Podcasts about western heritage center

It's no hidden secret that Billings businesses benefit from tourism here in our city, but did you know that tourism accounts for $620 million dollars in revenue, generated from 3 million people visiting each year?Visitors spend money and spur our local economy, through our restaurants, retail stores, attractions, and hotels, not to mention events and more. Billings is our home AND positioned as a tourism destination, thanks to the efforts of Visit Billings. Regionally, Visit Southeast Montana drives visitation to 13 counties and two Indian reservations. Dive into the economic impacts of tourism to Montana's Trailhead, fostering community pride, and the diversity of offerings that we have in our backyard as we gear up to celebrate National Travel and Tourism Week May 19-25, 2024. Hear insights from two champions of tourism, Billings, and southeastern Montana--Jeff Ewelt of ZooMontana and Kevin Kooistra of the Western Heritage Center, in this episode of ChamberCast.Thank you so much to Upstream Strategy Partners for sponsoring ChamberCast! Learn more:ZooMontana Western Heritage Center Visit BillingsVisit Southeast Montana

Halle Ann Fernandez is a 22-year-old Prescott resident, born in Brooklyn, N.Y., who is a self-proclaimed "Arizona Transplant". Halle is an accelerated Master's student at Prescott College studying Critical Psychology in the undergraduate program and Outdoor Education Leadership in the Graduate program. When she moved across the country to pursue higher education at Prescott College, she quickly fell in love with the community. She began to immerse herself in service work with local non-profits such as the Prescott Community Cupboard Food Bank and the Western Heritage Center.  Halle is an Education Specialist for GEM Environmental and a Challenge Course Facilitator at Camp Way. She has held the titles of Miss Prescott 2022, Miss Granite Mountain 2023, and Miss Peoria 2024 in the Miss America Organization. As Miss Peoria, Halle uses her platform to share her community service initiative, ‘LNT For You & Me,' where she teaches young children through high schoolers socioemotional skills like empathy, compassion, and boundary setting through Leave No Trace practices. She also uses her platform in the Miss AZ Org. to encourage adolescents and young women to shine in their individuality and authenticity regardless of what others think. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prescottwomanpodcast/support

