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Caption from LIFE. Bar X, Montana, 1936.
Caption from LIFE. Bar X, Montana, 1936.
Caption from LIFE. “This is Wheeler, Montana, one of the six frontier towns around Fort Peck in Mr. Roosevelt’s new Wild West.”
Caption from LIFE. "This is Wheeler, Montana, one of the six frontier towns around Fort Peck in Mr. Roosevelt's new Wild West."
Caption from LIFE. Drinking in Ed’s Place, Montana, 1936.
Caption from LIFE. Drinking in Ed's Place, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Construction of Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Construction of Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Workers on the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Workers on the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Workers on the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Workers on the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Workers on the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Workers on the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Workers on the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Workers on the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Caption from LIFE. Beneath a “No Beer Sold to Indians” sign, a woman tosses back a drink in Montana, 1936.
Caption from LIFE. Beneath a "No Beer Sold to Indians" sign, a woman tosses back a drink in Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. One of the several “frontier towns” near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. One of the several "frontier towns" near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. One of the several “frontier towns” near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. One of the several "frontier towns" near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Workers in one of the several “frontier towns” near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Workers in one of the several "frontier towns" near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Senator Max Baucus of Montana leaves his committee office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2013.
J. Scott Applewhite / AP
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Senator Max Baucus of Montana leaves his committee office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2013.
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Montana) is surrounded by reporters after leaving a meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Nov. 18, 2011 in Washington.
Caption from LIFE. “In the Wild West town of Wheeler, near Fort Peck, Montana, Frank Breznik (left) is the law. He used to be a traveling salesman in Atlantic city.”
Caption from LIFE. "In the Wild West town of Wheeler, near Fort Peck, Montana, Frank Breznik (left) is the law. He used to be a traveling salesman in Atlantic city."
Not originally published in LIFE. Scene from one of the several “frontier towns” near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Scene from one of the several "frontier towns" near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Scene from one of the several “frontier towns” near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Scene from one of the several "frontier towns" near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Workers in one of the several “frontier towns” near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Workers in one of the several "frontier towns" near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. A bar in one of the several “frontier towns” near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. A bar in one of the several "frontier towns" near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. A bar in one of the several “frontier towns” near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. A bar in one of the several "frontier towns" near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. A bar in one of the several “frontier towns” near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. A bar in one of the several "frontier towns" near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Men and women in one of the several “frontier towns” near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
Not originally published in LIFE. Men and women in one of the several "frontier towns" near the site of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936.
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Miley Cyrus stars as Miley Stewart / Hannah Montana on the Disney Original Series Hannah Montana .
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Montana residents protest outside a town-hall meeting held by President Obama in a hangar at Gallatin Field Airport
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Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer poses at a fencepost on a working cattle ranch belonging to a friend.
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Colstrip, Montana.
Workers on Montana’s Fort Peck Dam blow off steam at night, 1936.
Workers on Montana's Fort Peck Dam blow off steam at night, 1936.
Drinking at the bar Finis, Montana, 1936.
Drinking at the bar Finis, Montana, 1936.
Drinking at the bar Finis, Montana, 1936.
Drinking at the bar Finis, Montana, 1936.
“Mrs. Nelson, who washes New Deal, Montana, without running water.”
"Mrs. Nelson, who washes New Deal, Montana, without running water."
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Scene at a dam-workers' Montana bar from LIFE's first issue, 1936.
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Small boys read comic books during a speech by Dwight Eisenhower in Montana, 1952.
Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times / Redux
Sen. Max Baucus of Montana makes his way to a meeting with other Democratic members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction in Washington on Nov. 9, 2011.
Charles Dharapak / AP
Democratic Senator of Montana Max Baucus
Miley Cyrus, "Hannah Montana The Movie"
Annie Griffiths Belt / National Geographic / Getty
National Bison Range, Montana
Gary Benson / AP / Discovery Channel
Tom Brokaw stands in Montana's Glacier National Park.
WILLIAM CAMPBELL FOR TIME
THE DOCTOR:
Montana neurologist Dr. Richard Nelson says a drug-diversion inquiry took him by surprise: "We thought we were doing everything just about right."
Larry Mayer / Billings Gazette / AP
The Stillwater Mining Company's operation in Nye, Montana.
Chris Pizzello / AP
Heather Locklear poses at the world premiere of the film Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert in Los Angeles.
Lucas Jackson / Reuters
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks to supporters at her South Dakota and Montana presidential primary election night rally in New York on June 3
DON EMMERT--AFP
Visiting fireman Ben McCain from Bar Harbor, Maine, emerges from
the Montana haze
Lane Hickenbottom / Reuters
The Missouri River, swollen by heavy rains and melting snow, has been flooding areas from Montana through Missouri
Bob D'Amico / Disney Channel
"Pop Sensation"
Sixteen-year-old Miley Cyrus is the star of Disney channel's Hannah Montana, a show about a "typical" teenage girl who leads a secret double life as an immensely popular rock star.
PETER KRAMER / GETTY
Actress Miley Cyrus, who plays the title role in Disney TV's Hannah Montana, appears on MTV's Total Request Live October 23, 2006, in New York City.
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