Vol. 50, No. 1
A Very Different Story
Exploring the Southwest from Monticello with the Freeman and Custis Exedition of 1806
by Dan Flores
A Voyage to Montana, Part II
Serena Washburn’s Account of Her Trip up the Missouri River in 1869
by Aubrey L. Haines
Mules, Mines, and Millions
Frank Smith and Calico Borax
by Douglas Steeples
The Columbia River’s Fate in the Twentieth Centuryby William L. Lang
Memorial
Mike Malone—A Man to Remember
by Charles E. Rankin, Pierce C. Mullen, William L. Lang, Vivian A. Paladin, Richard W. Etulain
Historical Reflections
Photos from Montana’s Past (Yogo sapphires)
by the editor
The Montana Traveler
Chief Plenty Coups State Park
by Molly Holz