Question / Unanimous Article / Judge Woody

Question / Unanimous Article / Judge Frank Woody?   Re: Veritable History of Hellgate Hi, I was wondering if you thought Judge Woody was the author?  It seems like his style of writing. Traci Rasmusson Subject: RE: Veritable History of Hellgate   Hi, I’m not sure what you are referring Read More

John Mullan – Roadbuilder For All Seasons by Al Darr

Roadbuilder for All Seasons by Al Darr John Mullan had youth on his side, plus an enormous sackful of energy that left strong mountain men panting by the trail. Sober historians in booklined studies might say Lt. Mullan overstepped the bounds of human compassion in his zeal to win the Read More

Charles E. and Edith (Grierson) Johnson – Missoula Pioneers

Charles E. and Edith (Grierson) Johnson – Missoula Pioneers C. E. (Pop) Johnson, who celebrated his eightieth birthday Wednesday, has spent 60 years of that time in Western Montana, nearly all of it on Missoula’s “Main Street,” as he has been identified with activities of the business district of Missoula Read More

First Real Fair 1876 by Will Cave

First ‘Real’ Fair Record [1876] by Will Cave During the past several years it has been considerably advertised from what might be termed “official” quarters that the “first” fair in Missoula county was held in the year 1879. This erroneous impression undoubtedly has arisen because of the fact that in Read More

Indian Troubles In Missoula – 1867

Indian Troubles In Missoula – 1867 Petition To The Governor. To His Excellency Green Clay Smith, Governor of Montana Territory: The undersigned residents of Missoula county, Montana Territory, respectfully represent that there is at the present time great danger of an outbreak of the Flathead and other Indian tribes located Read More

John Caplice – Never Learned To Say No

John Caplice – 1903 John Caplice who died in Butte last Saturday was a remarkable man. He lived beyond the anointed age of man, passing away at seventy-four. His was an eventful career, and in all his long life he gained and held the esteem of his fellow men in Read More

Earliest Mention of Missoula – John Owen’s Nasty Note – 1859

Earliest Mention of Missoula – John Owen’s Nasty Note – 1859 Let the Computer Do It – Search for the oldest mention of Missoula and you might be surprised at what you find! Using the power of the internet and newspaper.com archives – searching old newspapers (16,700 of them) for Read More