Editor's Note: Gary Wilson leaves a legacy

Historians tell us that we need to know where we came from if we are to know where we are and where we’re going.

If that’s the case, we in Havre and the Hi-Line know a lot more about ourselves because of the work of Gary Wilson.

Wilson wrote several books on the colorful and sometimes bizarre history of this place we call home. He wrote books on the area, wrote newspaper articles and spoke to groups about the characters who helped build this place.

He was the go-to guy for any facts about the how the Hi-Line has developed over the past century.

We lost Gary to cancer last week. North-central M...