C. E. Woodworth Widely – Known Montanan, Dies Pioneer Resident of State Since Coming of N. P. in 1880’s Chancy Erastus Woodworth, civil engineer, surveyor, Wild West show proprietor, abstractor, mining engineer, school teacher, railway land agent, stenographer, bookkeeper, theater manager, rancher, sawmill operator and early-day photographer of Montana, died Read More
At Rich Martina A Lively and Prosperous Camp in the Mountains The Nine Mile Mining Company What a Missoulian Reporter Saw in and About this Gold-Producing District. Pretty well up in the Nine Mile gulch, close to the divide between the Flathead reservation and the Bitter Root mountains lies the Read More
SKY-PILOT TALES Related by Joyce Donaldson. The Rev. John Hoskins[1]. Rev. John Hoskins came to Montana in 1884 the seventeenth Methodist minister to enter the state. He is making his home in Missoula at present, where he is ever ready to tell the tales of the early days. In 1885 Read More
DAN M’QUARRIE TAKEN BY DEATH; PROMINENT HERE Lumberman, Who Had Many Times Served People, Crosses Divide. Daniel L. McQuarrie, aged 51 years, one of the best known and most respected men of western Montana, died at his home, 802 South Sixth street, west, shortly before 11 o’clock last night. Mr. Read More
Joe Marter’s Dog Comes Home Is Lost in Butte and Finds His Way to Missoula By Instinct Joe Merter had an interesting tale to tell yesterday about the ability of a dog to find its way home from a long distance, no matter in what manner it might have been Read More
Alvin Lent – “Truthful James” Who was Alvin Lent? We know he was born in N. Y. in 1851, lived much of his life in Missoula, and is buried in the Missoula City Cemetery. Strangely, his burial date is unrecorded. Although early Missoulians knew him well, you might say he Read More
Cramer Gulch – Martin Cramer Victor To Honor Dead Pioneer’s Memory Martin Cramer’s Funeral To Be Held In Valley Town Tomorrow Victor, Dec. 21. – (Special) – The funeral of Martin Cramer will be held in this town Tuesday afternoon at 1 o’clock. The news of Mr. Cramer’s death has Read More
Angevine Marks Half Century’s Residence Here Well-Known Missoula Man Arrived in City December, 1885. Fifty years a resident of Missoula. That is the length of time spent here by R. W. Angevine, one of Western Montana’s best-known citizens. He landed in Missoula December 15, 1885, just 50 years ago today. Read More
Drownings / Dangerous Ferrys / Handsome Harry’s Buried Gold / William / Cyrus / and Charlie McWhirk “Hell Gate is Humping High” [1872] Missoula Ferry Gone – Louis Caro Drowned The Hell Gate is humping high, from all accounts, although the Deer Lodge and upper tributaries are behaving in Read More
A Glimpse of the Birth of Missoula – “New Town is being built” – 1865 At Hell Gate the crops are as good as usual, and the prices for produce are high. Oats, 10c per pound, wheat 8c per pound, potatoes 6c, onions 20c, per pound. A new town Read More