Originally published in Yellowstone Valley Woman.
Experiencing the hometown hospitality of Terry, Montana
Twenty-five years ago, a friend gave me Donna Lucey’s book, “Photographing Montana 1894-1928, The Life and Work of Evelyn Cameron,” after my husband and I first moved here. After all these years, I wanted to see Cameron’s vivid images that captured the spirit of the people who had settled in this part of southeast Montana, in Terry.
On a recent Saturday morning, my husband and I made the pilgrimage to the town that had preserved and protected her images of early pioneer life. As we journey east on I-94, I marvel at the vast blue skies that stretch over a rugged and craggy landscape, and I find comfort that the Yellowstone River guides us along, always bordering the north side of the road…