In the summer of 1897, twenty United States soldiers rolled out of Fort Missoula headed for St. Louis. On bicycles. Not motorcycles. Not modern touring bikes with lightweight frames, twenty-seven gears and seats engineered by somebody with strong feelings about lower-back support. Bicycles. And because this was the United States Army, naturally they weren’t allowed…
The 406 Life • Montana Heritage Montana’s Hidden Grief: Honoring Those Who Never Returned As told by Montana Max | May 2026 I’ve stood quiet in a lot of places across this state. River valleys at dawn. Ridgelines nobody drives past. And every last Monday in May, I notice something shift out there… a stillness…