The popular Yellowstone TV series, set and filmed in Montana , taps into a lesser-known chapter of the state's history: its settlement by Confederates and ex-Confederates during and after the Civil War. I come to this story with a unique perspective . I'm a fourth-generation Montanan . I'm also a scholar of U.S. Western literary and cultural studies and left the state in my 20s to pursue a career in academia . Advertisement Then, during the pandemic, I returned to Montana for a time to lead a