The cowgirl in the C-17 airplane

By MORGAN KUNTZ-GARRISON, For The Prairie Star
Sep 5, 2025
Sep 5, 2025

A member of the Peterson ranch hay crew stops her wheel rake to wave at Captain Jordan Peterson as she flies over. Photo by Cynthia Baldauf.

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By MORGAN KUNTZ-GARRISON, For The Prairie Star

The ranchers that call the Big Hole Valley home are often generations deep in doing so, tracing their origins back to Swedish and Swiss emigrants who felt the Big Hole Valley would be a great place to raise dairy and beef products for the bustling mines in Butte and Anaconda, Mont.

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