Missoula Milestones by Ed Erlandson Every year newspapermen select the top stories or events of the preceding year, and the list varies from newspaper to newspaper, usually influenced by the geographical location of the paper compiling the list. To the best of my knowledge I have not seen a list Read More
Marcus Daly’s Nephew ‘Jimmie’ Shields Shot By Wife – “Has Been Pretty Wild” One of the most highly publicized crimes in Missoula happened in 1900, when Mrs. James Shields (Ethel Duchemin) shot her husband on Higgins Avenue. While her husband did not die of his wounds, it nevertheless became sensational Read More
“Fish Creek Ghost” – Story Revived– Missoulian 3/18/1922 Dr. Thaddeus L. Bolton Connects Western Montana Family With Apparition At Antigonish, N. S. Former University Professor Talks of Incidents Seven Years Ago. Family Name Is Not Same Gossage and Not MacDonald Figured in Mineral County Wraith Episode. By the Associated Press Read More
Paul Brunner Accidently killed on ‘Kelley Island’ – 1932 Missoula Man Is Victim of Gun Accident Paul Brunner Killed When His Rifle Is Discharged On Island in Missoula River West of City Was Employe of Local Bakery Officials Forced to Ford River to Bring Body of Well Known Missoulian Back Read More
Arch Foe of “Modern Dances” Takes It All Back, Says the City Attorney Mr. Wallace Reports to Council That Anti-Ragging Element Has Been Converted. The anti-ragging element as represented by 18 signers of a petition presented to the council last week, has been converted to the ethics of the modern Read More
Authentic Records of the Floods Paul Reinhard Finds Dates And Figures Entered By His Father Some interesting information in connection with the present high water of the Missoula river was furnished The Missoulian yesterday by Paul Reinhard, in the nature of some records of former years which had been kept Read More
Large Properties Near Missoula Change Hands Big Sale of Fruit Acreage Fruitdale Ranch in O’Keefe’s Canyon Is Sold to a Dakota Company. That fruit lands in western Montana are in demand is evidenced by the sale of the big Fruitdale farm, owned by Messrs Black and Ray to a syndicate Read More
Caught On The Run About Town – The Missoulian – 7/11/1910 Sunday is a great day for fishermen of Missoula. Sunday morning the tired newspaper man, done with helping at the birth of another edition, sees the men of rod and reel in the restaurants, getting a snack for the Read More
Mercury Climbs To Tube’s Top Government Thermometer Shows Record For Missoula, 102 Degrees. Yesterday the thermometer recorded a temperature that is unprecedented for Missoula and western Montana, 102 degrees. It was the government instrument on the campus of the University of Montana that made this record, too, and it stands Read More
Roosevelt Gets Big Welcome In Missoula – Sojourning at Valley of the Moon? Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt came to Missoula Aug. 20, 1920. He was on a barnstorming tour of several western states as the candidate for Vice President on the Democratic ticket with Presidential candidate Read More