Southern Montana is the Wild West of dreams and the Hollywood big screen, sprawling over a rugged and serene landscape. After taking in the manifold treats of Wyoming, a dabble with Montana's big-skies and rock-star good looks is an essential addition to an American West road-trip. Part rough-and-tumble Rocky Mountains and part expansive prairie, the state doesn't boast any major cities – they are more like overgrown cow towns. Main Street Red Lodge: Credit Mike Yardley But if you're in need of an urban fix, your best bet is Billings, the state's most populous city – about the size of Hamilton. Nicknamed the Magic City, the moniker came about from Billings' expansive growth in the golden age of railroads, steamboats and cattle barons. The city is a springboard for historical explorations and outdoorsy adventure. First impressions count and what captured my attention on arrival in Billings is how the city is dramatically cradled by magnificent sandstone cliffs known as the Rimrocks. Deposited by an ancient inland seaway and slowly carved over millions of years by the Yellowstone River, these scenic "rimrocks" backdrop the northern edge of town. Rim Rock by Kayak, Billings. Photo / Supplied I struck out on the trails at Swords Park which offers enormous views from the rimrocks. Just keep an eye out for the rattlesnakes! Zimmerman Park and Phipps Park offer fabulous walking trails too, while if you'd rather take to the water to admire the rimrocks, hire a kayak for a dreamy float at sunset on the Yellowstone River. Immerse yourself in nature's splendour! History also adorns Pompeys Pillar, a striking sandstone monolith just of town. It's where William Clark carved his name into the stone in July 1806 before continuing his famous expedition west with Meriwether Lewis. If you're up for a culture fix, there's a good clutch of museums in Billings. I particularly enjoyed the Western Heritage Center, housed in the city's old library, proudly preserving the stories and history of the Yellowstone River Valley and Northern High Plains. Don't let the city's brightly illuminated, flame-throwing oil refineries symbolise your sense of nightlife in Billings. Bar-hopping the craft breweries is where the city excels, come nightfall. Angry Hanks Brewing. Photo / Supplied Clustered in the downtown district, hop-scotch your way from Angry Hanks and Thirsty Street Brewing Company to Uberbrew and Montana Brewing Company. Right next door on Montana Ave, Hooligan's Sports Bar will top off your all-American night out on the town. Montana Ave, which has been transformed into a very hip strip of hospitality, parallels the railroad that gave the city life in the 19th century. For the kids and kids at heart, the only thing better than a binge at the Caramel Cookie Waffles bakery is to get your fill at the gourmet ice cream store, Big Dipper. In the blazing Montana sunshine, this place is like a refuge! I highly recommend a scoop of Banana Cream Pie and tangerine sorbet. A block away, The Burger Dive dishes up creations like I'm Your Huckleberry burgers, which have been honoured by the World Food Championships. Their garlic-drenched fries will linger long in your memories – if not on your breath. Caramel Cookie Waffles, Billings. Photo / Supplied But it's that angus burger topped with smooth goat cheese, bacon, a fresh cut onion ring and huckleberry and chili barbeque sauce, that really hit the spot. Few tastes carry such revered status as the huckleberry does in the American West. They grow wild across Montana, resembling large dark blueberries and Native Americans still use them as a traditional medicine – packed with antioxidants. They certainly taste great in a burger! Where to stay? In the heart of town, the Northern Hotel is the grand dame, first built in 1940, but extensively refreshed a decade ago. You'll enjoy swish accommodations with all of the creature comforts, plus the on-site dining is superb. Enjoy a classic but upscale breakfast at Bernie's Diner. To the west of Billings, Red Lodge is a small-town gem that will charm your pants off, edging the Yellowstone River. This sweet little town is nestled in the foothills of the Beartooth Mountains and lassoed by Custer National Forest. The main street, flanked by evocative old stone buildings, brims with enticements, from western-wear stores and antique shops to art galleries and great hospo options. You'll love the gift store, Montana CC Legends, which is loaded with trinkets, treasures and impressive local art. Sweet-tooths must not miss one of the best confectionary stores I have seen in a long time – Montana Candy Emporium. Think the Remarkables Sweet Shop on a gigantic scale. This Red Lodge institution has been a mainstay for decades, housed in a nostalgic building, overspilling with nostalgic candy. Montana Candy Emporium. Credit Mike Yardley The handmade chocolate treats at the counter are sinfully good, but being in Montana, it would be rude not to stock up on huckleberry candy. I loaded up on gob fills of huckleberry sour balls for road-trip sustenance. Relax in the garden at Red Lodge Ales, share a massive margarita and pizza with at Bogart's, grab a burger at Red Box Car or wind down with a steak and whiskey cocktail at The Pollard Hotel. Red Lodge is the quintessential place where you'll just want to kick-back, to shop, nosh and linger. Just out of town, treat