MISSOULA, Mont. — This past weekend was the Stevensville Scarecrow Festival. A lot of work goes into making it happen, and if you want to win best scarecrow, the more artistic the better. Judges are ...

Scarecrows do a much better job scaring humans than they do scaring birds. If scarecrows were used to ward off birds, adds James P. Leary, a historian and folklorist focused on rural Midwestern life, ...

The Scarecrow Walk features more than 40 scarecrows, all designed by members of the public. For this year, the theme is "The 1990s" in celebration of the garden's 90th anniversary.

The scarecrows will be on display in the Tapping Reeve Meadow, Oct. 14-31, and is open to the public every day from dawn to dusk. An opening celebration is set for 1-3 p.m. Oct. 14 in the meadow. All ...