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Recently Pamela Morris, granddaughter of noted cowboy photographer Charles Morris, spent an entire day visiting our Big Sandy Cultural Center.In 1903, Morris and his wife pitched their photography tent at theend of Main Street where they sold his...

Tourist season is here, and the Big Sandy Cultural Center has recently entertained visitors from New York, Maine, Vermont, Oklahoma, Los Angeles, Butte, Helena, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Great Falls, Chinook, Havre and Rocky Boy. A Hoagland family sent...

The Big Sandy Cultural Center (around corner from the Bakery) will be open during Christmas Stroll. Stop in for a visit, play the Community Grand Piano, watch a short movie from Big Sandy’sglorious past. The Center is giving free pullovers, free book...

The Big Sandy Cultural Center will soon begin its second summer of workshops including art, performing (acting, singing, playing instruments), public speaking, creative writing and other activities. The project under Doug Giebel’s direction has r...

On January 7, 2018 our cousin Edmund Jesse Giebel passed away, and on January 12, 2018, his older brother Ray Eugene Giebel also passed away. They did not want traditional obituaries, so we’re writing a brief rememberance for The Mountaineer r...

Happy Christmas from the Big Sandy Cultural and Curiosity Center. We had very successful summer arts workshops thanks to Roberta Edwards, Jessica Jaramillo, Dolly Pursley, Carol Smith, Donna Jenkins and Kelly Owen. Soon with funding we’ll be able t...

(With apologies to my late pal Frank Capra) As was usual on the night before Halloween, Precarious Jones sat in his chair before the fireplace with Little Owell, and the two roasted sausages they called Halloweiners over the glowing red coals. Once...

An Art Party for students and adults on Tuesday, August 15 will be the final Big Sandy Cultural Center Tuesday Art Workshop of the summer. The session will involve a celebration of arts activities from one to four in the Cultural and Curiosity...

The Big Sandy Cultural Fund will sponsor free summer workshops in the arts, drama, performance and creative writing for all ages. The informal sessions will begin June 5th in the former S&J grocery store, now being converted into a community...

For a tribute to Big Sandy’s involvement in World War Two, the Big Sandy Cultural Fund is seeking photos, in uniform if possible, of any residents who served during the war. Also needed are personal descriptions of what it was like in Big Sandy durin...