yourself to an exhilarating drive on the Beartooth Highway, a 64-mile stretch of U.S. 212 from Red Lodge to Cooke City. Dubbed the most beautiful roadway in America, this jaw-dropping drive climbs to an astounding 11,000 feet above sea level. That's nearly as high as the summit of Aoraki/Mt. Cook. Completed nearly 90 years ago, its stature as a bucket-list drive has not dimmed – and it certainly lives up to its hype as the ultimate high-country route. Heading out of Red Lodge, I felt transported to Heidi's Switzerland, with lodgepole pine forests and lush meadows rolling down to meet the road. Before long, the ascent became stark and dramatic, thrusting you up higher and higher into the grip of the Beartooth Mountains. The sprawling range features 20 peaks higher than Aoraki. Mile upon mile of switchbacks serves up epic views across the sweeping snow-clad tundra and bejewelled glacial tarns of the Hellroaring and Silver Run plateaus. You end being higher on that highway, than the snow line on the plateaus, across the valley. At Vista Point, the plummeting views staring down into the jaws of the Rock Creek canyon is another highlight. Just pass the highway summit, the “Bear's Tooth” comes into view – a narrow pyramidal spire of rock, carved by glaciation, that became the namesake of the Beartooth Mountains. It's a cranking drive, if not a little vertigo-inducing! (Beartooth Highway is only open from about May to mid-October, depending on snow. They've had some late, unseasonal snow dumps in June and even July, in recent years, so check ahead that the road is open.) Beartooth Highway. Photo / Yellowstone Country Montana To the left of Billings, the plains of eastern Montana stretch out like a pancake, offering a more subtle beauty than the gnarly mountains to the west. A land of rolling hills, dusty bluffs and badlands, and the occasional rock-walled canyon, this is classic cattle and wheat country. Temperatures can be extreme; hot in the summer under a blazing sun, and brutally cold in the winter. Just over an hour southeast of Billings, I drove to Little Bighorn Valley. A sequence of low-slung hills rises above the valley - it is sacred ground because it's where the Battle of the Little Bighorn took place in 1876, between the US Army and Great Plains Indians. As many as 2,000 Lakota and Cheyenne warriors encircled and routed the US Army, in ferocious defence of their ancestral way of life. Perhaps there is no phrase in the English language that serves as a better metaphor for an untimely demise than "Custer's Last Stand." It was on the Little Bighorn battlefield, 800 acres of dry sloping prairies, that George Armstrong Custer and the soldiers of the 7th US Cavalry Regiment met their end. The Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument chronicles the history of this world-famous engagement, offering a coherent look at how the battle developed, where the members of Custer's contingent died on Last Stand Hill, and how it might have looked to the swarming warriors. It's very easy to traverse the 7km-long battlefield, driving along the ridgelines, to all of key sites. Last Stand Hill at little Big Horn: Credit: Mike Yardley The fight was an overwhelming victory for the Plains Indians, who were led by several major war leaders, including Crazy Horse and Chief Gall and had been inspired by the visions of Sitting Bull. They may have won the battle, but ultimately lost the war. Custer's death galvanised the military. In subsequent months, they tracked down Sioux and Cheyenne warriors and forced them onto reservations in North and South Dakota, ending their independent, nomadic way of life. Within a few short years they were all confined to reservations. Custer's remains were eventually reburied at the US Military Academy at West Point in 1877. Below the battlefield, the adjacent National Cemetery was established in 1879, and it incorporates a self-guided tour to some of the more significant figures buried there. It's an indelible encounter with the American story. www.greatamericanwest.co.nz Mike Yardley is our resident traveller on Jack Tame Saturday Mornings. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join us as we have a wide-ranging conversation about the history of red-light districts, including the Los Angeles Red-Light District during the 1920's and 1930's. AnneMarie Kooistra is a historian who has conducted extensive research on the history of prostitution in Los Angeles during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Her research has focused on the red-light district of the city which was located in the heart of downtown LA and was home to a thriving underground economy centered around sex work. Kooistra's work has shed new light on the lives of the women who worked in the LA district, many of whom were immigrants or women of color who faced significant discrimination and marginalization in wider society. She has also explored the social and economic factors that contributed to the growth of the sex trade in LA during this period, as well as the efforts of reformers and social activists to combat prostitution and regulate vice in the city. The conversation wraps up with a discussion about why this history matters today in light of the MMIW and sex trafficking. A BIG thank you to the Western Heritage Center located in Billings, MT for sponsoring this podcast episode!  

