Scars linger from killer Montana earthquake of '59 By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press Writer GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST, Mont. (AP) -- Just before midnight under the moon's gray light, the world tilted and tore off a Montana mountainside. Sliding rock buried 19 campers alive, their bodies never found, and 80 million tons of rock and trees tumbled into Madison River Canyon, leaving rubble piled more than 200 feet deep.