The Wind from Eden: Montana Weather Stories is produced by the Acoustic Atlas at the Montana State University Library: https://acousticatlas.org. The series looks at how weather has shaped the history, culture, and literature of Central Montana. It is brought to you by the MSU Library’s Ivan Doig archive with support from Humanities Montana. Original music for the series was provided by Flynn Cohen at flynncohen.net. Audio from Ivan Doig’s books English Creek and This House of Sky was provided by Recorded Books, Inc. and Highbridge Audio. The banner image on this site, “Meagher County, Montana” by J. Stephen Conn, is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/ 83372564@N00/3866726886. The series kicked off on February 22, 2021.
We interview Ivan Doig’s cousin Gordon Doig about the influence of weather on Montana ranching life. He talks about the importance of a good horse during a blizzard and recounts the ways that ranchers of Ivan Doig’s era dealt with outdoor life before the conveniences of modern weather forecasting.
