In 2014, the Billings Gazette conducted a poll called “Quest for the Best” which asked respondents to vote for the high school football stadium they considered to be the best venue in the state. Sixty-four percent of voters chose Naranche Memorial Stadium in Butte. The people of Butte were not surprised. The stadium at Butte … More Naranche Stadium

Most of the photographs in the C. Owen Smithers Collection are straight-forward. The subject of the photograph is clear. However, sometimes a series of photographs puzzles us. We felt that way about several photographs taken on North Excelsior Street. We just were not sure what we were seeing. Luckily, the note on the Smithers envelope … More Picket Signs and Ore Trains