Evel Knievel

Recent Posts

Montana Mint, statewide readers pick top athletes

By: |
Rushmore

Over at Montana Mint, the results are in. As we reported recently, the popular all-things-Montana blog asked the public to help find the four greatest athletes in Montana history—the Mount Rushmore of Montana sports. With more than 2,500 votes cast, the four are Dave Dickenson, Larry Krystkowiak, Dave McNally and Evel Knievel. As the Montana Mint noted, “The winners all represent different sports and different hometowns: Dickenson (Football/Great Falls), Krystkowiak (Basketball/Missoula), McNally (Baseball/Billings), and Evel Knievel (Stunts/Butte).” So now we know that “stunts” is officially a sport. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Last Best Blog, Dave Dickenson, Dave McNally, Evel Knievel, Larry Krystkowiak, Montana Mint

Montana Mint, with readers’ help, to crown top athletes

By: |

The Montana Mint has released a list of the top 16 athletes in Montana history and is asking fans to vote for their top four. On Feb. 12, the website will crown the “Mount Rushmore” of Montana sports. The Montana Mint, which says its simple mission is to “Bring the best of Montana to the Internet,” compiled its list of top 16 athletes after polling its fans through various social media platforms. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Diversions, 1904 Fort Shaw Women’s Basketball Team, Brock Osweiler, Colt Anderson, Dan Carpenter, Dane Fletcher, Dave Dickenson, Dave McNally

At the Pekin Noodle Parlor in Butte, history’s on the menu

By: |
Booth

BUTTE—On a visit to Butte early last fall, I heard two things over and over again. One was that Danny Wong’s hot mustard at the Pekin Noodle Parlor would clear your sinuses. The other was that the Chinese in early-day Butte had built tunnels under much of the Uptown and used them for a variety of nefarious purposes, including drug-running and kidnapping. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Diversions, China Alley, Danny Wong, Dick Gibson, Evel Knievel, Jerry Tam, Mai Wah Society

Christmas 1967: Delivering potatoes to strikebound Butte

By: |
Hall

BUTTE, America, 1967—In nearly a century of existence, the Mining City was no stranger to labor strife, and when Christmas came in 1967, Butte was living through its longest-ever strike. Underground miners there and smeltermen from Anaconda had been off the job since mid-July and would stay out until the following April. As a show of support, members of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union at what then was the Farmers Union Central Exchange refinery south of Laurel put together a pre-Christmas caravan for their Butte brethren. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Diversions, Montana, Butte, Butte Miners Union, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union, Dumas Brothel, Evel Knievel, Farmers Union Central Exchange

A man in full: Documentary takes a close look at Knievel

By: |

“Being Evel,” a new documentary about Butte’s most infamous son, works hard to capture Evel Knievel as he really was—a monumental daredevil and self-promoter who could also be a selfish jerk. The film presents abundant evidence for his having been a jerk. There’s talk about his pursuit of lowlife crime as a young man, and footage of a surly Knievel cursing at the press corps before his big jump over the Snake River Canyon. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Diversions, Art House Cinema & Pub, Bob Pavlovich, Butte, Evel Knievel, Frank Gifford, George Hamilton

Evel who? Meet Montana’s unsung motorcycle hero

By: |
Honda

If there were any justice in this world, Gregory Frazier would be as famous as that other Montana motorcyclist, the late Robert Knievel. Frazier, who lives in Fort Smith when he’s not on his motorcycle, is not a daredevil in the traditional sense of the term, meaning he doesn’t jump over cars, buses or gorges. But it takes a different kind of guts, and incredible doggedness, to do what Frazier has done on a motorcycle. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Diversions, Billings Gazette, David Grubbs, Evel Knievel, Fort Smith, Gregory Frazier, Joe Whalen

Colorado filmmaker planning Knievel documentary

By: |

As the ugly, confusing squabble over Evel Knievel Days continues in Butte, a Colorado filmmaker’s plans for making a documentary about Knievel are moving forward. Daniel Junge, the director of what will be called “Being Evel,” was awarded more than $94,000 in state incentives by the Colorado Economic Development Commission. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Last Best Blog, Butte, Evel Knievel, Evel Knievel Days, Johhny Knoxville, Muhammad Ali