“Old Jerry” Johnson, the venerable trapper Jerry Johnson Hot Springs is a locally famous spot about a mile from U.S. Highway 12 as it winds down from the top of Lolo pass toward Lowell, Idaho. It is approximately 63 miles from Missoula. The springs were named for pioneer Read More
William McWhirk – Pioneer by Bob McWhirk WILLIAM McWHIRK: WALLA WALLA PIONEER William McWhirk was one of Walla Walla’s first merchants and my great great grandfather. His story began in rural Ohio where he was born in 1827 of a Scottish immigrant father and New England mother. Read More
John S. Caldwell John Caldwell was one of the early Missoula Pioneers that did not receive much attention in historical documentation of early Missoula. What a shame as he was an interesting and productive person who was a member of John Mullan’s road building expedition. After much searching, Read More
Mary ‘Polly’ Edith McCormick Fitzgerald 1876 – 1949 Mary McCormick was the oldest child of Montana pioneers Washington J. McCormick and Kate Higgins McCormick. Mary was the first of seven children born to the McCormicks in the Missoula area. The McCormick family has had a huge impact on Read More
https://archive.org/stream/08D41896-A215-42F7-B7B1-49141A955455/08D41896-A215-42F7-B7B1-49141A955455_djvu.txt Miller / Kelley / Cave / Gannon Consolidated Irrigation Ditch *[An article appearing in The Missoulian on June 14, 1878 stated the following: “Mssrs. Booth, Kelly and Farrell are engaged in taking out a large irrigation ditch, commencing at the bridge across Missoula river, Read More
The article below is from the Missoulian-Sentinel Centennial edition in 1960. Daily Firm Veteran Processor The meat consumed by many thousands of western Montana residents is processed and manufactured in Missoula by one of its major industries, John R. Daily Inc. For its own use in 1959 the company slaughtered Read More
Below is a link to Chalk Courchane’s story about Alexander Demers and his family: http://www.oregonpioneers.com/bios/AlexanderLouisDemers_1879.pdf
Camilla Josephine Fox McCormick July 24, 2005 Missoulian POLSON – Camilla Josephine Fox McCormick, 84, passed gently away on Feb. 7, 2005, surrounded by her daughters, son-in-law and grandchildren at her home in Polson. Born Nov. 22, 1920, at the family home in Missoula, Camilla was the youngest daughter of Read More
Higgins kids & Missoula streets It is said that one applicant, Hilda Higgins, had completed grade work only through the seventh grade of the Missoula grade school. The inference is, of course, that she passed the examination creditably. She was the Hilda for whom Hilda Avenue on the South Side Read More
Russell Art Preserves Old West Missoula Visit Recalled Genius seems to find genius. At least Charles Marion Russell, cowboy artist, found Edgar S. Paxson. The two western painters were close friends over a period of years. Russell visited the Paxson studios in Missoula where Paxson had completed “Custer’s Last Stand.” Read More