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The Last Best Podcast

Podkast av Heather and Merlita

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Historie & religion

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Join Heather and Merlita as they talk about all things Montana History! Whether you’ve never been or have lived there your entire life, there’s always something to discover about the Last Best Place.

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The Grant-Kohrs Ranch

On this episode of The Last Best Podcast, we discuss the beginning of the cattle ranching industry in Montana. Starting with how men heading west to work as fur traders would transition into raising cattle as they saw the decline in demand for animal fur. One of those fur traders, Johnny Grant, would start what is known today as the Grant-Kohrs Ranch, which would become one of the longest running ranches in Montana. Grant, and later, Conrad Kohrs would survive many changes in the industry, while meticulously cataloguing its operations. Today, it is still run as a working ranch by the National Park Service and is also a National Historic Site. Thank you so much for listening! Follow us on instagram @lastbestpod. If you are enjoying our episodes, please rate and follow our podcast! Sources for this episode: Ranching in Montana: History Collections | Montana History Portal [https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/94734] A Farm of Her Own | Montana Women's History [https://montanawomenshistory.org/a-farm-of-her-own/] Local History Thursday: The Peach Day Massacre & Sheep Wars of the 1890s – Mesa County Libraries [https://mesacountylibraries.org/2024/09/local-history-thursday-the-peach-day-massacre-sheep-wars-of-the-1890s/] History & Culture - Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service) [https://www.nps.gov/grko/learn/historyculture/index.htm] History - Montana Stockgrowers Association [https://mtbeef.org/who-we-are/history/] History and Library Board | Kohrs Library [https://wkkohrs.wixsite.com/library/about]

22. des. 2025 - 50 min
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The Diamond J Ranch Part 2

The Diamond J Ranch opened for its first season in June of 1931 with Julia Bennett as its proud owner and operator. Everyone who stayed at the ranch raved about Julia's hospitality and can do attitude, but opening a dude ranch at the beginning of the Great Depression had numerous challenges. In Part 2 we learn about all the creative ways Julia drew people to her ranch, how she became successful enough to buy a second ranch, and the hardships she faced to keep her dream alive. Inspiration and excerpts from this episode came from the book, Burning the Breeze: Three Generations of Women in the American West by Lisa Hendrickson. Thank you so much for listening! Follow us on instagram @lastbestpod. If you are enjoying our episodes, please rate and follow our podcast! Sources for this episode: Burning the Breeze: Three Generations of Women in the American West by Lisa Hendrickson ⁠https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/9781496227928/ [https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/9781496227928/]

28. nov. 2025 - 1 h 0 min
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The Diamond J Ranch Part 1

The Diamond J Ranch opened for its first season in June of 1931 with Julia Bennett as its proud owner and operator. Everyone who stayed at the ranch raved about Julia's hospitality and can do attitude, but opening a dude ranch at the beginning of the Great Depression had numerous challenges. In Part 1 we learn about Julia's early life and all that she experienced that led her to the threshold of what would become the first woman owned dude ranch in Montana. Inspiration and excerpts from this episode came from the book, Burning the Breeze: Three Generations of Women in the American West by Lisa Hendrickson. Thank you so much for listening! Follow us on instagram @lastbestpod. If you are enjoying our episodes, please rate and follow our podcast! Sources for this episode: Burning the Breeze: Three Generations of Women in the American West by Lisa Hendrickson https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/9781496227928/ [https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/9781496227928/] https://fayranches.com/property/diamond-j-ranch-montana/

14. nov. 2025 - 47 min
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The Old Montana Prison Part 2

The Old Montana Prison located in the shadow of Powell Mountain would bear witness to tragedy in the spring of 1959. Not long after, the last prisoners would be removed. Leaving the stone walls empty but not for long. Soon, it would see new life as a museum, greeting nearly 40,000 tourists each year. Sources for this episode: Montana Vigilantes – Legends of America [https://www.legendsofamerica.com/montana-vigilantes/] The story of ‘Turkey Pete’ [https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/life/my-montana/2017/01/25/story-turkey-pete/97046048/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z119986e001000v119986b0099xxd119965&gca-ft=251&gca-ds=sophi] Old Prison Museum in Deer Lodge, Montana – Legends of America [https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mt-prisonmuseum/] The Writing of “Jerry’s Riot”, Montana – Legends of America [https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mt-jerrysriot/] Old Montana State Prison: More Than a Museum; Punishment and Incarceration from the Early Days of the Montana Territory to Present Day  Author Haas, Taylor Kate

31. okt. 2025 - 1 h 12 min
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