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Ivan Doig: the ranch kid from White Sulphur Springs who wrote Montana

March 19, 2026

by Caleb Lindgren

Ivan Doig grew up working sheep and cattle around White Sulphur Springs and Dupuyer, then turned those years into “This House of Sky” and a shelf of Montana novels.

A.B. Guthrie Jr.: the Choteau newspaperman who named Montana’s sky

January 26, 2026

by Hannah Whitcomb

Aerial view of Choteau, Montana, A.B. Guthrie Jr.'s hometown

A.B. Guthrie Jr. grew up in Choteau, won a Pulitzer Prize for “The Way West” and wrote the novel that gave Montana its nickname, “The Big Sky.”