Episodes

  • Episode 78 Family honors beloved patriarch, logger turned secondhand pawn shop owner

    Episode 78 Family honors beloved patriarch, logger turned secondhand pawn shop owner
    Oct 13 2025
    Hard work and smarts are always assets to success. Doing what you do well, usually brings rewards. But nothing’s ever guaranteed. Sometimes, life throws a curve, and you need to change direction. This is the story of a secondhand store and pawnshop, the generational family that runs it, and the family’s late patriarch who started it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    7 mins
  • Episode 77: Missoula's Big Dipper Ice Cream turns 30

    Episode 77: Missoula's Big Dipper Ice Cream turns 30
    Oct 6 2025
    Along Missoula's Hip Strip, off South Higgins is a go-to spot just about everybody knows. Its back story is about hard work, a love of what you do, and a dedication to local community. Big Dipper Ice Cream is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Not far from downtown, the University of Montana campus and Hellgate High School, it's been a draw for ice cream lovers for generations. Customers come from all over to taste new flavors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Episode 76 Payne Family Native American Center connects students, honors cultures

    Episode 76 Payne Family Native American Center connects students, honors cultures
    Sep 29 2025
    The Payne Family Native American Center on the University of Montana campus houses UM’s prestigious Native American Studies Department. It’s the first academic center of its kind in the country and was designed by Crow Tribe Member Daniel Glenn. It provides services to Native students and offers classes and cultural activities to meet the needs of Indigenous students. It’s named for its primary benefactor and lead donor, UM alumnus and businessman Terry Payne and his wife Patt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Episode 75 Families trace livestock brand history through online registry

    Episode 75 Families trace livestock brand history through online registry
    Sep 22 2025
    Montana’s beloved author, the late Ivan Doig, called livestock brands “the classical language of the American West." Doig and his wife Carol gifted the Montana Department of Livestock a donation to make the history of those brands more accessible to the public. If you’d like to learn more about your family brand you can acquire a lot of information online. Brand records have been compiled by the Montana Department of Livestock and supplied to the Montana Historical Society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Episode 74 Traditional cowboy branding skills thrive at Cross Ranch near Bannack

    Episode 74 Traditional cowboy branding skills thrive at Cross Ranch near Bannack
    Sep 16 2025
    A livestock brand proves ownership. It ties generations of families to their land and ancestors. The practice dates to the ancient Egyptians. But most of us know it as an iconic symbol of the American west. NBC Montana spent a day late last spring with branding crews at the Cross Ranch in the Horse Prairie Valley near Bannack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Episode 73 Ranch family treasures historic livestock brands, precious heirlooms of the West

    Episode 73 Ranch family treasures historic livestock brands, precious heirlooms of the West
    Sep 8 2025
    Livestock brands open windows into history. They uncover stories. They fill in missing pieces to events forgotten or left unrecorded. They shed light on lives long past, and bridge generations. In our Montana Moment season debut, NBC Montana traveled to southwest Montana where we met rancher Debbie Staudenmeyer Tamcke and her family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    7 mins
  • Episode 72 Best of Montana Moment: Seeley Lake's 1,000-year-old Gus is world's largest Western Larch tree

    Episode 72 Best of Montana Moment: Seeley Lake's 1,000-year-old Gus is world's largest Western Larch tree
    Sep 1 2025
    A thousand years ago, a new life began near present day Seeley Lake. The only witnesses to his youth would have been the Indigenous People. He was already 200-years-old when the Magna Carta was signed, and more than 800 when the Civil War started. But today, this Western Larch tree, affectionately known as Gus, continues to thrive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Episode 71 Best of Montana Moment Exploring Robber's Roost, retired stage stop and inn, crossroads of the wild west

    Episode 71 Best of Montana Moment Exploring Robber's Roost, retired stage stop and inn, crossroads of the wild west
    Aug 25 2025
    Between Sheridan and Alder stands an inn once known as a major transportation hub. The building has long since been retired as a place of business, and is now one of southwest Montana's most historic sites. After gold was discovered in Alder Gulch in 1863, fortune seekers and other travelers rested here before moving on to their destinations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    6 mins