The Whitehall Ledger - Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana

Editor's Note: This article will also be published in the August 30 edition of the Whitehall Ledger.

Slowly dusk fell over the land and the temperature took a noticeable downward turn. To add a bit more intrigue, a slight breeze began to blow. As one, the heads of the eclipse viewers turned to the sky with their 'in' glasses or a box or a welder's mask adorning those heads.

It had been a glorious morning wending slowly through the Jefferson Canyon spotting deer crossing the river and a few floaters out early and the sun setting up a perfect reflection of the canyon walls on the river be...