Out of The Fotobug vault!  Back in 2017, Jim conducted a lightpainting workshop at the Black Hills Photo Shootout at the Western Heritage Center in Spearfish, South Dakota.  This is an important technique for capturing parts of large objects, such as the one room schoolhouse, and then assembling the layers in Photoshop. Be sure to subscribe to The Fotobug YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/thefotobug 

On this podcast, Crystal and Nancy dig deep into the history of a historic structure in downtown Bozeman. This building is significant because it currently houses Nancy's boutique, Moka, along with three other businesses including Alara Jewelry, Plume Bridal and Visions West Gallery! We explore the history of this building through the historic characters and businesses that have occupied this space through the years. We talk about the history, but also talk with current tenants including Babs Noell that owns and operates Alara Jewelry. Babs has occupied her space in the building for 17 years. We talk with her about the history of her space, along with the ups and downs of having a shop within a historic structure. Join us for this "in the field" podcast as we explore downtown Bozeman and the Bon Ton Building! A big thanks to our sponsors for this episode, Steep Mountain Tea and The Western Heritage Center.  

Welcome to the bright side of the tracks! This episode of South Side Stories is meant to accompany the "History & Institutions" walking route map. Follow along with the map and join local podcasters, Joe and Kayla, for a rich tour of the neighborhood. South Side Stories is a partnership between the Healthy By Design Coalition of Yellowstone County, Montana, the Western Heritage Center, and Billings' South Side neighborhood. Created to celebrate this historic neighborhood, South Side Stories was a resident-led oral history project featuring resident interviews and local history. These audio episodes are intended to accompany two walking route maps. Download the maps and learn more about the Healthy Neighborhood Initiative at www.healthybydesignyellowstone.org/healthy-neighborhood-project/.

Welcome to the bright side of the tracks! This episode of South Side Stories is meant to accompany the "Community & Recreation" walking route map. Follow along with the map and join local podcasters, Joe and Kayla, for a rich tour of the neighborhood. South Side Stories is a partnership between the Healthy By Design Coalition of Yellowstone County, Montana, the Western Heritage Center, and Billings' South Side neighborhood. Created to celebrate this historic neighborhood, South Side Stories was a resident-led oral history project featuring resident interviews and local history. These audio episodes are intended to accompany two walking route maps. Download the maps and learn more about the Healthy Neighborhood Initiative at www.healthybydesignyellowstone.org/healthy-neighborhood-project/.

Educator, curator, graphic designer, historian, and published author, this week's guest has worn a lot of different museum "hats." Join us in welcoming Lauren Hunley to The M Files. Lauren is the community historian with the Western Heritage Center in Billings, Montana. Listen in as she shares her experiences working in museums across the United States.

It's Blue Friday and Bull-Yah Friday! Fitz wants to know how far Ryder has ever been from his home in Auburn; turns out not far. In the What Are You Kidding Me stories, OK Cupid has a VILF badge so you can hook up with sexy voters, a man sues a major coffee chain for severe burns on his junk from extremely hot coffee, a 11-year-old has to remove his mask at school because it's from Hooters, Louis Vuitton has a mask for $1000, the new TikTok trend is filing your teeth with a nail file, and a woman in Alabama films a 12-foot gator her yard. On Stream It or Skip It Drew recommends "Call the Midwife Season 9" and "Airplane!" on Netflix and "Pen15" on Hulu. General Gridlock returns as Fitz calls him in his bunker to lead us on a March. On the Fitz Files, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston reunite for a "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" read, Martha Stewart has a line of CBD products and she uses a lot of them and John Oates of Hall and Oates has a Country album. After 8 weeks, Lori from University Place WINS the $1000 Minute! The P1's Have Talent include Blake from JBLM who does a mouth trumpet "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash, Ryan from Bonney Lake who does a cool police siren sound and Andrea from Carnation brings down the house with Marissa Tomei from "My Cousin Vinny". Fitz decided his home needs The Magic of a Halloween Tree. Believe It or Not has Debi from Kent who got a bicycle from Evel Knievel as a girl, Liam from Port Orchard who passes as Liam from Oasis, and Callie from Spanaway who went skydiving with her 90-year-old Grandma whose boobs popped out. Claire got called to the Big Boss's office and it was not was she was expecting. The Weekend Party Preview has discounted Ski Passes on sale, the Western Heritage Center is cool for kids, Dad can drive exotic cars at Pacific Raceways and Fort Nisqually Online has a Victorian Baking class.

Lynda Moss is the fmr. State Senator and an executive leader of the Foundation for Community Vitality, executive director of the Western Heritage Center and elected to the Montana Senate and served on the Judiciary, Local Government and Public Health Committees and was appointed to serve on the Legislative Audit Committee and the National Council of State Legislature Economic Development, Trade and Cultural Affairs Committee. Moss sponsored and directed legislation that established the Governor's Historic and Cultural Advisory Council to develop statewide policy recommendations. Moss was the Majority Whip and selected to serve as the Senate representative to Reforming States Group focused on national and international healthcare policy, supported by the Milbank Memorial Trust. During her tenure, Senator Moss was a Private Advisor at the United National Permanent Forum for Indigenous People, a Flemming Fellow and participant in Emerging State Leadership Program at the University of Virginia. Currently Lynda serves as the Board Chair of the Northwest Area Foundation and on the boards of the Montana State Fund, the American Craft Council and Montana Innocence Program Advisory Committee and CEO of Moss Consulting. Guests: Lynda Moss, Fmr. State Senator, Board Chair, NW Area Foundation Host: Dr. Anita Gupta, https://anitagupta.com/about Connect on Twitter @DocAnitaGupta, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts Official Hashtag: #Post Call Website: https://www.thepostcall.com

