photo courtesy of Holbrooke Hotel
As Frontier Collection continues to grow, our vision remains rooted in honoring timeless stories. While our inaugural print edition is now set for Fall 2025, we’ll begin releasing select pieces digitally, giving these stories the space to be shared thoughtfully and beautifully, starting now.
GUARDIANS OF THE GRASSLANDS
The mystique of the American West drew pioneers and profiteers into a golden expanse where bison once roamed freely. Hunted nearly to extinction, these icons of the frontier now embody resilience—revived by conservationists like American Prairie, working to preserve the wild heart of the Great Plains.
BUILDING A LONGER TABLE
The Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives serves as the caretaker of Butte’s historical records, preserving everything from the city’s founding documents to the membership books of the unions that earned Butte the nickname “Gibraltar of Unionism.” Our collection includes photographs documenting the miners whose labor defined “The Richest Hill on Earth,” as well as resources to help people trace their family histories. One of our most significant projects, the All Nations Project, explores the traditions brought to America by diverse immigrant families—ranging from holidays and religious practices to food and occupations. These customs remain deeply intertwined with their heritage and are often still practiced today, highlighting the enduring influence of immigrants on Montana’s cultural landscape.
A MELODY FROM THE MOUNTAINS
There’s something in Quayle’s voice that captures the magic of Montana itself: untamed, raw, and full of soul. As a singer-songwriter, author, and entrepreneur, she’s carved out a career grounded in authenticity and real connection. Her music isn’t just entertainment, it’s a homecoming of sorts.
PEKIN NOODLE
In unassuming Butte, America, there lies a hidden gem. Vestiges of a once-booming Chinatown remain on the steep streets of Main and Mercury in uptown Butte, formerly Montana’s largest city. Immigrants worldwide traveled to Butte for mining and railroad opportunities in the 1860s, and about a quarter of Butte’s population was Chinese by 1870. Today, a glance down Butte’s China Alley reveals a lone Coca-Cola sign from the 1960s, hanging over the back door of one of the two last Chinese businesses open in Butte: Pekin Noodle Parlor, the oldest continuously operating, family-run Chinese restaurant in the United States.
WHISPERS OF GOLD & GLORY
There are places where history clings to the walls like perfume—subtle, undeniable, intoxicating. In the twin towns of Grass Valley and Nevada City, two grande dames have been restored not as relics, but as living, breathing embodiments of the past: The Holbrooke Hotel and The National Exchange Hotel.
JAMIE LISSOW
If comedy is a marathon, Jamie Lissow’s been running it barefoot, uphill, and in a blizzard for the past thirty years. But finally, the finish line has come into view, and it’s lined with fans who already know his life story before he even picks up the mic.