The westward expansion that Lewis and Clark ignited would put Fort Benton on the map. The trappers, traders and pioneers who followed over the ensuing decades made it the birthplace of Montana.
the veterinarian s little bunkhouse is long gone, burned. its embers ground into the prairie dust. the young woman who d fallen hard for the dashing vet is a happily married arkansas mother of three. and the young man accused killing dr. bryan rein has growing sons of his own. but two decades were a mere whisker of time to the law and the historic chouteau county courthouse. where, in september, 2015, six years after the case was reopened, 19 years after the murder, tom s sister and the rest of the jaraczeski family assembled on one side of the courtroom. it was hard seeing people that you thought were your friends sitting on the other side of the courtroom. reporter: that would be a number of local people along with dr. rein s family, whose attitude, must be said, was unlike that of many victims