Ma ke ʻano he luna nui hou o ko Montana mōʻaukala 320 Pākaina malihini, He hoʻoilina ʻo Amber Brask i kahi kuʻuna haʻaheo o ka hoʻokipa maoli o Western, ka ʻuhane paionia a me ke kūʻokoʻa wahine a me ke alakaʻi ʻana. ʻO ke kaikamahine a ka mea nāna ka hānai, ʻo Ms. Brask e mālama i ka waiwai o ka mōʻaukala ma ke ʻano o ke kolu o nā luna nui wahine mai ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ka pā holoholona ma 1898. I kēia lā, he hale lawelawe piha ka 320 Guest Ranch e nānā nei i ka wā e hiki mai ana e mālama ana i kāna waiho ʻia i loko o nā keʻena lāʻau 58 piha hou a hoʻōla hou ʻia a me nā chalets mauna, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma 320 mau eka nani ma ke kahawai ʻo Gallatin. ʻO nā mea kupaianaha o ka Yellowstone National Park he 45 mau minuke wale nō.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Amber Brask e nā hiʻohiʻona o nā wahine Montana wiwo ʻole a wiwo ʻole e pili ana i nā cowgirls rodeo, nā koa wahine wahine ʻAmelika, nā wahine lapaʻau, nā kauka, nā mea hana, nā kumu, nā ʻauʻa, nā kahu hānai, nā poʻe home a me nā mea kālaiʻāina. I loko o ka mōʻaukala o ka Mokuʻāina, he poʻe paionia nā wahine a Montana ma nā ʻano āpau, e hana ana i kahi ala holomua ma lalo o kā Sky Sky moʻolelo Big Sky.
"ʻO kēia mau wahine Montana aloha ʻole i hana i ka hopena ikaika i ko lākou mau kaiaulu a ma ka 320 Guest Ranch," i kākau ʻia e Ms. Brask. Ua kūʻai aku kona ʻohana i ka mahi holoholona i ka makahiki 1986 a ua ulu ʻo ia e hana i kēlā me kēia ʻano o ka hana o ka waiwai mai ka pākaukau mua, ka mālama hale, ka hale ʻaina a me nā kūʻai aku i waho e holo ana i nā ala mauna o nā holoholona me nā limahana limahana a me nā lawaiʻa lele ma ka muliwai ʻo Galatiania e holo ana i loko. ka hale holoholona.
ʻO ka luna nui a wahine ʻona ʻo Kauka Caroline McGill, nāna i kūʻai ka 320 Guest Ranch ma 1936 a hana i kahi kaiāulu hoola no ka poʻe e pono ai ka mālama ʻana no ke kino a me ka ʻuhane. No nā makahiki he nui, ua lilo ka pā holoholona ma ke ʻano he puʻuhonua o Kauka McGill no ka pilikia o kāna hana lapaʻau ma Butte, a laila kahi kūlanakauhale hoʻouluulu a mākaukau hoʻi. Ua mālama ʻo Kauka McGill i ka poʻe i loaʻa i nā ulia pōpilikia, hāʻawi i nā pēpē a hana e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke olakino lehulehu, keu hoʻi no nā wahine a me nā keiki. ʻIke ʻia ka mana o Kauka McGill ma ka 320 Ranch me ke keʻena nona ka inoa. "Ma kahi o hoʻokahi kenekulia, ua hoʻolako kahi 320 Ranch malihini i kahi hoʻi i kahi e hoʻomaha ai kā mākou mau malihini a hui hou me ka ikaika ola o ke kūlohelohe, e like me kā Dr. McGill i manaʻo ai," wahi a Ms. Brask.
ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke alakaʻi i ke kaiāulu kekahi haʻaheo haʻaheo ma ka 320 Ranch a ʻo ka wahine hoʻokele nui ʻelua, ʻo Pat Sage, kahi mea koʻikoʻi ma Big Sky, e hana ana e paipai i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ke komo pū ʻana i nā hana lehulehu. ʻO Sage kekahi o nā wahine he mau luna nui o kahi māla nui i ka ʻāina. I loko o kona wā he 12 mau makahiki, ua hoʻololi maikaʻi ʻo ia i ka waiwai i kahi pāina malihini kipa piha, e hāʻawi ana i nā wahi noho kūpono a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi, ka ʻaina maikaʻi a me nā hana o ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa, ka lawaiʻa ʻana, ka holoholo ʻana, ka skiing cross-country, rafting, hiking a ʻO ka skiing ma kahi e kokoke ana iā Big Sky Resort.
