Mountain Press Publishing Company

09/24/2026

“Of all the fifty states, with the exception of volcanic Hawaii, Florida is the land most recently emerged from the sea.”

That’s the starting point for Roadside Geology of Florida by Jonathan R. Bryan, Thomas M. Scott, and Guy H. Means.

Jonathan R. Bryan, Thomas M. Scott, and Guy H. Means Visitors planning a trip to Florida may envision the state’s entertainment spots, amazing natural areas, and stunning beaches, but they may not consider examining Florida’s remarkable geology. Yet, according to the authors of a new book about ...

09/24/2026

Not every plume of smoke in September means wildfire. Fall is prescribed-burn season in western Montana: Montana DEQ’s fall burning season runs September 1 through November 30, and the Lolo National Forest has prescribed-fire work scheduled this month to reduce fuels and help forests better withstand future wildfire. Yesterday’s September 23 timelapse gives us a good look at the valley before some of that planned fall smoke may start showing up. Hit play and keep an eye on the hills.

09/23/2026

Sometimes history survives in the things people choose to keep.
Remember Pearl Harbor Collectibles by Frank B. A***n and Martin S. Jacobs.
“America managed to stay out of WWII for almost three years although her navy was battling the German submarine menace in the Atlantic, and sustaining casualties and committing her massive production to Allied Lend-Lease before the attack on Pearl Harbor.” Mountain Press

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09/23/2026

Yesterday’s September 22 timelapse did something only one day a year can do: it started in summer and ended in fall. Autumn officially arrived in Missoula at 6:05 p.m., right near the end of the day. Hit play and watch the seasons change over the valley.

09/22/2026

Georgia can take you from barrier islands to sandstone ridges without ever leaving the state.
Roadside Geology of Georgia by Pamela J. W. Gore and William Witherspoon.
“You’ll be amazed at Georgia’s geological diversity, from its shifting barrier islands along the coast to the sandstone ridges in its northwest corner.” Mountain Press
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Pamela J. W. Gore and William Witherspoon Ride along with geologists Pamela Gore and Bill Witherspoon on this extraordinary tour of the Peach State’s varied terrain. In 35 detailed and densely illustrated road guides, the Roadside Geology of Georgia examines Georgia’s fascinating geology and rev...

09/22/2026

Yesterday’s September 21 timelapse caught the last full day of astronomical summer over Missoula. Today, at 6:05 p.m., fall officially arrives. Hit play and give summer one last look before we turn the page.

09/21/2026

Before I-90, before Highway 200, there was the Mullan Road.
Built between 1859 and 1862, it connected Fort Benton on the Missouri River with Fort Walla Walla, cutting a military wagon road across what would become Montana, Idaho, and Washington.
Parts of that route are still around us today.
Mullan Road: Carving a Passage through the Frontier Northwest, 1859–62
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Carving a Passage through the Frontier Northwest, 1859-62 Edited by Paul D. McDermott, Ronald E. Grim, and Philip Mobley This collection, overall, provides a concise and comprehensive account of John Mullan and the Mullan expedition's role in developing the Pacific Northwest's first military wagon r...

09/21/2026

Yesterday’s September 20 timelapse caught one of the last full days of summer over Missoula. Autumn officially arrives Tuesday evening, so hit play and enjoy a late-summer day over the valley before the season officially changes.

09/18/2026

The calendar says September, and now the valley is starting to look like it. Summer is still hanging on in the golden hills, but the softer light and changing sky are telling a different story.

09/18/2026

Forty-three years as a national park ranger gives you a few stories to tell.

Accidental Ranger: Tales from Forty-Three Years as a National Park Ranger by Lyndel Meikle.

“Accidental Ranger leads the reader through a sometimes bewildering tale of forty-three years as a national park ranger.” That sounds like exactly the kind of career that refuses to fit neatly into a job title.

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Tales from Forty-Three Years as a National Park Ranger Lyndel Meikle Lyndel Meikle, a Montana native, spent thirty-nine years at Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site in an ever-evolving job which included giving tours of the historic mansion, reaching into a cow to straighten out the leg of its....