Great Falls, Montana
June 3, 2023
Dear Family & Friends:
It rained hard all day in Great Falls on June 1. I was glad I took a zero day and was staying at a hotel. In the morning, I shopped for gear and got everything I needed at sporting goods stores and Walmart. I had lunch with Greg Smith, who lives in Great Falls. Greg, his father-in-law and I climbed Mt. Rainier in 2001.
Greg Smith & Bill
C.M. Russell (on the left) and O.C Seltzer
Native Americans and cowboys
Native Americans demand a toll in beef to let the cattlemen take their herd to grazing
Native Americans looking down at the Lewis & Clark Expedition
The Roundup
See next photo
The Hold-Up
Whose Meat?
Native Americans looking down at a steamboat (“Fireboat”) on the Missouri River
Pony Express
Peace & War
Black Horse by Kevin Red Star
Love following your adventures! Be safe out there!
Tnx for sharing the wonderful Russell paintings… the horses’ fearful demeanor, in the presence of the standing bear, is well captured by Russell’s paint brush…
Good to hear your adventure is going well, despite the vagaries of Mother Nature…
Let’s continue enjoy the journey of life!
Fond hug,
k;-)
The great west so well represented in the Russell paintings- a privilege to see in person.
Rain is always a good reason to “hunker down” and take a zero day.
Continued river blessings.
Rick
Such cool experiences. Thanks for sharing these with us!!!
Bill.
Nice to see you in Montana. Charlie Russell was such a great artist. I’m glad you got to see his work. The museum is wonderful.’
My grand parents, great grand parents and so many relatives are burried there in Great Falls. Real pioneers of 150 years ago. East of Great Falls by the Highlands the Missouri River runs through my relatives wheat farms. Lewis and Clark camped there and it is well known. I was just in Great Falls last year for my aunts celebration of life. She passed away last year just a month short of 101.
My mother road her horse there 90 years ago and told of the 30 below zero weather there. She never lived anywhere else than California after leaving Montana. It’s a cold and beautiful place where you see forever. Enjoy your adventures there. I will look forward to your blogs.
Bill you have given me another destination! Great Falls Museum. I have a couple of the bronze works by Russell and as a painter can’t get over the man’s talent. Thank you for your generous time and energy to delight us with your travels.
Jeff and I will be in Great Falls tomorrow for a couple days. Visiting his cousin on our way to Washington. We’ll have to check out the museum. Safe travels