Big Sky, Montana. It's a little community with big attraction. Long before its explosive development, before its early days as a fledgling resort community and outdoor recreational playground, this tiny burg began to draw uncommon people.

People like Frank Crail. In the early 1900's, Crail followed his dream of settling the West and emerged from the ragged wilderness into a place of opportunity - the fertile valley hemmed in by majestic mountains that would become Big Sky.

An early meadow homesteader, Crail and his family created a working ranch in the now Meadow Village area. Decades later, the land where Crail cut hay and raised cattle was purchased by another dreamer - Chet Huntley - who envisioned the area as one of Montana's first alpine ski communitites. Everett Kircher, a pioneer in many aspects of skiing, saw in Big Sky a place for a new kind of resort. So in 1976, Kircher's company, Boyne USA Inc., purchased the young enterprise.

The rest, as they say, is history. Big Sky Resort became, and remains, one of the leading ski resorts in the West and is now complimented by Moonlight Resort, Spanish Peaks Development, Town Center, and Yellowstone Club to name a few of the ongoing development projects in our community.

We all see the potential for Big Sky to be set apart as something special - a mountain home where locals and visitors can feel like neighbors. But as Big Sky continues to attract dreamers, visionaries, and entrepeneurs ready to shape the landscape for generations to come, what will join these generations together.

What will remind us of our roots as we move into the future?