General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Missoula Visit – 1877

General Sherman in Missoula. General Sherman, accompanied by his son and General Poe and Colonel Bacon of his staff arrived in Missoula about 10 o’clock a.m. of the [September] 2nd, and proceeded immediately to the post near Missoula. Delegate Maginnis, who was of the party, remained in town, and was Read More

Harry T. Taylor – WW 2 Hero’s Secret Weapon – The Very Pistol

New Secret Weapon Using a new “secret weapon,” Staff Sergeant Harry Taylor of Missoula recently performed a task in the battle for the Siegfried line[1] that American tanks were unable to do, a dispatch from Army headquarters in the European theater indicates. A tank-infantry team from an armored division was Read More

George T. Orvis Jr. – WW2 Bombardier

George T. Orvis Jr. – WW 2 Hero George Orvis was a highly decorated B-17 pilot during WW 2. He was one of dozens of pilots from Missoula in that war and is counted among hundreds, if not thousands, of Western Montanans who also participated. Many of them never came Read More

“Here’s Looking at you, kid.” ‘Swede Nelson’ @ Casablanca 1945

Officer Leads Life of Riley At Swank Mediterranean Hotel, at Least Temporarily Casablanca – city of the beautiful name and fateful history, is no place of romantic memory to Lieutenant Elwood Nelson of the Army air forces, now sojourning – if the word may be permitted – in sunny Tripoli Read More

Lieutenant Bruce Hopper Describes Bombing Germans – 1918

Lieutenant Hopper Tells of Bombing Huns Kaimin – 10/25/1918 (p. 3) https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1490&context=studentnewspaper For more on Bruce Hopper see the following link: http://oldmissoula.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=341:bruce-c-hopper–u-of-m-class-president–sky-pilgrim–americas-1st-bombing-raid–harvard-phd–oss–jfk-teacher–advisor&catid=17:missoula-people&Itemid=3

Two Famous Generals Pass Through Missoula – 1907

Pay Homage To Great General People of Missoula Gather At Station To Greet Baron Kuroki Serenade By The Band Japanese Residents Present Famous Man With Bouquet of Flowers and Souvenir of the City – His Escort, General MacArthur, Delivers Brief Address. General Baron T. Kuroki, the hero of the Russian-Japanese Read More

Love Proposal From A Gentleman Through and Through – 1914

Love Proposal From Gentleman Through and Through Getchel Receives Regular Love Letter City Has Opportunity To Open Matrimonial Bureau If It Will Not long ago the month-old city administration announced the inauguration of a free employment agency. Now it has a chance to branch into the matrimonial bureau field if Read More