There’s a reason Montana is known as the Treasure State. A century and a half ago, these hills crawled with prospectors lured by rich gold strikes in Bannack, Last Chance Gulch in present-day Helen...

After a day spent conquering a peak or serving flies to hungry trout, few things taste better than a cold, craft-brewed beer or a cocktail made with locally distilled spirits. Montanans know this w...

On a warm spring afternoon in 1863, a group of six trail-weary prospectors set up camp next to a tiny creek in the Northern Rockies. Hoping to find a little gold to buy tobacco, they dipped their p...