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.

 
 Search
Upcoming Episodes

Rockets, Peaks and Poets
2008-05-19

Music and Memories
2008-05-31

Flathead Lake to the Crazy Mountains
2008-06-07

Roundup to Nine Mile
2008-06-14

Medicine Lake to Missoula/10th Anniversary Program
2008-06-21

Weather, Feathers and Time
2008-06-28


Previous Episodes

Pancakes and Polo
2008-05-10

Wool and Wind
2008-05-03

Amber Waves of Grain
2008-04-26

More...



Anaconda to Comertown
 (No. 121)
This episode takes us up the slopes with a long-time ski instructor near Anaconda, introduces us to the art of glass blowing in Townsend, shows us a new monument to Native American soldiers at the Little Big Horn Battlefield in Crow Agency and takes us to a reunion in the nearly forgotten northeastern Montana town of Comertown. Montana native William Marcus hosts the program from the Chief Plenty Coups State Park near Pryor.

First Aired Saturday, July 31, 2004
Episode Website

thumb_sculpture_detail.jpg

thumb_skier.jpg

Ski instructor Jean Mills from Anaconda shows some beginning
ski turns during a session at Discovery Basin.
Photo: William Marcus











Indian memorial at the Little Bighorn Battlefield, 2003
Photo: John Twiggs

For high resolution promotional images visit the PRESSROOM.