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  • The Future of Small-town Montana Rides on Public Lands

    Aaron Teasdale|Jan 25, 2018

    The winds of Montana's Rocky Mountain Front buffet the empty Dupuyer Elementary School. At one time the grasslands around it teemed with family-run ranches and Dupuyer was the heart of its region. In 1966 there were 63 students. In 2015, only one remained, with a lone teacher to instruct him. It shocked no one when the school shuttered last year. Welcome to Dupuyer. Population 86. John Hayne, a jovial man with thickly calloused hands, graduated from Dupuyer Elementary and is now a member of the...