Out Our Way: View from the Tiger

Out our way, a common joke was the bumper sticker put out a few years ago for Montana that said, “There’s Nothing Here.” While supporting my ministry in Havre I worked the 4 a.m. to 1 p.m. shift at Walmart, and it was always fun to hear tourists talking with each other about the state and especially the Hi-Line. Many could hardly wait to get to the Rockies and west of the divide where there was “something to see.”

We, who know the area — who have spent time in the Bear Paws, Beaver Creek, and on some of less traveled roads in the surrounding area — can only smile at their ignorance. Granted, w...