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(No. 102) Custer to Columbia Falls

Canoe, Little Big Horn, doorknobs, branding, Mission Mountain, hang-glide, Elkhorn, Garnet

3/7/1997 | Rating TV-G

Backroads of Montana

(No. 102) Custer to Columbia Falls

Special | 28m 57sVideo has Closed Captions

Canoe, Little Big Horn, doorknobs, branding, Mission Mountain, hang-glide, Elkhorn, Garnet

This episode introduces us to the craftsmanship of a canoe maker in Swan Lake, a forgotten soldier at the Battle of the Little Big Horn near Hardin, and a retired Columbia Falls teacher and her doorknob collection. We go cattle branding near Choteau, see the beautiful Mission Mountains in western Montana, get a bird's eye view from a hang-glider, and visit the ghost towns of Elkhorn and Garnet.

3/7/1997 | Rating TV-G

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Backroads of Montana

(No. 102) Custer to Columbia Falls

Special | 28m 57sVideo has Closed Captions

This episode introduces us to the craftsmanship of a canoe maker in Swan Lake, a forgotten soldier at the Battle of the Little Big Horn near Hardin, and a retired Columbia Falls teacher and her doorknob collection. We go cattle branding near Choteau, see the beautiful Mission Mountains in western Montana, get a bird's eye view from a hang-glider, and visit the ghost towns of Elkhorn and Garnet.

3/7/1997 | Rating TV-G

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