• The Collins Family home in Missoula

• Parked at the MacDonald Pass overlook

• View east from MacDonald Pass

• View south from MacDonald Pass

• Helena, a city of about 28,000 with about 77,000 in the two-county area, is the capital of Montana.

• The Montana State Capitol building

• Jeannette Rankin is an important figure in Montana's history. Another cast of this sculpture is located in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol in Washington, DC. Doug's sister Jean gave the benediction when the statue was dedicated at the Nation's Capitol.

• This photo and caption are displayed in the Montana Historical Society Museum in Helena.

• Wilbur Fisk Sanders

• Mike and Maureen Mansfield

• A view of the interior of the Capitol dome

• Charles M. Russell, 'Lewis and Clark Meeting the Flathead Indians', 1912, displayed behind the speaker's chair in the Montana House of Representatives

• Charles M. Russell, 'Lewis and Clark Meeting the Flathead Indians', 1912. This is Charlie Russell's largest canvas.

• The Doubletree by Hilton, our hotel, located on Last Chance Gulch in Helena

• A view from our hotel window

• This section of Last Chance Gulch, in the center of Helena's Old Town, is now a pedestrian mall.

• The Montana Historical Society Museum in Helena has an excellent collection of Charlie Russell art. The sculpture, 'Herd Bull' - 1990, is the work of Sioux artist Benji Daniels and Billings sculptor James J. Hadcock.

• Two visitors to the Museum

• Big Medicine, a rare white buffalo

• The story of Big Medicine

• The Mackay Gallery of C.M. Russell Art at the Montana Historical Society Museum honors the Mackay family and their contributions to establishing this collection.

• John B. 'Jack' Weaver, sculptor, 'Charles M. Russell' - 1957

• C.M. Russell, 'The Ambush' - 1894

• C.M. Russell, 'Indians Discovering Lewis and Clark' - 1896

• C.M. Russell, 'The Herd Quitter' - 1897

• C.M. Russell, 'Prairie Fire' - 1898

• C.M. Russell, 'Squaw Travois' - 1895

• C.M. Russell, 'Free Trapper' - 1911

• C.M. Russell, 'Toll Collectors' - 1913

• C.M. Russell, 'The Roundup' - 1913

• C.M. Russell, 'When the Land Belonged to God' - 1914

• C.M. Russell, 'When Horses Talk War There's Slim Chance for Truce' - 1915

• C.M. Russell, 'Untitled (Deer in Mountain Meadow, and Wolf)', Watercolor in autograph album - 1882

• C.M. Russell, 'Charles M. Russell and His Friends' - 1922

• C.M. Russell, 'Laugh Kills Lonesome' - 1925

• C.M. Russell, 'Kootenai Camp on Swan Lake (unfinished)' 1925-1926

• C.M. Russell, 'Best Wishes for Your Christmas' 1914

• C.M. Russell, 'When Cows were Wild' 1926

• C.M. Russell, 'Blackfoot Brave of 1858' - 1898

• C.M. Russell, 'Blackfoot Brave of 1898' - 1898

• C.M. Russell, 'Blackfoot Brave of 1898' - 1898

• C.M. Russell, 'Untitled (Cowboy on a Bucking Horse)' - 1905

• C.M. Russell, 'Portrait of an Indian' - 1902

• C.M. Russell, 'In the Mountains' - 1905

• C.M. Russell, 'In the Mountains' detail - 1905

• This temporary exhibit at the Museum was our introduction to Joe Scheuerle and his art and a wonderful complement to the adjacent Russell gallery.

• Joe Scheuerle is credited with creating this Great Northern Railroad logo.

• The front and back of a Scheuerle portrait

• Portrait

• Details Scheuerle recorded on the back of the portrait

• The rifle in the middle, a Winchester Model 1894, is the model owned by Alexander (Sandy) James Macnab. Jim Collins now owns Uncle Sandy's rifle.

