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A few miles outside Miles City in 1956 Shell Oil drilled 8,230 feet before all Hell broke loose. Instead of oil they struck a vein of hot, high pressure water, the same for which Yellowstone Park is famous. From April to June the drillers sought to plug it, for they were convinced that oil lay beneath the steamy layer. On 7 June drilling resumed, only to blow again at 8,256 feet deep. On the third attempt, the Fourth of July, the geyser erupted like a patriotic rocket from a depth of 8, 840...
It's time for the 10th Annual Peeps Show sponsored by the Roundup High School Art Department. It's hard to believe that it has been 10 years since starting our marshmallow adventure! I have a "confection" to make, this is my favorite time of year. Peeps Shows are shoe box sized dioramas featuring marshmallow Peeps. Caution, some of our dioramas contain "fowl" puns. The dioramas are displayed in the Community Library where everyone is invited to view and vote for their favorite. Prizes will be...
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 25 min. Bake: 1-1/2 hours YIELD: 6 servings. Ingredients • 3 tablespoons butter • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour • 1-1/2 teaspoons salt • 1/4 teaspoon pepper • 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) chicken broth • 6 pork rib or loin chops (3/4 inch thick) • 2 tablespoons canola oil • Additional salt and pepper, optional • 6 cups thinly sliced peeled potatoes • 1 medium onion, sliced • Paprika and minced fresh parsley, optional • Directions 1. In a small saucepan, melt butter; stir in the flou...
Create an outdoor space to relax and recharge. Transform a corner of your landscape, deck or balcony into your own escape from everyday deadlines and stress. Use decorative fencing, sheer curtains or plantings to define the space and create a bit of privacy. An outdoor carpet, steppers or groundcover can also help define the space and create added comfort. Provide a bit of protection from the blazing hot sun with a shade tree, pergola, umbrella or retractable awning. Deciduous trees and vines add shade during hot summer months, but let the...
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. + cooling Cook: 2-3/4 hours YIELD: 12 servings (3 quarts). Ingredients 1 broiler/fryer chicken (3-1/2 to 4 pounds), cut up • 2-1/4 quarts cold water • 5 chicken bouillon cubes • 6 whole peppercorns • 3 whole cloves • 1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted • 1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted • 1-1/2 cups chopped carrots • 1 cup fresh or frozen peas • 1 cup chopped celery • 1 cup chopped peeled potatoes • 1/4 cup...
Do you know any cattle ranch tales that begin with a ship disaster? No? Just read on. When the gold rush was on, Alvin A. Ellis and his wife, Lynthia, traveled from Ohio to California to join in the search. Whether they struck it rich is not known, but their devious route back to Ohio made them passengers on a sidewheel steamer named the "Central America." It was known as the ship of gold and operated between Central America and the east coast of the United States. Aptly designated, it carried...
Since 1947 the Voice of Democracy has been the VFW's premier scholarship program. Each year, nearly 40,000 high school students compete for more than $2 million in scholarships and incentives. Students compete by writing and recording an audio essay on an annual patriotic theme. This year's theme was what makes America great. Lexis Goffena, a student at RHS was this year's VFW Post 4925 1st place winner. Her essay advanced to compete against 264 other students from District 3. Lexis again came...
We’ve all done it…gotten overzealous in spring and overplanted or planted the wrong varieties for our tastes and needs. Make this the year you plan your garden for the best return on your investment. First, prepare a list before placing your catalogue order or making that first trip to the garden center. Without a bit of preplanning our carts end up filled with more seeds and plants than space available or varieties that are not suited to our growing conditions or our family’s taste. Make sure each plant you select provides the greatest retur...
Ingredients • 1 beef flat iron steak or boneless top sirloin steak (3/4 pound) • 1/8 teaspoon salt • 1/8 teaspoon pepper • 1 tablespoon butter, softened • 1 teaspoon minced fresh parsley • 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic • 1/4 teaspoon reduced-sodium soy sauce Directions •Preheat air fryer to 400°. Sprinkle steak with salt and pepper. Place steak in air-fryer basket. Cook until meat reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, a thermometer should read 135°; medium, 140°; medium-well, 145°)...
The first requirement to discussing Samuel Wilford Gebo's exciting adventures is to learn to pronounce his surname, which is French, "Gibeau," and later Americanized. Thus, it rhymes with the name of our Montana town, Wibaux, and begins with a "zh" sound. He was born in Canada in 1862, raised near Ogdensburg, New York, lived in Minnesota, and settled in Montana early in the 1890s. He formed the Clarks Fork Coal Company and developed the Gebo Mine near Fromberg, Montana, which was named "Gebo"...
In 1882, the town of Roundup was established consisting of a little log store, a saloon, and an annual roundup that inspired the towns name. Twenty six years later, Greg Eiselein's grandfather Alfred William Eiselein established the Roundup Record. As it is recorded in "Roundup On the Musselshell" (available at the Museum), Young Alfred edited and published a newspaper in Danube, Minnesota. In March of 1908 at 23, he headed west landing in Miles City. Greg told me that within the next day Alfred...
Too much of a good thing can mean death for indoor plants. Overwatering is a good example of this and a common problem for indoor gardeners. For others it’s the opposite extreme, allowing plants to go too dry. Knowing when to water your indoor plants can increase gardening success and eliminate the stress of uncertainty. The first step is to throw away your watering schedule. Start watering plants based on their individual need not the date on the calendar. Consider the type of plant, container material and size as well as other growing c...
By Jennifer Bergin At the airport on my way back from the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Annual Convention, I reflected on the questions and comments I hear in my local community, in the big city, when traveling and from friends and family. These include, among others: You are so involved in Farm Bureau; you must have been raised in it. You must have been in FFA – you are so involved in agriculture and educating about it. What agriculture degree do you have? What did your family raise on you...
