These photos appeared in the Missoulian Centennial issue on page 35 of Section E. Below are the captions for those photos. Heavy Machines Get the Logs to the Mills Heavy machinery, trucks and loaders, get the logs to the mill in today’s efficient logging operations. The lumber industry has Read More
Death in the Ballawalla Otto Peterson was the first to smell the smoke because he was a light sleeper. He awoke and quickly yelled to wake his fellow travelers, grabbed his cornet case and jumped from the platform off the train. Going 40 miles per hour next to Read More
The following photo appeared in the Missoulian Centennial issue on page 26 of Section E. Below is the caption for that photo. Lots of Fun in Old Jitneys Members of the Rocky Mountain Model T Club, shown participating in a 1959 parade, have much fun in their old-model autos. Read More
The following article appeared in the Missoulian Centennial issue on page 26 of Section E. The Rocky Mountain Model-T Club originated in June 1957 at an impromptu gathering at the Catlin Studio. News of a Model-T race from Red Lodge to Roundup had been published in the Daily Missoulian. Read More
“Can You Speak German?” The following article is taken from The Anaconda Standard on June 19, 1897 p 10. Good Thing Recognized A Young German Girl Finds a Benefactor They Meet On The Train Missoula , June 18 – Manager Deffenbach of the telephone Read More
You could say this town was founded by a jack-ass. What town was it? Answer is Kellogg, Idaho.
The article below appeared in The Missoulian – Jan. 5th, 1917 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025316/1917-01-05/ed-1/seq-1/ Missoula’s “Line” Ordered Closed February 1 City and County Authorities Give Notice to Restricted District To Enforce Laws at End of Month Missoula Officials Take Action Without Compulsion From Ford Read More
Entertaining Indians – Jan. 4, 1901 Edwards Fruit Grower and Farmer Members of the Treaty Commission at St. Ignatius Mission Yesterday at St. Ignatius mission on the Flathead reservation a dinner was given to the Indians by members of a government commission, whose aim it is to Read More
Accidental Shooting of Rod Oelke Rod Oelke of Missoula recently passed away. He was born in Missoula in 1942, the son of Bennie and Martha Heinle Oelke. He attended Franklin grade school in Missoula and graduated from Missoula County High School in 1960. He owned and operated Culbertson Steel Manufacturing Read More
She Swung a Horsewhip Mrs. Thibedeau Created a Sensation in Old Missoula Mrs. Thibedeau, a woman who is said to have been living in Spokane for some weeks past, created a sensation in the sleepy old town of Missoula last Friday. The Democrat-Messenger says: The truthfulness of the old saying, Read More