Bear Paw Meanderings

When I was in college I had two good friends who were in college as well. One was my cousin Butch (James Lucke) and one was a high school mate by the name of Jim Dullenty.

Jim went off to Journalism School at the University of Montana and Butch and I stayed home and attended Northern.

We spent many weekends visiting Jim in Missoula. He had introduced us to the famous Montana author Dorothy Johnson (The Man who Shot Liberty Valance and The Hanging Tree). For some reason she loved having coffee with the Havre ruffians on Saturday morning. Johnson was an interesting person. She collected guns and...