On this weeks show is an interview with The executive director of The Western Heritage Center in Billings Montana, Kevin Kooistra that we conducted back in September of 2019.  We used portions of the interview in the making of "Elk river blues", an episode that details the Yellowstone Kelly interpretive center. Western heritage Center website *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

On this episode of the show, Stout and I delve into a subject that has perplexed us for a while, the Yellowstone Kelly Gravesite in Billings, Montana.  Perplexed because with the Yellowstone valley is filled with so much history, why the site is mostly devoted to just one man, Yellowstone Kelly.   Join us as we take a walk through the site narrating our thoughts as we do, and then sit down with the executive director of the Western Heritage Center, Kevin Kooistra, to give us more perspective on the site. ------->Check out the links belowPretty-Shield: Medicine Woman of The Crow Joe Medicine Crow profiled in Ken Burns' documentary "The War" Listen and subscibe to the Montana Historical Society podcast *Email us at thefridaypacket@gmail.com with comments, questions, concerns. *Go to https://www.patreon.com/thefridaypacket to “buy that for a dollar” and become a sustaining member of the podcast!!

Kevin Kooistra, executive director of the Western Heritage Center, explains how the railroad impacted the planning, designing, and promoting of the settlement of Billings. Kooistra demonstrates the ways in which the city of Billings is still affected by choices made by the Northern Pacific Railway in 1882.

Western Heritage Center’s Joyce Jensen tells the story of German and Italian soldiers who were captured in north Africa and Europe during World War II and sent to Montana to work in the sugar beet industry. Jensen uses oral interviews, newspaper articles, and county extension agent reports to detail the stories of these prisoners of war.

Prior to the passage of the Sedition Act in Montana, anti-German sentiment was already strong in Yellowstone County. Western Heritage Center community historian Elisabeth DeGrenier details the events surrounding the public humiliation of a city councilman, a well-known architect, and a prominent business owner in Billings.

Billings native Hazel Hunkins joined the fight for women’s suffrage after she was denied the opportunity to work in a chemistry lab because of her gender. Western Heritage Center executive director Kevin Koostra tells the story of this determined woman who remained undeterred even after national resentment led to arrest and recrimination for Hunkins and her sister protestors.

Thurs March 2nd NOON CST on Equestrian Legacy Radio R.W. Hampton is a cowboy turned Singer/Songwriter and actor. His peers in the Western entertainment industry have honored R.W.'s performing and songwriting fifteen times, perhaps most notably in November, 2011, when he was inducted into the Western Music Association's Hall of Fame. R.W. received the first of his industry accolades in 1996, when the Academy of Western Artists presented him with their first Will Rogers Awards, naming him both Male Vocalist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year. In  2009, R.W. received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Cowboy Culture and in 2011 R.W. received a Wrangler Award (his third) from the National Cowboy Museum and Western Heritage Center in the “Outstanding Original Western Composition” category for his song, “Shortgrass”, from his  album, Austin To Boston. At the top of the hour Jim McGarvey Executive Director of Back Country Horsemen of America is our special guest on SADDLE UP AMERICA! If you Climb in the Saddle Get Ready for the Ride on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO... Heard Around the World on your Smartphone and Streaming Live Online and OnDemand 24/7 at www.equestrianlegacy.net

Celebrate A Cowboy Christmas from the Western Heritage Center in Puyallup, WA, Home of famous cowboy artist Fred Oldfield, still working at 97. Virtual tour with Joella Oldfield, ideas for your own holiday fun.

Celebrate A Cowboy Christmas from the Western Heritage Center in Puyallup, WA, Home of famous cowboy artist Fred Oldfield, still working at 97. Virtual tour with Joella Oldfield, ideas for your own holiday fun.