Come one, come all! Free bingo for all ages!

Be a friend, bring a friend! Looking for a way to support the Fort Benton library? Join like-minded individuals in a monthly meeting to help out in a fun-filled way. To learn more, visit the library! This month’s meeting will focus on planning for the next few months and going over the upcoming events.

Come one, come all! Free bingo for all ages!

The series focuses on providing research-based information from rural experts and success stories from small towns across the state. Reimagining Rural brings small towns together for three evenings to learn from experts and other small towns. Fort Benton is one of 13 communities participating in the 2025 session slated for February 4, 11, and 18. Locally, the program is being hosted by Destination Fort Benton and is meeting at the Chouteau County Library from 6-8 p.m.

The series focuses on providing research-based information from rural experts and success stories from small towns across the state. Reimagining Rural brings small towns together for three evenings to learn from experts and other small towns. Fort Benton is one of 13 communities participating in the 2025 session slated for February 4, 11, and 18. Locally, the program is being hosted by Destination Fort Benton and is meeting at the Chouteau County Library from 6-8 p.m.

The series focuses on providing research-based information from rural experts and success stories from small towns across the state. Reimagining Rural brings small towns together for three evenings to learn from experts and other small towns. Fort Benton is one of 13 communities participating in the 2025 session slated for February 4, 11, and 18. Locally, the program is being hosted by Destination Fort Benton and is meeting at the Chouteau County Library from 6-8 p.m.

Be a friend, bring a friend! Looking for a way to support the Fort Benton library? Join like-minded individuals in a monthly meeting to help out in a fun-filled way. To learn more, visit the library! This month’s meeting will focus on planning for the next few months and going over the upcoming events.

The General Federation of Women’s Clubs is an international women’s organization dedicated to community improvement by enhancing the lives of others through volunteer service.

The General Federation of Women’s Clubs is an international women’s organization dedicated to community improvement by enhancing the lives of others through volunteer service.

Come in and learn more about the importance of sleep from Dr. Bird.

Be a friend, bring a friend! Looking for a way to support the Fort Benton library? Join like-minded individuals in a monthly meeting to help out in a fun-filled way. To learn more, visit the library! This month’s meeting will focus on planning for the next few months and going over the upcoming events.

The Story Quilt Project is coming to town! Created by Montana quilter and storyteller, Jewell Wolk of Cut Bank, MT, her extraordinary story quilts will be featured at the Fort Benton Library on Tuesday, October 22nd. For quilt lovers, historians, parents, and children alike, these quilts offer creativity, inspiration, and love of family and history. The quilts presented will be the Iron Trails West quilt and the Women of War quilt.

The Montana-based Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians became the 574th Indian tribe to be recognized by the United States government in December, 2019, after over 150 years of trying. The tribe’s origins, and its future, are deeply connected to the Métis people. The Métis are one of the three Indigenous peoples recognized by Canada as “original inhabitants” of their nation, while in the United States Métis contributions to its history have been largely erased. It is past time that was changed.

No discussion of the buffalo and the animal’s significance to Indigenous people on the Northern Plains is complete without also talking about the Métis people. But who are the Métis, how are they related to the Little Shell, and what do they have to do with Montana? This program will answer these questions and discuss how the entire Métis economy and culture was built on their unique relationship with the buffalo from the days when the herds were so large that, “the whole country was one robe.”

Be a friend, bring a friend! Looking for a way to support the Fort Benton library? Join like-minded individuals in a monthly meeting to help out in a fun-filled way. To learn more, visit the library! This month’s meeting will focus on planning for the next few months and going over the upcoming events.

