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.
Western art
Will James: the cowboy author who invented himself and ended up in Billings
Will James wrote “Smoky the Cowhorse,” won the Newbery Medal and ran a ranch near Pryor. His western upbringing turned out to be partly a story he made up.