Backroads Of Montana

Since the debut of the program in May 1991, the Backroads crew has produced 29 half-hour episodes that air regularly on Montana PBS. The series has traveled across the state and visited its unique people and places.

 
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2010-03-27


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Weather, Feathers and Time
 (No. 116)
This show takes us along to meet a longtime National Weather Service observer near Roy, Butte musician John "The Yank" Harrington, and an artist from Westby. Then we're off to visit a seasonal waterfall near Big Timber and a Northeast Montana town with but one parking meter. Finally, we tour Fort Benton. (First Aired Saturday, June 26, 2004)
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Backroads of Montana - Program Updates
Episode Sixteen "Weather, Feathers and Time" (2001) – National Weather Service observer Frank Cimrhakl, Jr. died in 2003.  Butte musician John “The Yank” Harrington died in 2004 at age 100.