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Before there was a Great Falls or a Cascade, and when Helena was barely a gold camp, St. Peter's Mission was established near Birdtail Rock. Father Pierre DeSmet was the first Jesuit to come to Montana. His journey resulted from four trips by the Flathead Indians to St. Louis to request that a Blackrobe be sent to them. Father DeSmet traveled across the country with a group of trappers in 1840. He established missions in the Bitterroot and St. Ignatius, and after meeting a small band of...
"Bronc to Breakfast" is one of Charlie Russell's most famous paintings. The iconic scene of the life of cowboys of the old west, features a horse and rider bursting through the camps morning gathering. The painting depicts the bucking cayuse endeavoring to lose the rider as they crash through the fire and gathering of range riders having a quiet breakfast. In the process the fry pan and its contents empty into the fire, the lid is knocked off the Dutch oven, the water kettle is dumped and the co...
