourth generation Montanan. His great-grandparents, Dr. Andrew Jackson Hunter and Susan Murray...
