I was born and raised on Montana’s Hi-Line in Glasgow. Not much experience in ranching, but I learned to drive on a 1930 steel-wheeled and cleated Case tractor. I had lots of experience during summer-fallowing and harvest time in Valley County. I watched a few episodes of “Yellowstone,” came away disappointed and gave up on it. My adult daughter convinced me to watch “Yellowstone’s” prequel, “1883,” which left me even more disappointed in “Yellowstone.” “1883” did not disappoint. The characters were well-developed and gave a better sense of what it was like to travel from Texas to Montana as part of a wagon train. It was not overly-dramatized nor overly-romanticized. The best part? “1883” was filmed primarily in eastern Montana where the real “Big Sky Country” is. Not sure if the proposed second season will be as good, but I plan on watching it before I see even one more episode of “Yellowstone.” By the way, while Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are quite good, Sam Elliot made the show more than well worth watching.
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