DILLON, Mont. — Historians have largely focused on the flora and fauna Lewis and Clark documented in their push to the Pacific Ocean 200 years ago. But to really understand the pair’s journey, two ...

We begin a three-part interview this morning with Montana Western Regents Geology Professor Rob Thomas. He and Donald Hyndman recently finished the 2nd edition of Roadside Geology of Montana. Ford ...

HELENA - First Lady Nancy Schweitzer said her father, a geologist, used to explain the state's geology to the rest of the family when they traveled. The family kept a copy of the book "Roadside ...

Petr Yakovlev, a geologist with the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, looks at a map of the area while standing on Stemple Pass Road Thursday near the epicenter of the early-morning earthquake.

The Yellowstone Valley, between the Gallatin and Beartooth ranges in southern Montana, is the easternmost of the Tertiary basins characteristic of the Northern Rockies. It is a structural basin ...

During the coming summer Professor J. E. Wolff and Dr. G. R. Mansfield, of the Geological Department, intend to conduct a course in the form of a field expedition in the Rocky Mountains of southern ...

MISSOULA,Mont. — UM Western is inviting the community toa special presentation by Richard I. Gibson titled “Geology and History on the Silver Bow Creek Greenway Trail.” An event description gives the ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park’s speaker series is covering cave geology, birds and skulls June 10, 11 and 13. Stuart Parker will discuss mountain building that happened in the ...

DILLON - A University of Montana-Western geology professor, Rob Thomas, has been selected for the Geological Society of America's Distinguished Service Award. Since 1995, Thomas has led 10 society ...

When Ed Deal became the director of the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, he took on more than an administrative job. He stepped into history — and into more roles than he could ever have imagined.

The Gardiner thrust fault has been mapped in detail from the west side of Cinnabar Mountain, Montana, where it appears from under a cover of Tertiary volcanics, southeastward to a point 3 miles east ...

A multimillion dollar expansion and renovation project is underway in Helena, Montana for the Montana Historical Society. Led by 80-year-old architecture firm Cushing Terrell, the Montana Heritage ...