Andrea and Trevor – Watford City, North Dakota
Trevor and Andrea came to Watford City in search of the opportunity for a better life.
Trevor and Andrea came to Watford City in search of the opportunity for a better life.
Photo by Jessica Jane Hart
Music – Satsang performing a Matt Fockler tune
Lawrence Wetsit, Kyle Senner, and Sharon Lindquist tell tales of trying times when the temperatures dropped. Music – Steve Brown
He goes by Wizard, the nickname his grandmother gave him when he was growing up in West Virginia. Also featuring Little Man. Music – David Banuelos
The Mondak Heritage Center in Sidney, Mont. provides a window to the past, chronicling Northeastern Montana’s rich history.
Lawrence Wetsit is a man with a sense of history. An administrator at the Fort Peck Community College in Poplar, he’s also the cultural leader for the Assiniboine tribe. His great grandfather, I Ax Ba, also known as Chief Wets It, was … Read More
Music – Matt Rogers
Music – David Banuelos
Music – David Banuelos
Branding at the Senner place – Richey, Mont.
CIRCLE, Mont. — Wendell Pawlowski has seen the eras pass here, marked by the various energy sources used for heat and light: coal, kerosene, and gas. He remembers heating his family home with coal mined from deposits near the Pawlowski … Read More
Music – Dennis Nettiksimmons, Recording provided by Bob Brown
From the first homestead rush and early railroad days through the oil booms of the 20th century, remote areas of eastern Montana and the Dakotas have experienced repeated cycles of boom and bust. Newcomers to the MonDak region have always … Read More