Legacy Center

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS

THE MONTANA WESTERN LEGACY CENTER WILL PARTNER WITH THE MONTANA HIGH SCHOOL RODEO ASSOCIATION TO CREATE A HIGH SCHOOL WALL OF FAME EXHIBITION FOCUSING ON WESTERN YOUTH RODEO HERITAGE. THE EXHIBITION WILL INCORPORATE ARTIFACTS, AWARDS, VIDEOS, AND PROFILES OF EACH RODEO CHAMPION. PROJECT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE RESEARCH, EXHIBITION DESIGN, AND STAFF TRAINING. THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN AN EXHIBITION THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF RODEO TO MONTANA AND CELEBRATES A SIGNIFICANT ASPECT OF THE STATE’S CULTURAL HERITAGE. THE PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES OF THIS PROJECT ARE VISITORS TO THE MONTANA WESTERN LEGACY CENTER.

JAY NORWOOD DARLING 1876 1962 , AUTHOR, MUSICIAN, JOURNALIST, VISIONARY, WAS A TWO TIME PULITZER PRIZE WINNING EDITORIAL CARTOONIST WHO CREATED THE FIRST DUCK STAMP IN 1934 HE ALSO FOUNDED THE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH UNIT PROGRAMS, THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, ALONG WITH A HOST OF OTHER CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS IN ADDITION TO HIS OVER 15,000 EDITORIAL CARTOONS HE WAS ALSO A GIFTED ARTIST WHO TRAVELED WORLDWIDE TO CAPTURE PEOPLE, PLACES AND CULTURE THROUGH HIS SKETCHES THROUGH DARLING S CREED, OF THE WISE USE OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES , HE BECAME A CHAMPION FOR NATURE, WILDLIFE AND STEWARDSHIP OF OUR PLANET S PRECIOUS RESOURCES THE TIME HAS COME FOR ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY STORY WHICH WILL SHOWCASE THE LIFE OF JAY NORWOOD DARLING, LIKE NONE OTHER THROUGH A FEATURE FILM OVER TEN YEARS OF RESEARCH AND DEDICATION HAS BEEN DEVOTED TO DEVELOPING AN AUTHENTIC CONCEPT AND NOW THE NEXT TASK THE SCRIPT THIS PROJECT FOR WHICH THIS GRANT IS BEING SUBMITTED WILL PERMIT THE PRODUCER TO BEGIN THE SCRIPT PROCESS OVER THE NEXT 9 12 MONTHS DURING THIS TIME, A TREASURE TROVE OF DOCUMENTS, ARTIFACTS, PERSONAL ITEMS, FILMS, AUDIO TAPES, AND BOOKS WILL BE COMPILED FOR CONTENT AND CHAPTERS FOR THE FILM MUCH OF THE CONTENT HAS NEVER BEEN REVIEWED OR MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC DARLING IS A NATIONAL TREASURE HIS STORY IS TIMELESS HIS IS A STORY OF HOPE AND INSPIRATION