2024 Fall Programs and Menus

All meals are served with a salad, rolls, coffee, and tea. You do not have to purchase a meal to enjoy the free presentation!

January 17th
The Incredible Saga of the Montana, Wyoming & Southern, and Yellowstone Park Railroads by Robert Schalla.
Dinner is Shrimp Alfredo pasta. Served with house salad and garlic bread.

February 21st
Centennial of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Elsworth GoesAhead.
Dinner is grilled honey ham steak. Served with Chef’s choice of vegetable, starch, and salad.

March 14th (second Friday of the month)
The Yellowstone Trail by YHS Members Renee Christiansen and Marlene Saunders.
Dinner is sliced smoked brisket with black cherry BBQ sauce. Served with Chef’s choice of vegetable, starch, and salad.

April 18th
Origins of Crow Agencies in Montana by Patty Molinaro.
Dinner is grilled Thai Salmon rice bowl with edamame, shredded carrots, broccoli, and green onions. Served with crispy wonton triangles.

May 16th
Vic Miller’s favorite commentaries that aired on KTVQ-2 from 1991 to 2013.
Dinner is chicken and broccoli stir-fry. Served with fried rice and an egg roll.

Author Robert Schalla

2025 Monthly Programs

January 17th

The Incredible Saga of the Montana, Wyoming & Southern, and Yellowstone Park Railroads
by Robert Schalla

Robert Schalla – retired geologist and author of Black Diamonds From the Treasure State. Robert will delve into the fascinating story of Frank Avery Hall; an entrepreneur from Wisconsin who arrived in MT in 1898 with the dream of building a tourist railroad to Yellowstone National Park. He later joined forces with Billings civil engineer Phillip M. Gallaher to build a rail line to Cooke City.

Dinner is Shrimp Alfredo pasta. Served with house salad and garlic bread.

February 21st

Centennial of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Elsworth GoesAhead

Members of the Chief Plenty Coups Honor Guard are enrolled members of the Crow Nation, descendants of Chief Plenty Coups, and veterans of the United States Military. On Veterans Day in 2021, the Chief Plenty Coups Honor Guard was invited to Arlington National Cemetery to commemorate the centennial of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Elsworth GoesAhead is an Honor Guard Post Commander

Dinner is grilled honey ham steak. Served with Chef’s choice of vegetable, starch, and salad.

March 14th

The Yellowstone Trail by YHS Members Renee Christiansen and Marlene Saunders

These two past YHS Presidents will provide us with an update on the Yellowstone Trail.  In the first quarter of 2025, the YHS will have a grand unveiling of a new sign that covers the history of the Yellowstone Trail.

Dinner is sliced smoked brisket with black cherry BBQ sauce. Served with Chef’s choice of vegetable, starch, and salad.

April 18th

Origins of Crow Agencies in Montana by
Patty Molinaro

Patty Molinaro is the author of Origins of Crow Agencies in Montana: Transitioning Beyond the Buffalo. On May 7, 1868, the Treaty of Fort Laramie forever altered the Crow way of life, defining reservation boundaries and establishing a federal agency. Patty recounts this historic pivotal period for the Crow Nation.

Dinner is grilled Thai Salmon rice bowl with edamame, shredded carrots, broccoli, and green onions. Served with crispy wonton triangles.

May 16th

Vic Miller’s favorite commentaries that aired on KTVQ-2 from 1991 to 2013

Program by Vic Miller – author of the Slab Slept Here. The book Slab Slept Here features more than 100 of Vic Miller's 600+ commentaries, covering Billings and Montana topics to sports, politics, the lighter side of holidays and travel, and his 'where angels fear to tread' predictions for the coming year. His fictious friend Slab Marble plays a starring role in many of these favorite commentaries that aired on KTVQ-2 from 1991-2013.

Dinner is chicken and broccoli stir-fry. Served with fried rice and an egg roll.