Business List of Early Year
This ad appeared in the Missoulian Centennial issue.
Business List of Early Year
Business establishments in Missoula and vicinity in 1871, according to a chronology prepared by Chauncey Barbour, included:
- Worden & Co., general merchandise;
- Bonner & Co., general merchandise;
- A. H. Ross, grocer;
- J. P. Reinhard, hardware;
- J. B. Buker, druggist;
- William Stevens, hotel;
- Lent & Stubblefield, hotel;
- Charles H. Hayden, stable;
- McWhirk Brothers and John Wells, saloons;
- John M. Parker, bootmaker;
- William J. McCormick, lawyer;
- J. P. Tiernan and J. B. Buker, doctors;
- W. G. Edwards, butcher;
- Charles Love, barber;
- C. C. Huntley, stage line from Helena to Cedar Creek;
- J. W. Winslette, merchandising at Stevensville and Willow Creek;
- George P. White, merchandising at Hell Gate;
- T. J. Demers and R. A. Eddy & Co., merchandising at Frenchtown;
- Charles Cusson, hotel at Frenchtown;
- Wiles and Decker, sawmill at Frenchtown;
- D. W. Sprankle and Ed Rafferty, hotels at Superior;
- Edinger & Co., bankers at Cedar