Cowboys (and cowgirls) from the state of Montana are now part of the rich cattle industry heritage in an official capacity.

That's because their names have been added to the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center.

As the fifth class to be inducted into the honored program, the names added to the 2012 list represent what officials call individuals who have made notable contributions to the history and culture of Montana.

Cowboy Hall of Fame award.

This is the second year that the "living" category has been added to the selections in the Legacy Awards. The new class includes at least one inductee from each of a dozen districts across the state. This year, 26 members were added as Legacy recipients, and 11 were in the "living" category of the program which originally honored members who had died.

The 2012 list includes the following individuals and colorful places:

n  Horace Dewitt Brewster, Phillips County

n  Cliff Wolfe, Scobey.

n  Steve Marmon, Sr., Wolf Point.

n  William James "Bill" Brown, Jr., Sand Springs.

n  Daniel Vincent Haughian, Terry

n  Pierre Wibaux, Wibaux.

n  C.M. Coffee, Miles City

n  Range Riders Museum, Miles City

n  Lynne Taylor, Miles City

n  Don Greytak, Havre

n  Francis Bardanouve, Harlem

n  Roscoe "Doc" Timmons, Hill County

n  Fred Martin "Bud" Connelly, Browning

n  Elizabeth "Libby" Smith Collins, Choteau

n  Richard Carlisle "Dick" Langley, Sun River

n  Ambrose V. "Kid Amby" Cheney, Stanford

n  Julia Loraine Jackson, Lewistown

n  Utica's Silver Dollar Saloon & Judith Hotel, Utica

n  Ben Steele, Billings

n  J.K. Ralston, Billings

n  William Linderman, Red Lodge

n  Sam "Sarpy Sam" McDowell, Hardin

n  Walter Benjamin Holland, Helena

n  Stan Lynde, Helena

n  Kleffner Ranch, East Helena

n  Henry Sieben, Wolf Creek

n  William P. Loney, White Sulphur Springs

n  Peter F. Karst, Gateway

n  James W. "Cap" Overstreet, Gallatin

n  Vern E. "Bud" Cheff, Sr., Ronan

n  Pete Sacks, Corvallis'

n  Irvin G. Wortman, Stevensville

n  Archie Lynn Joscelyn, Missoula

n  Norman McLean, Missoula

n  Johnny France, Ennis

n  Gertude "Brownie" Smith, Melrose

n  Chief (Tin doi) Tendoy, Beaverhead River