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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Places of Note
2010-02-27

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Places of Note
 (No. 128)
We remember the legendary Ozark Club in Great Falls, visit the Ringing Rocks geological site near Pipestone, profile the fabled Butte entertainer "Luigi" and more. William Marcus hosts the program from the Rialto Theatre in Deer Lodge. (First Aired Saturday, June 20, 2009)

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Leo Lamar (center), owner of the Ozark Club, an upscale jazz spot in downtown Great Falls, MT during the 1940s & 50's. 
The club burned down in 1962, but Great Falls residents recently re-created the club for one night.
Photo by Cleo Sanders, courtesy The History Museum, Great Falls, MT

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