Tag: Montana military history


  • The Iron Riders: Montana’s Bicycle Soldiers

    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…

  • Montana’s Hidden Grief: Honoring Those Who Never Returned

    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…