"He mea hōʻeuʻeu ʻo Pat Sage i kēlā me kēia mea ma 320 Guest Ranch a ua aʻo mākou āpau mai kāna hiʻohiʻona," i ʻōlelo ʻo Amber Brask, ʻo ia ka mea i hōʻoia i nā alakaʻi wahine he nui i ka moʻolelo o Montana. "Ua hālāwai lākou i nā pilikia o ka ʻāina kolohe a me ka macho, ka moʻomeheu Wild West, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo nei iā lākou ka like o nā kāne a me ka mana ikaika i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka mokuʻāina."
ʻO kahi kauā a mea hoʻōla hoʻi ma mua, ua ʻike ʻo Annie Morgan i ke kūʻokoʻa ma ke ʻano he home homesteaders mua a Montana. Holo ʻo Eagle, he koa Crow, holo, alualu a hakakā me nā kāne o kona ʻohana. ʻO Kauka Mollie Babcock, nona ka hana mua ma ke ʻano he kauka i loko o kahi hoʻomoana mining kahi hopena nui o ka olakino mokuʻāina a me nā pono wahine. I ka manawa i hāʻawi ai ʻo Montana i ke kuleana e koho balota i nā wahine i ka makahiki 1916 - ʻehā mau makahiki ma mua o ka lanakila ʻana o nā wahine ʻAmelika i ke koho balota holoʻokoʻa, ua lilo ʻo Jeanette Rankin, ke kaikamahine a ka mea hānai nui a wahine kahu hānai, i wahine mua i koho ʻia i ka Hale o nā Lunamakaʻāinana o US. I loko o kāna mōʻaukala, kūkulu nā wahine a Montana, hoʻōla, aʻo, hoʻonohonoho a hoʻomohala i nā ʻāina i kēia lā nā pōhaku kihi o kā Montana mahiʻai, nā holoholona a me nā ʻoihana hoʻokipa.
He kūpono kūpono ʻo Amber Brask e ukali i nā kapuwaʻi o kēia mau wahine ikaika a hihiʻo. Ua hele ʻo ia i ke Kulanui ʻo Montana State a loaʻa iā ia kahi kekelē laepua no ka Fine Arts mai ke Kulanui ʻo Boise State ma Idaho. Me ke kuko e hana a me ke aloha i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa, ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i kāna mau makahiki koleke e hana ana i nā hōkele, e aʻo ana i kēlā me kēia ʻano o ka ʻoihana mai nā hana a me nā meaʻai a me nā mea inu i nā kūʻai aku a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana. Ua hoʻohanohano ʻia kāna mau pono kukeʻai ma ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona, e hana ana i ka hale ʻaina maikaʻi. Loaʻa i ka hale ʻaina kāna māla kīhini ponoʻī a mālama i kahi pilina pili loa me nā mahiʻai kūloko, e hoʻonui ana i nā mea hou, kūloko.
Hana kahi hale ʻo 320 Ranch Steak House i kahi hale ʻaina, a ke nānā nei ʻo Ms. Brask e lawe iā ia i ka vison makakū i kahi lumi ʻaina i mahalo ʻia.
Ua hoʻi ʻo Ms. Brask i Montana me kāna hoapili, ʻo Dane, kahi mākaukau i waho a me kahi alakaʻi lawaiʻa lele, e hoʻomaka i kona ʻohana a i kēia manawa he makuahine kahi keiki kāne ʻōpio. He ʻohana ka mālama ʻana i ka mahiʻai mai ka makahiki 1986 i ka wā i kūʻai aku ai ka makuakāne ʻo Dave Brask, no Attleboro, Massachusetts, a me ke keiki a nā malihini mai Suetena & Pukiki mai, i ka pā holoholona ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāna hui, ʻo Brask Enterprises, i kēia manawa he ʻoihana kūʻai honua e kūʻai aku ana i nā compactor a lako pono. I ka makahiki 1993, ua neʻe ʻo Ms. Brask i ka pā holoholona me kona ʻohana. Ua hoʻolilo kona mau kūpuna makuahine i ke kauwela ma laila - he mea pena ka makuakāne o kona makuahine a pena ʻia nā keʻena holoholona a ua holo kona makuahine i kahi hale kūʻai e kūʻai aku ana i nā mea kālā a ka ʻōiwi ʻAmelika.
I ka makahiki 80, ʻaʻohe a Dave Brask mau manaʻo e haʻalele a ua hilinaʻi ʻo Amber Brask a me kona mau kaikaina ʻo DJ lāua ʻo Michael i kāna ʻōlelo aʻo a me kāna ʻike. Ke hoʻi nei nā lālā ʻohana ʻē aʻe i Montana e hānai i ko lākou ʻohana a hauʻoli i ka nani a me ke ʻano o ke kaiāulu. Ke holo nei i kahi hānai holoholona, alakaʻi ʻia e Amber Brask i kēia manawa, he ʻohana maoli nō ia.
