Death of Eloi Cyr Removes Veteran Settler Eloi Cyr was one of many French-Canadians who settled in the Missoula area. While he eventually lived near Frenchtown in an area that already harbored many French-Canadians, he was originally a product of the west’s gold stampedes. Some of Frenchtown’s first settlers were Read More
Pioneer Resident of West Montana Passes in South Mrs. Gaspard Deschamps Dies at Home of Daughter in Los Angeles Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Gaspard Deschamps at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. J. Tobinski, at Los Angeles Wednesday evening. Mrs. Deschamps, one of Read More
Thomas J. McNamara, Pioneer, Is Dead, Aged Seventy-Seven Thomas J. McNamara, one of the old time pioneers of Montana, died yesterday morning a little after 8 o’clock at St. Patrick’s hospital in this city. Mr. McNamara was born in 1826, in Cratloe Wood, across the river Shannon, a short distance Read More
‘This Old House’ Has a History Rivaled By That of the Pioneers That Built It By John A. Forssen This started out to be a story about an interesting old house in Orchard Homes, but it is more than that – it’s the tale of a man, his pioneer mother Read More
Thomas L. Greenough In 1905, Thomas L. Greenough could look back over his life with pride. He had risen from common laborer to one of the Northwest’s leading capitalists in a few short years. He had been a benefactor to his community. In that year a reporter from the “Spokesman Read More
Latimer misspellling is an insult In March 1992 I was driving along Palmer Street and came to an intersection where street signs said “Palmer” and “Latimor” streets. Since the other signs on Latimer Street are spelled correctly, I went to the city engineer’s office and discovered that the spelling on Read More
Missoula County 1882 – Entertaining observations of a Montana trip by a revered journalist. Excerpt from an article by E. V. Smalley[1] in Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine[2] October 1882 “I take up the thread of the narrative of north-western travel, which the reader may have followed in previous numbers of Read More
Second Biennial Report – State Board of Horticulture – 1901-1902 In Missoula county we have three nurseries, one each at Carlton, Plains, and Missoula. At Plains Mr. Isaac Sears has for years grown large numbers of apple, pear, apricot, cherry and plum trees and he has met with good success Read More
Louis R. Maillet – Extraordinary Montana Pioneer The following article about Louis R. Maillet focuses on one of Montana’s fabulous pioneers. While many of the early pioneers in Montana Territory no doubt could have furnished us with equally fascinating accounts of their lives, few of them did. Maillet’s detailed narrative, Read More
The Death of young “Speck” and Brino Tricks, a horse who had the “Right Stuff” Less than a year after a fire destroyed the Higgins Brothers’ new Missoula N. P. Depot in 1896, they would suffer another tragedy by fire. Sadly, this one killed a young man and a stable Read More