Private Story
Empire Builder
This ongoing project examines the shifting culture, landscape, industry, and architecture of Montana's northern latitudes as The USDA's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has caused a shift from small, family owned farmsteads to large corporate agricultural production. Hi-Line refers to the northern portion of Montana just south of the Canadian border along which runs the main line of the BNSF Railway, Amtrak's, Empire Builder, and U.S. Highway 2.