In southern Montana, firefighters battled a pair of forest fires that had burned close to 60,000 acres.

The first remains were uncovered in 1931 in southern Montana near the town of Billings.

He might have envisioned Big Sky, which is nestled in southern Montana, as a premier destination resort.

Darrell Peer was driving his semitractor-trailer truck in southern Montana when he heard the call for firefighters.

Harry W. Child (1857-1931) was an entrepreneur who managed development and ranching companies in southern Montana.

Approximately 70 miles (113 km) long, it runs through southern Montana in the United States.

Holding owned 400,000 acres (1,600 km) of working cattle ranch land in northern Wyoming and southern Montana.

The fires have filled the sky across much of southern Montana with smoke, and ash is falling in some places.

The service wanted reimbursement for the cost of fighting a fire last fall in southern Montana.

One of those is Big Sky, in southern Montana.