“Tall, blond, with blue eyes twinkling, he was always cheerful,” wrote Emma Magee when she furnished us a first-hand account of the crippled Missoula pioneer Charles Schafft. Emma attended a small school with her mixed blood siblings at what later became Missoula’s Hellgate Elementary in Grass Valley. At one time Read More
1. Howard, Joseph Kinsey. Montana: High, Wide, and Handsome 2. Guthrie, A.B., Jr. The Big Sky 3. Toole, K. Ross. Montana: An Uncommon Land 4. Glasscock, Carl B. The War of the Copper Kings. . . 5. Doig, Ivan. This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind 6. Russell, Read More
Below is a small poem from “The Old Copper Collar,” a short novel by Montana author Dan Cushman: Oh, me old copper collar It makes me heart so proud; When I’m wearing me copper collar I stand out in the crowd; Throughout the land there’s none so grand, I want Read More
Why is Missoula special? Residents say it’s the mountains, the people, the . . . By Peter Stark Of the Missoulian “While it is true that we have our share of pollution, potholes and pandemonium, on the balance I have yet to run across a more suitable place to raise Read More
‘Cool Hand Luke’ Author – 1969 Donn Pearce Talks Tonight Donn Pearce, author of “Cool Hand Luke,” will speak about creative writing tonight at 8:15 in the UC Ballroom. At 3:00 this afternoon, he will give an informal talk in the UC Montana Rooms. “Cool Hand Luke,” Mr. Pearce’s first Read More
Dam Foolishness Author Pokes at Pork Barrel by Jim Crane Montana and Missoula have a strong admirer and detractor in A. B. (Bud) Guthrie Jr. “Though I dislike the snow and I wish they’d clean up this town, I choose to live in Montana,” says the state’s author-in-residence. Guthrie, a Read More
Robert Service Poem Born In Missoula? Dan McGrew Theme of Poem Said to Have Started in Missoula A story has been circulating in Missoula recently to the effect that the tragedy which is the theme of Robert Service’s poem, “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,” had its start on West Front Read More
Missoula – God’s country – From ‘On the Road’ by Jack Kerouac “During the depression,” said the cowboy to me, “I used to hop freights at least once a month. In those days you’d see hundreds of men riding a flatcar or in a boxcar, and they weren’t just bums, Read More
Robert V. Finch – Forgotten Playwright Robert V. Finch (1909 – 1959) of Dillon, Mt., was a prominent western playwright during the late 1930’s & 1940’s. He attended the University of Montana and was a student in H. G. Merriam’s writing classes, apparently graduating in 1933. To this day, he Read More
Missoula-Born Writer, Hector Chevigny, Continues Career in East Hector Chevigny, former resident of Missoula, who made a successful career for himself in the literary and radio worlds, has cornered more fame in the last few months as a figure in writing circles. Mr. Chevigny, who has been living in New Read More