Welcome to the Huntley Project! Thank you for visiting us online as we complete our first year online with 24,000 page viewings including 1000 links. As we represent the areas of Huntley, Worden, Ballantine, and Pompey's Pillar, we also have many resources that enhance the Billings, Montana area. From Pompey's Pillar National Monument, Homesteader Days to Pappy's Cowboy Cookout, we invite you to browse what the Huntley Project can offer. In the spirit of active businesses in and around the Huntley Project area and in conjunction with local activities; we welcome you to this website and hope it serves many functions in promoting the rich heritage, history and current activities within the Huntley Project High School area. We would like to publicly thank all the businesses and individuals who continue to show their support and confidence in the huntley project website. Please feel free to link to this website (www.huntleyproject.net) as a source for information. This website continues to be an ongoing effort and we hope to make it an assett to the Huntley Project community.
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Western Romance Company is proud to announce this years first 4th of July Pappy's Cowboy Cookout starting at 4:30pm along Interstate 90 and Pryor Creek Road. Come and enjoy an adventure recently rated the # 1 attraction in Billings, MT from ND Farmers Union Tours. This includes a cover wagon ride, hearty chuckwagon steak dinner and cowboy concert around the campfire. Come experience the West at it's Best! Call early to make reservations as our steaks are marentated 24 hours in advance. For reservations, call 406-348-2048 or visit Western Romance Comany for more info.
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Homesteader Days- Homesteader Park, Huntley, MT
HUNTLEY - Tickets for the Sawyer Brown concert at Homesteader Days are now on sale at R & R Trading in Huntley, Project Merc in Worden and Shipton’s Big R.
Set for Friday, July 10, at Homesteader Park in Huntley, the concert will feature Sawyer Brown followed by local band Bucky Beaver Ground Grippers. Advance tickets are $25 each and will increase to $30 the day of the show. The gate opens at 6 p.m. and music will begin at 7 p.m. and continue until 1 a.m.
This year, a free shuttle will operate from Huntley as there will be limited parking at the site.
The event is sponsored by the Huntley Project Lions Club, which last year brought the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band to the Project.
Also part of this year’s annual Homesteader Days, the Lions will bring “Two Geezers,” a band from Absarokee, to the stage on Saturday evening. The performance is included in the $2 cost of admission that day. Stay tuned as more information becomes available for the upcoming event. If last year is any indication of what to look forward to for this Homesteader Days, get your tickets now and reserve them.
Poster and radio ad for Huntley Project's Homesteader Days 2009.
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Pompeys Pillar National Monument is hosting Clark Days on the Yellowstone.
Beginning Saturday July 25, 2009; Come and enjoy all the many activities at the Rock. Sunday will also be packed with fun.
If your looking for free camping and admission; these two days are sure to be worth it with Free admission starting at 5 p.m. Saturday. This is the only night of the year that camping is allowed on the grounds of the Pillar. Come and enjoy Clark Days at Pompey's Pillar Nationial Monument!
The event is sponsored by the Pompeys Pillar Historical Association. Feel free to view the whole itinerary of activities on thier webpage. Be sure to let them know you saw their info on this the huntleyproject.net website.
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Attention all Huntley Project Alumni:
The All Class Reunion is set for July, 2011. On Monday, March 2, 2009 all alumni were invited to a planning meeting in the Huntley Project elementary gym from 7 to 8:30 p.m. If you didn't make it, call Carol (Hoehne) Reiter at 406-967-4208. This is an all class reunion that takes place every 5 years and this next one is sure to be memorable due to the New High School is said to be completed by then. There will be a street dance where Worden Main street will be closed off and open to mingle and catch up with classmates, teachers, and associates. The All Class Reunion is scheduled the day before Homesteader days at Homesteader Hall. This would be a good time to start thinking about attending in 2011.
More coming soon...........
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Coming soon to this Huntley Project website this year are more businesses from the Huntley Project area. We would like to welcome Son Rise Espresso Drive Thru, Transition Estate Sales, JJ's Hair Fashion and Liberty Environmental. At this time, there are more businesses being added to this website this coming month and year at www.huntleyproject.net. Let those businesses know that you saw their information here. Also, historical pictures of the Huntley Project Irrigation District will be available under the History portion of the website and a few on the HP Irrigation District webpage.
Also, The huntleyproject.net website will be undergoing a transition to a more up-to-date website. It has become a source for information throughout the Huntley Project area and for outlining areas. As a reference, the website is reaching it's 20,000th page viewing. A big thank you to all the community and outlining community members and businesses for your support of this website. Stay tuned as new info appears.
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Feel free to check out the weekly ads by Project Merc . Each week, starting Wednsdays, new ads will be added weekly for those interested to print out and use at the store. Project Merc does not mail out ads anymore. Project Merc does provide copies at the actual store and have ventured in an advanced way to provide locals and frequent shoppers an avenue for savings. Let them know that you saw the information and ads online at www.huntleyproject.net. Feel free to view the webpage with links to the weekly ads here.
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Are you Connected?
For those that are on facebook, the Huntley Project online group was launched to help connect alumni, students, teachers, parents, locals and anyone else who might be interested in events, activities and news from the Huntley Project area. In conjunction with this huntleyproject.net website, this is another opportunity for everyone to get connected online. Feel free to invite your friends, family and relatives to the new group. As this organization is for all, it will be used as a resource for information to those online. Feel free to view the profile here. We've since gotten 163 members to join, lets see if we can make it 200 or more connected up!
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Huntley Project .Net provides resources for those coming to the Huntley Project area. Our local Montana communities stem from farms and ranches, local businesses and events that are brought to past during the year whether it be the school, state sponsored departments, or any natural features of the land from Pompey's Pillar to the Yellowstone River in between. The huntley Project area is rich with history, culture, gatherings of homesteaders and more. As a central point of reference, Huntleyproject.net would like to focus on the many companies and businesses that offer their services to locals, visitors, and tourists as resources, references, and allow locals and visitors the endless possibilities presented in the State of Montana especially in the Huntley Project area. Whether it be from direct tourism, tourists, or visitors coming from out-of-state for events, leisure travel or business, or those just traveling from Billings. Huntley Project presents many surprising elements of the West that can be experienced as well as enjoyed from the peaks of the Rocky Moutains to the valleys and streams below. Please give us your feedback and recommendations on how to make this website a success for the Huntley Project area. For additional information, contact Jonathan McNiven at jmcniven@westernromancecompany.com. Please continue to be patient as all the businesses info, history and other features are added to this website and more information is uploaded.
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