Conquering the Divide

March 30
18 mins

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Episode Description

In the early days of aviation, Montana's Continental Divide was the prize every flyboy wanted — and the mountain range that kept breaking their planes. A barnstormer crashed in a gulch. A racing legend couldn't catch a break in Butte. Then a nineteen-year-old kid who'd built his first flying machine at fourteen arrived in Helena with something to prove. He had one month left to live.
Distinctly Montana Stories brings literary journalism from the pages of Distinctly Montana magazine to life in audio.
Sound effects and music sourced from Epidemic Sound.
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