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Short or tall, big or small, ornamental alliums are a treat for flower gardeners and for butterflies, bees and other pollinators. Plant the bulbs in fall and enjoy months of colorful spring and summer blooms – this year, and for years to come. Just like their relatives, onions and chives, ornamental alliums are easy to grow and trouble free. Pest, diseases and even deer don’t bother them. Most types are reliably perennial and winter hardy in zones three to eight. Alliums prefer well-drained soil and full sun, though they will also grow in parti...
Friends of Musselshell School, Inc and The Illustrious Musselshell Players are pleased to present their 16th dinner theatre on Friday, September 20, and Saturday, September 21. Each evening will feature dinner and the entertaining and amusing western comedy, “The Wrong Side of the Law.” A matinee performance will be presented on Sunday, September 22. On Friday & Saturday, The Illustrious Musselshell Players begin seating guests on the main floor at the Musselshell School Community Center at 5:30 sharp. (Note: the door does not open until 5:30.)...
SchoolsLocal examples of beautiful stained glass windows are featured throughout the Moss Mansion in Billings, Montana this summer. The exhibit includes stunning images by photographer Allison Kazmierski, owner of Font & Figure, from four local churches. Samples of stained glass, as well as a ‘work in progress’ display by Susan (Kennedy) Sommerfeld of locally owned Kennedy’s Stained Glass, are also found on temporary display throughout the historic house museum. Allison, Susan, and Jennette Rasch, curator at the Moss Mansion, enjoyed an excit...
Publisher Note: Due to an editorial oversight, the Beckman Ranch story is being rerun in its entirety. Not all our early ranchers were homesteaders. Born in Minnesota, Albert Beckman came to Roundup to work as a carpenter, found all the homestead land claimed, and bought a section from the Northern Pacific Railroad for $9.00 per acre. In 1917, when he was 30, he married Cora Strike, 18, who lived around Devil's Lake. For a couple of years, they camped in a tent, until Albert hauled lumber 100...
Recipe by: Tigray "This recipe was created to use up a large amount of squash we were given. We modified an existing recipe, swapping almonds for crackers and whole cream for milk. It satisfies my husband's diet and tastes great!" 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 teaspoon butter 1 small onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 4 cups peeled and cubed yellow squash 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/3 cup finely chopped raw almonds 1 cup shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese,...
Fall is the best time to divide spring and summer blooming perennials that are overcrowded, dead in the center, failing to flower or flopping open. Wait until spring to dig and divide fall or summer blooming perennials that were not moved the previous fall. These are guidelines that increase success, but most gardeners have found that the best time to divide is when you have the time and can provide good, proper post-transplanting care. Use a sharp-edged shovel to dig the perennial, roots and all, out of the ground. Lift the clump out of the...
Many may have passed the flyer for the Adams Hotel open house for the first weekend of September. I have long been fascinated with the hotel and was very excited to tour the inside. Traveling out on a warm, sunny, Sunday, we attended this open house. Outside, cars filled the parking lot. The smell of barbeque on the side of the tattered hotel was drawing people to eat. The hotel porch was bustling with people laughing and visiting as though it had been open for years. One could almost imagine...
A dinner theatre presented by Friends of Musselshell School, Inc. and enhanced by the spectacular talents of the Illustrious Musselshell Players will be held two nights, Friday September 20th and again Saturday, September 21st at the Musselshell School Community Center. The evening will feature dinner and the two-act western comedy, “The Wrong Side of the Law” written by Dave Brandl. Seating for the dinner theatre begins when the doors open at 5:30 p.m. A matinee performance will be presented on Sunday, September 22nd when the curtain ope...
Known locally as Nigger Bertie, by all reports she generally was regarded with affection, respect, and, for some of her works, downright admiration. She was a jolly, good-natured soul, rather short and heavy-set, but what endeared her most to the citizens was not her kindness, it was her booze. People claimed hers was the absolute best produced anywhere in the U.S. of A. Since it was the good ole days of Prohibition, when clandestine distilleries were producing moonshine everywhere across our...
When reminiscing about the Matson's, we brushed across the Lackey family, for William and his wife were homesteaders on what later became Emil Matson's ranch. William insisted that his family live in his backyard, as he expressed it, so when their son, Burley, married Esther, they bought a place a few miles – even backyards are large in Montana – from his parents. Driving a mile west on Big Wall Road from its intersection with North Gage, one finds a gumbo track heading north to a cluster of...
The history of Matson family ranches in Musselshell County has two roots, one bound up with the Lackey’s, which will take the next place in our series. The senior Matson was an immigrant, German homesteader, whose property passed into the hands of his son, Emil. The original Lackey homestead was just adjacent to this, and when the Lackey’s passed away, Emil’s brother, Alfred, bought that land in order to be near his brother. For some reason it was advantageous for tax purposes that the broth...
Despite some rain and much cooler temperatures, nearly 30 cars were on hand for the annual Cars & Pars Car show and golf tournament held Saturday, August 17 at Roundup's Pine Ridge Golf Course. Plaques for different categories as well as an exhibitor's award were presented at the close of the show....
When homesteaders abandoned their claims and moved on, it was common for them to turn loose their horses, and, at the time Charlie Hall came to North Gage Road, 50-60 wild horses roamed his property. At first, he worked to run them away but finally turned his rodeo talents to advantage. He rounded up a number of the animals, trained them, and kept one for himself. He also sold horse hair for stuffing furniture, and given his frugal, enterprising nature, who knows but that some local sausage was...
One of the most recognizable voices in country music is coming back to Roundup on August 11th at 6pm at the Outdoor Stage in City Park. Lacy J. Dalton has a special fondness for Montana and Roundup in particular. “Every time I have been here, it’s rained, and I’m going to do a whole show this time, that’s for sure”, she told the guys at 99.9 fm in Roundup recently. “I love Roundup. The people have been so good to me and Dale Poune, and we can’t wait to get back”. Lacy J. has had many hits over...
To begin, Hall was not the first landowner; it was a Mr. Tupper of Chicago, reportedly a Mafia figure seeking to elude the FBI. If this is true, he was successful, and, along with a ranch, he also managed to find a much younger bride, a local schoolteacher. Even today, standing on a wind-whipped hill in the midst of a summer day, one feels lonely out there – imagine a winter night! – and it's an unlikely place for a woman alone. Therefore, in 1938 the widow Tupper sold the ranch, and Cha...
