The following photo appeared in the Missoulian Centennial issue on page 31 of Section E. Below is the caption for that photo. Colorful Western Montana Regatta One of the most colorful annual events in western Montana is the Copper Cup Regatta at Polson on beautiful Flathead Lake, one of Read More
Big Mortgage Deed About Half Copied Anaconda Company’s Instrument Probably Largest Ever Recorded Here The work of transferring to the records of Missoula county the big mortgage deed indenture of the Anaconda Copper Mining company, conveying in trust all of its Montana holdings to the Guaranty Trust company Read More
Record 30,682 Influenza Cases and Only 12 Polio Cases Reported in State Last Year Helena (AP) – A record number of influenza cases, 30,682, were reported to the Montana Board of Health in 1957. It was the fourth year in which the flu total exceeded the 20,000 mark. The other Read More
Lion, A Sagacious Dog from Quartz Creek From The New North-West – September 24, 1875 Missoula Items. From the Missoulian, Sept. 15th Ed. Warren has sold the Moose Creek Ferry for $1,050. David Pattee announces the opening of the Custom House, Frenchtown. The well-known reputation of Mr. Pattee and his Read More
Ed Power’s Famous Talking Crow What The Talking Crow Said [1905] “Hello, Hello!” Screeches The Bird, And A Little Girl Tells A Tale A quaint little figure stood lost in admiration in front of Ed Power’s talking crow at the fair grounds. She was ill-clad and through the loop Read More
‘Strange Light’ Sighted Over City Eight persons reportedly watched from a Missoula backyard Tuesday night as a bright, white, round object hovered in the sky, then moved off in a northerly direction. Charles Dene Leach, New Orleans, a freshman at Louisiana State University, said he first observed a dimmer object Read More
Search For Gold – 1897 Party to Penetrate the Bitter Roots to Find Placers of Untold Richness Again an effort will be made to locate the rich placer mines in the Bitter Root mountains of which the Nez Perce Indians have told so many tales. The Spokane Spokesman-Review in announcing Read More
Prof. Reitz Doused With Foul Water, Seltzer And Rattlesnake’s Best. Followed to His Hotel Amid a Shower of Overripe Hen Fruit – Who’s to Blame? Prof. E. C. Reitz proprietor of the Garden City Commercial college received rough treatment last night shortly after midnight at the hands of a Missoula Read More
Pathetic Scene – Missoula Mercantile Windows Sad Recollections. A Show Window Brings Up the Past to Husband and Wife. One of the most pathetic scenes witnessed in Missoula for a long time occurred in front of the Missoula Mercantile company store last night shortly before 9 o’clock. There were Read More
Almost a Duel by J. J. Healy In early days, when Western Montana was known as a geographical portion of Washington Territory, the only places of resort for the frontiersman were the several trading posts of the great fur companies, or perhaps the isolated residences of some hunters and trappers Read More