An Old Case Is Recalled Search for the Heir of John P. Stewart Estate Mrs. Stewart Killed Him in ‘95 Afterwards Committed Suicide – Boy is Heir to Quite a Tidy Bit of Money The appearance in Missoula yesterday of Charles L. Heitman, an attorney Read More
Back to Wisconsin Otto Hearst Will Make the Journey in Charge of an Officer A few short months ago Otto Hearst, aged 32 years, was a resident of Lacrosse, Wis. There he won the affections of a young lady who loved not wisely but too well. In Read More
The article below appeared in the Edwards Fruit Grower and Farmer. Fruit Grower 10/12/1900 pg. 6 Colony Scheme Failed. Didn’t Know a Good Thing When They Had It – Seven Men Brought from Butte From Thursday’s Missoulian Facts that came to light yesterday make Read More
Most Missoulians give little thought to the Hellgate Treaty signed at Council Grove west of Missoula in 1855. It’s significance was, and still is, not well understood by the average student of local history and what little information that was available on the subject didn’t help much. How important the Read More
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Rescue Mission in the South Fork Primitive Area Researched by Jack Demmons During Wed. and Thurs., Sept. 17 & 18, 1941, there was high drama in the South Fork Primitive Area of Montana. (That area is now part of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area.) Two Travel Airs Read More
How to make a quick $100 bucks in Western Montana in 1899 Testimony given in United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit The United States of America vs. William Clark filed June 29, 1904 Upon Appeal from the United States Circuit Court Read More
Andrew Benson’s Luck Tossed in the Air by a Train He Escapes Injury Four Horses Were Killed and His Wagon Smashed to Flinders by the Copper City Limited Andrew Benson, a Scandinavian wood – hauler, who lives at Dead Man’s canyon, passed through an experience last Read More
A Warm Account of Missoula’s Generosity -1909 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025316/1909-01-02/ed-1/seq-10/ Article from The Daily Missoulian – Saturday, Jan. 2, 1909. Actors Extend Aid to Destitute Unfortunate Family Helped by Subscription – A Story of Dire Poverty Through the efforts of Manager I. W. Van Dyke Read More
Higgins’ Wild Ride Some Pipe Dreamer Springs a New One on Missoula’s Delegate Captain Frank G. Higgins, of Missoula, who may be named by the next democratic convention as a candidate for governor, is credited by his friends with giving a wild west exhibition on the streets Read More