He is the son of Jack Galt, a ranch manager and cattle buyer who married Louise Replogle Rankin, heiress to Wellington Rankin’s vast Montana land holdings.

HELENA — Louise Replogle Rankin Galt, who died last month at age 90, led a remarkable life as a Montana attorney, rancher, landowner and Republican Party stalwart.

And as Montana’s human population has grown, so has its elk population, especially on large tracts of private land like the Galt ranch. In hunting season, he said, his land has been “plagued ...

One source might be “ The Cowboy Way: Seasons of a Montana Ranch, ” a nonfiction account of former Lee Montana editor — and current Arizona Daily Star editor — David McCumber’s year spent working on ...

He’s not Kevin Costner's character, but Bill Galt is well aware that Paramount Network's hit show "Yellowstone" appears to be imitating his life.

He’s a fourth-generation rancher with one of the biggest spreads in one of the most beautiful parts of Montana. His ranch is so expansive, in fact, that he flies a helicopter when he needs to ...