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.
Host William Marcus takes us along for a tour of the Christenot family mill near Alder Gulch and for a ride on the steam train between Virginia City and Nevada City. After a stop to tempt our sweet teeth at the Parrot Confectionary in Helena, we marvel at snow geese flocking in their thousands to Freezout Lake, near Choteau, and at the creations of Plentywood inventor Pat Tange. Finally, we tour the historic Northern Pacific railroad depot in Livingston. (First Aired Saturday, July 17, 2004)
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Backroads of Montana - Program Updates Episode Nineteen “Alder Gulch to Plentywood” (2003) – Dave Duensing, whose family owned the Parrot Confectionery in downtown Helena for 50 years, died after undergoing heart surgery on March 2, 2010. He was 56.
The family sold the shop to Brian and Kelly Ackerman in 2009 but agreed to stay on for a year to help them learn the ropes.
Host William Marcus takes us along for a tour of the Christenot family mill near Alder Gulch and for a ride on the steam train between Virginia City and Nevada City. After a stop to tempt our sweet teeth at the Parrot Confectionary in Helena, we marvel at snow geese flocking in their thousands to Freezout Lake, near Choteau, and at the creations of Plentywood inventor Pat Tange. Finally, we tour the historic Northern Pacific railroad depot in Livingston. (First Aired Saturday, July 17, 2004)
Christenot family mill near Alder Gulch. 
