County’s History Revealed Through Marriage Records – 1938 A wealth of interesting information and history can be obtained through a glimpse of marriage records on file in the clerk of court’s office, compiled during the past 60 years or so. For instance, the books show that more than 12,000 marriages Read More
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
Deeds of Father D’Aste Recounted by Woman Who Knew Him For Years Mrs. Peter Ronan Tells of Beautiful Life Lived by Priest Whom She Revered With Thousands for His Many Fine Attributes Beginning at 6:30 o’clock this morning the last rites over the body of Father d’Aste will be said Read More
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 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 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 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 – 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 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
Judge Duncan, Retiring At Midnight, Is Next to Oldest Jurist in Service Veteran Official Leaving Bench After 24 Years Of Active Duty in This Judicial District. Judge Asa L. Duncan, next to the oldest trial judge in Montana in continuous service, retires from the bench of the Fourth Judicial district Read More