You name it, they’ll play it….whatever song you want….until someone else ‘ups your bid’ and boots your song off the ivories! DUELING PIANOS is an evening of friendly rivalry and one-upsmanship….all FOR A GOOD CAUSE, funding for the Lewistown Downtown Association. Jeff and Rhiannon, at their duel keyboards, bring the best songs of our times to the evening. There will be dancing, clapping, jumping, shouting, singing and humming…..in short the joint will be rockin’. WHEN: Friday, March 20th 7:00 p.m. (St. Patrick’s Weekend) WHAT: DUELING PIA...
In 1900 in Modersville, Michigan, Peter Siderius arrived into this world. He was the second of 14 children born to Everet Siderius and his wife, Gertrude De Boer, both immigrants from the Netherlands. In 1907, when land was opening up in Montana, the family moved to Kalispell, where, as a child, Peter helped the family financially by delivering their farm's milk and other products around town and to the Flathead Reservation. Another responsibility of Peter's was to run and fetch the midwife...
Ingredients • 1/2 pound ground beef • 4 tablespoons butter, divided • 3/4 cup chopped onion • 3/4 cup shredded carrots • 3/4 cup diced celery • 1 teaspoon dried basil • 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes • 1-3/4 pounds (about 4 cups) cubed peeled potatoes • 3 cups chicken broth • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour • 2 to 4 cups shredded Velveeta • 1-1/2 cups whole milk • 3/4 teaspoon salt • 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon pepper • 1/4 cup sour cream Directions • In a large saucepan over medium heat, cook and crumble be...
By: Izabel Bowers KovalInterested in joining a group that meets every two weeks in Roundup to enjoy impromptu writing? We are a small group looking for like-minded people who might want to join this engaging and spontaneous group, to include muttering meanderings and spontaneous sputtering’s!! We meet the first and third Fridays at Valley Federal Credit Union conference room, at 10:30, and the group last anywhere from one to one and a half hours. Someone from the group provides a topic for the group, and determines the length of time to w...
No matter the season, size of your garden or climate, you can inject homegrown flavor into your meals. Just clear a shelf, countertop or windowsill and get busy planting herbs, greens and even tomatoes to enjoy year-round. For quick results, grow microgreens. These nutrient packed edibles are ready to harvest in as few as 10 days. Plant microgreen seeds in a quality potting or seed starting mix. A recycled fast food container or other shallow pot with drainage holes works well. Plant the seeds according to label directions, moisten the soil...
Contact: Sandra Booth 406-494-4572 [email protected] A movement has been growing around the world as farmers, ranchers, food companies, policy makers, and scientists alike realize the importance of soil health. A variety of emerging technologies and innovative practices are being adopted widely by producers to improve soil health, and interest in these technologies and practices is spreading quickly. Registration is open for the National Center for Appropriate Technology’s (NCAT) inaugural Soil Health Innovations Conference, March 30-31 in B...
Bowhunter safety classes will begin Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. Class size will be limited to the first 25 students that register and participants need to register online at http://fwp.mt.gov/education/hunter/. Student’s under the age of 18 must be accompanied by legal guardian on the first night in order to complete the registration process. Students have to be at least 11 years old by February 26, 2020 to take the course. The schedule for classes is: Day Date Time Location Wed. Feb. 26 6:30-9:00 p.m. Roundup Sportsmen’s Ass...
The clamor and bustle of Highway 93, a multi-lane artery connecting Whitefish and Kalispell, reached inside and belied the soft, quiet visions the little lady spun in her living room. She made it seem to be still a two-room log cabin. Helen had been one of millions of victims of the deadly world-wide influenza epidemic following World War I. Her parents, the Belvederes, had married in Tacoma when he, born in Italy, was just 19, she, 14. Just twenty-two months old, Helen was one of four orphans t...
Prep: 10 min. Cook: 4 hours Makes 8 servings Ingredients • 2 cans (11 ounces each) whole kernel corn, undrained • 2 packages (8-1/2 ounces each) cornbread mix • 1 can (14-3/4 ounces) cream-style corn • 1 cup sour cream • 1/2 cup butter, melted • 3 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled Directions • In a greased 3- or 4-qt. slow cooker, combine all ingredients. Cook, covered, on low until set, 4-5 hours. Nutrition Facts 3/4 cup: 504 calories, 27g fat (13g saturated fat), 42mg cholesterol,...
Local Teen Rachaell Suhr, a Senior at Lavina, has recently returned from her trip to Washington, D.C.. She left for D.C. on January the 6th and returned on the 13th, enjoying seven days in the capitol city. Rachaell was excited to tell me of her trip. She was able to go on a private tour of the White House and Capital Building, as well as see other spectacular sights such as the National Wall, the Lincoln Monument, and many other memorials and monuments. Another highlight for Rachaell was going...
Eldon Coles plays his hand made guitar. The guitar is made from several types of wood. He made the fret board from Applewood, the neck from Mahogany, binding from Rosewood, the top from a Cedar fencepost, the back from a Juniper from Broadus, and the side from a Russian Olive from Broadus, and the nut and saddle are made from elk horn. Eldon made this guitar while visiting at his parent's home in Molt Montana last year. Eldon has devoted his life to be a non denominational Christian minister,...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — “Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly,” an exhibit that showcases living reptiles from around the world, will be on display at the Museum of the Rockies Saturday, Jan. 25, through Sept. 13.The family-friendly exhibit will feature 19 different reptile species ranging from turtles and tortoises to crocodiles, snakes and lizards housed in naturalistic habitats in changing exhibit galleries in the front and back of the museum. Information on the specific types of reptiles to be featured can be found at museu...
