John Rankin Ends Notable Life – 1904 Succumbs To Fever After A Week’s Illness – A Missoula Pioneer. John Rankin, one of the honored citizens of Missoula county for 34 years, died at his home in this city last evening about 8 o’clock of fever. His illness dated from Wednesday, Read More
George Buckhouse Barbecue Man – 1946 Buckhouse Tells of Barbecues “Barbecues in western Montana were out during the war – and have not been resumed since because of the high costs of meat.” That is the statement of George Buckhouse, St. Ignatius, who for many years barbecued beef and buffalo Read More
John Toole shares a big story – C. H. McLeod and the Missoula Mercantile Missoula historian and prominent businessman, John H. Toole, wrote a fascinating 4-part series of articles for the Missoulian in 1983, dealing with Charles H. McLeod and the Missoula Mercantile. In these articles he gave us a Read More
David O’Keeffe Ranch & The Story of Kenneth Ross Old Landmark Near City Reported Sold Another chapter in the history of a local landmark, the O’Keeffe ranch, 12 miles west of Missoula, was brought to light Saturday when a special warranty deed was filed with the county clerk and recorder. Read More
Wealth of Famous Coeur d’Alenes – 1907 More Than $148,000,000 Produced Since 1884. Comprehensive History Story of the Opening of the District to Mining Enterprise Is Intensely Interesting One. More than $148,000,000 in mineral wealth has been taken from the Coeur d’Alenes since that district was first opened as a Read More
St. Mary’s Cemetery – Missoula’s oldest active cemetery Fifty-Third Memorial Observance In Missoula Cemetery on Monday By John Oberly. This year will be marked by the fifty-third Memorial day on which Missoulians have visited the Missoula cemetery, which was surveyed by H. V. Wheeler in December, 1884. His plat was Read More
Follow-up to The Missoulian Centennial Edition – Letter from Ruth Polleys Sale and Katherine Thrailkill Reardon – 8/10/1960 Addenda We, the undersigned, feel there are points of interest to some latter day Missoulians that would be of interest as a follow-up to your Centennnial edition. 1 Baron O’Keefe, whose grand-niece Read More
McLeod Tells of Missoula As It Was When He Arrived 66 Years Ago Sixty-six years in Missoula. Few have that distinction, but one is C. H. McLeod, who arrived here March 29, 1880 – a little more than a month after he had reached the age of 21 – and Read More
Latimer Tells Story John R. Latimer, 95, celebrates Birthday Here Tells Story of His 70 Years in Western Montana John R. Latimer, dean of Missoula pioneers, celebrated his ninety-fifth birthday Sunday. The day was a notable one for Mr. Latimer and he was at home to scores of friends. Mr. Read More
D. J. Donohue, Prominent In Business Here, Passes D. J. Donohue, for many years a prominent merchant of Missoula and to the end of his life a strong factor in business here, died at 1 o’clock Sunday morning at his home, 1400 Gerald avenue. His death came after a long Read More