Discoveries…America: Montana

Big Sky country never looked so good. In Bennett-Watt's newest addition to their high-definition filmed Discoveries…America series, Montana is the mother lode for outdoor life: fishing, hunting, camping, and…cowboy poetry? Whoa, pardner, that's right, the Cowboy Poetry & Music Rendezvous in Dillon is highlighted here, along with video tours of Glacier National Park; a neon sign studio in Missoula where beautiful neon art is made; historic mines in Butte (once called the “richest hill on earth”); the Draft Horse Show Expo, deemed important enough to the community that kids are taken out of school to participate; a 90-foot monument entitled “Our Lady of the Rockies,” built by a welder who had never sculpted anything in his life; the original KOA franchise in Billings; and Montana's Fort Peck Field Station (home of the largest T-Rex found in America), among many other features and highlights. One quibble: the music editing in this particular program was too loud in some spots, nearly drowning out the voiceover commentary. Aside from that, travelers looking for unique hideaways will find this program offers plenty of charming suggestions. Sure to be popular in public libraries, this is recommended. Aud: P. (N. Plympton)