Wilma Plouffe talks MRWT, set to celebrate 49th wedding anniversary on 50th annual

Wilma and Gary Plouffe will celebrate their 49th wedding anniversary this Thursday, August 29th, while participating in one of the things they love the most: The Milk River Wagon Train.

When the 50th Annual Milk River Wagon Trains hits the trail in Zortman on Thursday, August 28 for their yearly, end of summer event, the Plouffes will be in tow, ready to go.

“We started going in 1976,” Wilma said. “We always had wanted to and we still didn’t have a wagon then, but we went by horse that year.”

On August 29, 1970, the couple wed and six years the duo rode horseback for their first two wagon trai...