RED LODGE – Montana has made enormous progress in preserving and interpreting its history in the last 30 years, historian Carroll Van West said here Thursday. He wasn’t just being nice. He illustrated his point with dozens of slides of Montana buildings and sights that have been preserved or restored over the last three decades. The message was driven home afterward with tours of the Red Lodge cemetery, nearby homesteads, barns and Weatherman Draw, where efforts are going on to preserve Indian art far older than Montana. (more…) Continue Reading →
