New Automobile Agency In City Fisher-Kraabel Company To Handle Chevrolets And Oldsmobiles The Fisher-Kraabel company newly incorporated, will take over the Chevrolet and Oldsmobile agencies in Missoula. Both makes of automobile are products of General Motors. The Fisher-Kraabel company will open in a new location at 215 East Broadway. Workmen Read More
Garden City News closed permanently in 2006. An article in the Missoulian on January 3rd, 2006, explained its demise. The article is quoted below: Going out of print Garden City News to close its doors permanently on Jan. 31 By Robert Struckman of the Missoulian Wayne Burnham watched the glass Read More
The Evolution of a Large Missoula Law Firm Murphy & Whitlock Name Changes With New Year The firm name of Murphy & Whitlock, one of the older law firms of Missoula, has been changed to Murphy, Garlington & Pauly as of January 1, 1941. W. L. Murphy, J. C. Garlington Read More
Missoula Waiting For First Beer [1933] While much of the rest of the nation celebrated the revival of beer at 12:01 o’clock this morning with watch parties and more-or-less mild celebrations, Missoula residents just wondered when they will be able to flow the foam from the top of mugs of Read More
Hart Refineries Being Enlarged Fuel Is Produced by Local Industry in the Most Modern Way. The city of Missoula is located many miles from the nearest proved oil fields, yet here in Missoula is located as modern and up-to-date an oil refinery as can be found within the country. Hart Read More
First Drive-In Theater – Mtn-Vu Drive-In (8/17/1948) Premier of the Mtn-Vu Drive-In theater, which has been under construction for several weeks, will be Thursday night when two showings of “Homestretch,” a Twentieth Century-Fox motion picture starring Maureen O’Hara, will be presented, announced Bill Fowers, manager. The initial program will be Read More
Missoula Dairies by Steve Smith Can you recall when we had 22 dairies? A reader, Elmer, says the trouble with this column is that it does not contain enough local history. Elmer, get your coffee, have a seat and find out how Missoula-area residents go their milk, butter and cheese Read More
“Lambchops For Beefsteak” Local Report from a Wry Missoulian Reporter Missoula [Hotel] To Change Hands Landlord Pierce Hates to Let the Old Hands Go. Demand That Is Made By Them Waiters, Cooks, Scullions et al Demand That a Girl Must Be Fired at Once. While on no pretentious scale that Read More
Sugar Factory Here To Start Season Monday Great Western Plant Will Begin Grinding Beets Tomorrow Wilson Expecting Three-Weeks’ Run Small Crop in First Year; Government to Handle All Output. Missoula’s sugar beet plant, which has just been completed by the Great Western Sugar company at a cost of $1,500,000, will Read More
Closing up shop By Jim Ludwick of the Missoulian Smith Drug, which has operated in downtown Missoula for more than 100 years, will close at the end of the month. “I’m retiring – going into other things,” said owner Byron Dodd. Dodd said the store already has downsized and it Read More