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Editor’s Note This Land Was Made for You AND Me KATIE CANTRELL I“grew up on a dirt road in eastern Washington, Ritchey Road to be specific, named for my great-great-great-uncle, Isaac Ritchey. I don’t know anything about the land before he homesteaded there in...
SATIRE Illustrated travel guide to Flathead Valley recreation We present six options guaranteed to raise adrenaline (and maybe even your hairline), fit for the whole family. Written by David Steele. Illustrated by Collin Hamman DAVID STEELE COLLIN HAMMAN Sperry Chalet...
Headwaters Contemporary Nomad Reflections of a seasonal worker. Illustration by Isaac Passwater BENJAMIN ALVA POLLEY M ist fell on the river and wet our faces as Mike and I forded the North Fork of the Flathead, with January chunks of ice and slush bouncing off...
Headwaters You don’t know granola Camping isn’t what it used to be. And that’s okay. Backwoods Montana in the ’70s and ’80s. ANNETTE STREAN-CORNELIUS M any of the friends that I made in my two decades living away from Montana thought I was extremely...
Field Notes MOM, INTERRUPTED Art was once her job. Now it’s Sharpie stains on the counter and too many pipe cleaners. BY ANGELA MILLER I ’m an artist. I’ve got a university diploma in a box somewhere, extensive work history as a graphic designer, and a portfolio of...
Crux Ghost WriTer A community reporter bears witness to one of the thorniest aspects of recreationalists’ relationship with land: tragic death in the mountains. Tristan Scott. By CLARE MENZEL Tristan Scott, managing editor of the Flathead Beacon, is an award-winning...
