Marks Lumber in Clancy will stop sawing Nov. 6 after 37 years
The family sawmill south of Helena is winding down after 37 years. Owner Steve Marks says rising costs and falling income made the numbers stop working.
Newsmakers
Profiles of the people who shaped Montana, drawn from the historical and public record: political leaders, tribal leaders, artists and everyday pioneers.
Twenty years of Red Ants Pants on Main Street in White Sulphur Springs
Sarah Calhoun opened her women’s workwear store in White Sulphur Springs in October 2006. The company now includes a music festival and a foundation for rural Montana.
Bob Ward’s at 109: How a Missoula Sporting Goods Name Became Part of Al’s
Founded in Missoula in 1917, Bob Ward’s served four generations of Montana hunters, anglers and skiers. With the Bozeman store set to become an Al’s, a look at the family business and what changes for shoppers.
Janicki Industries in Great Falls: The Family Manufacturer Behind Montana’s $800 Million Aerospace Campus
How a Washington machine shop founded in 1993 grew into an aerospace supplier, and what Janicki Industries has said about its $800 million campus in Great Falls.
Mike Mansfield: From Butte Miner to Senate Majority Leader
Mansfield led the U.S. Senate longer than anyone and later served as ambassador to Japan. A profile from public records.
Jeannette Rankin: The Montanan Who Became the First Woman in Congress
Elected in 1916, Rankin entered Congress before women nationwide could vote. A profile from the historical record.
Evelyn Cameron: The Photographer Who Documented Frontier Life Near Terry
An English-born rancher who spent decades photographing eastern Montana. Her images are now a major historical record.
Chief Plenty Coups: Crow Leader and Statesman
Plenty Coups guided the Crow Nation through the reservation era. His home near Pryor is now a state park.
Arthur Blank: Home Depot Co-Founder With Deep Roots in Paradise Valley
Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank also owns the Falcons and Atlanta United, and has owned Mountain Sky Guest Ranch near Emigrant, Montana, since 2001.
Charles M. Russell: the cowboy artist who made Great Falls his home
Charlie Russell came to Montana at 16, worked as a night wrangler and spent his later life painting the West from a log cabin studio in Great Falls.