• The Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center is located on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River near Great Falls, Montana.

• Prairie vegetation near the Interpretive Center

• As far as we know, Doug is not related to the John Collins who served on the Corps of Discovery.

• The elementary school in Missoula attended by Jim, Doug, Bill, and Jeannie was named for artist Edgar Paxson.

• Winter at Fort Clatsop - November 1805 - March 1806

• The Missouri River downstream from the Interpretive Center

• A view of the Missouri River upstream from the Interpretive Center. The dam at Black Eagle Falls is visible near the center of the photo.

• Historic photo of Black Eagle Falls of the Missouri River, before the river was dammed

• Black Eagle Falls and Dam

• In the quiet stretches of the Missouri River (for example, upstream from the Black Eagle Dam in this photo), winter ice still covered much of the river.

• Black Eagle Falls and Dam

• Black Eagle Falls and Dam from the opposite side of the river

• The Missouri River downstream from Black Eagle Falls

• Historic photo of Rainbow Falls of the Missouri River, before the river was dammed

• Rainbow Falls and Dam

• Historic photo of the Great Falls of the Missouri River, before the river was dammed

• The Great Falls today

• Great Falls

• Great Falls

• Yucca next to the Missouri River near The Great Falls and Dam

• 'C.M. Russell - Cowboy Artist' Bob Scriver, sculptor - On the grounds of the C. M. Russell Museum complex in Great Falls, Montana

• The home of Charlie and Nancy Russell in Great Falls, Montana. Charlie used the living room of this home as his studio until a dedicated studio was built next door.

• The log building to the left contains Charlie's dedicated studio, built in 1903, and the original Charlie Russell Museum, built after Charlie's death.

• The first Russell Museum and the Russell Studio. The right side of this building is the original dedicated studio, built in 1903. The left side of this building is the original Russell Museum. Nancy began construction of this Museum after Charlie's death in 1926.

• These John Clarke sculptures are exhibited in the original Charlie Russell Museum.

• The C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana

• C.M. Russell, 'Buffalo Hunt (No. 3)' - c. 1890 - This and the following photos were taken inside the modern C.M. Russell Museum.

• C.M. Russell, 'Four Generations' - 1890

• C.M. Russell, 'The Exalted Ruler' - 1912

• C.M. Russell, 'The Exalted Ruler' detail - 1912

• C.M. Russell, 'The Fireboat' - 1918

• C.M. Russell, 'Indian Family Life' - c. 1890

• C.M. Russell, 'The Jerk Line' - 1912

• Charlie in his studio

• Charlie and Nancy Russell

• Jack, the Russell's adopted son

• J. L. Clarke (1881-1970), Blackfeet, 'Buffalo and Hunter' - 1937

• Detail of 'Buffalo and Hunter'

• John L. Clarke (1881-1970), Blackfeet, 'Wolf' - 1944

• Tariff Box - Hamilton Mfg. Company - On loan from Christina Hoover Blackwell

• Michael Horse, Yaqui, Apache, and Zuni (b. 1951), 'The Hunt' - 2008, graphite, ink, watercolor on ledger paper

• Dwayne Wilcox, Oglala Lakota (b. 1957), 'Undercover' - 2006, pen, ink, colored pencil on ledger paper

• Edgar S. Paxson (1852-1919), 'Buffalo and Wolves' - 1917

• Map of Bison Range

• From Great Falls we drove to Lewistown where Doug's sister Jean lives.

• St. James Episcopal Church in Lewistown, Montana

• This painting of St. James Church shows it cloaked in its summer foliage.

• Leaving Lewistown Montana, east on MT-200

• In some places the only 'elevation' came in the form of grain silos and power poles.

• The Evelyn Cameron Gallery in Terry, Montana

• The Prairie County Museum in Terry, Montana

• Glenn Heitz (left), who hosted our visit to the Gallery and Museum, and a fellow Museum Board member

• Between Terry, Montana and the North Dakota border on I-94