The name Calamity Jane brings to mind an iconic character of the American West. Accounts of Calamity—whose real name was Martha Canary—are legion and she has achieved mythical status in the lore of the frontier. She lived and traveled throughout Wyoming, Montana, and the Dakotas from 1867 to 1903, during some of the West’s wildest days. The voracious Victorian press sensationalized her activities, and as a flamboyant character in popular dime novels, Calamity Jane’s legend grew until the person behind the character all but disappeared. Who better to give us insights about the real story than madam Dora DuFran, aBlack Hills pioneer, entrepreneur and close friend of Calamity’s. Ms. DuFran built a successful red light business during the rambunctious early days of the western frontier in Deadwood, South Dakota, and has a unique perspective about how wild it really was. Ms. DuFran knows better than anyone the life of Martha Canary and Calamity Jane, two quite different women, one legendary, one all but forgotten.

Mark Gibbons is a poet and lifelong resident of Montana. If there is such a thing as a Montana “Place Poet,” he must be one since this is the only place he has ever resided. Married young, he and his wife have lived and worked a variety of jobs on both sides of the Continental Divide, raising their sons in Augusta, Pablo, Ronan, and Missoula. Mark believes “place” is that state of mind we wake up to each morning and walk through till we go to sleep, including the dream time. His presentation will explore how poetry plays an important role in celebrating what it’s like to be alive, here, and how it can nurture our emotional life we often neglect. Poetry can act as a powerful tool for communication and help to develop empathy. Every person is a poet whether they know it or not. Everyone thinks, imagines, feels, and dreams. Mark will share his and others’ poetry to enliven a discussion about place, poetry, and living in Montana.

Montana is a state of extremes, from high mountains to great plains. Half the population lives in just five communities and another third of residents lives in just ten others. After the big ones, the remaining 134 incorporated towns are often unique, often overlooked, and all small, yet personify so much of the Big Sky. These small towns were built around gold, coal and oil, timber, cows and sheep, early trails, roads and rails. But time brings change. Why do some smaller towns hang in while others drift away? A few invent new roles and others reinvent themselves. Should we care? A discussion helps us understand the small places that are a big part of the Montana story.

Be a friend, bring a friend! Looking for a way to support the Fort Benton library? Join like-minded individuals in a monthly meeting to help out in a fun-filled way. To learn more, visit the library! This month’s meeting will focus on planning for the next few months and going over the upcoming events.

When they hear that Dr. Masood is from Pakistan, strangers often offer sympathy or ask whether she lived close to Syria. Pakistan, even after more than six decades of its existence, remains an enigma to the world. Dr. Masood teaches her audience about the real Pakistan she knows: Pakistani cricket, the spicy food, the resilience of people, the sheer beauty of the country, the warm and fabulous hospitality of Pakistanis. The United States is becoming increasingly diverse. By learning about various ethnic identities we can change negative ethnic group stereotypes, reduce intolerance, and enhance cooperation for the common good. Dr. Masood’s background in psychology make her the perfect person to lead an open, welcoming discussion that invites questions and increases understanding.

Join Janell Barber at 2:00 or 5:15 and make a pie crust or two. You can use them for the annual Woman’s Club pie auction, or simply to have to make a tasty dessert for yourself.

Make an Ag Bag for summer reading! Or for swimming, for groceries, or just for fun! All materials will be provided plus basic instruction if needed. These bags will be a bit sturdier and should last a bit longer.

Never has so much news been available. The trick is knowing how to find it—and how to judge its credibility. This program—presented by a veteran journalist, author and educator—takes listeners behind the curtain to reveal how the news is made and explain the revolutionary changes facing today’s fast-paced news media. It also offers citizens tools and techniques for staying well-informed amid the virtual blizzard of information—and for participating directly in the civic debates crucial to their communities, state and nation.

Make an Adventure Bag for summer reading! Or for swimming. Or just for fun! All materials will be provided plus basic instruction if needed.

Be a friend, bring a friend! Looking for a way to support the Fort Benton library? Join like-minded individuals in a monthly meeting to help out in a fun-filled way. To learn more, visit the library! This month’s meeting will be a discussion on the book “Talking to Strangers” by Malcolm Gladwell. It is part of the Community Conversations program series.

Do you have an old t-shirt that you no longer wear, want, or need out of that drawer? Bring it in and make a tote bag!

In this presentation, Rowland will share his experiences traveling across the state, and getting to know people from all walks of life.