Montana humor topic of history group meeting

Montana humor will be the topic at this month’s meeting of Northwest Montana Westerners, a local history group. The event is 7 p.m. Monday, March 16, at the Northwest Montana History Museum.

Tim Christenson, president of the organization, will explore “Montana Humor in Story, Song, and Rhyme.”

From the dry one-liners of open range cowhands to the tall tales swapped in mining camps, Montanans have long used humor to lighten hard work, long winters, notes Christenson. He plans to dip into the playful rhymes of lumberjacks, the railroader’s knack for exaggeration, and the campfire songs that turned everyday mishaps into legends.

Christenson is a former Colonel and part-time pastor who first came to Montana in the 1970s to work in Glacier National Park.

The presentation starts at 7 p.m. on the second floor of the museum, at 124 2nd Ave. East in Kalispell. Cost is $5 for the general public, with members and youths under 16 admitted free.