Images of the Old West draw people to an area once filled with miners,
farmers,
ranchers,
loggers and other agricultural workers.
Often newcomers are much more romantic about the West than the
old-timers and have false hopes about bringing their urban lifestyles
into the great outdoors.
They come with false expectations.
They believe they can fax and e-mail from the mountain top.
In the New West,
the information superhighway is often a dirt road.
from the
Gallatin County Web Site