Notes On Missoula’s Spanish Flu Epidemic in 1918 – 3 ‘Waves’ Below is a short synopsis of an article about the flu pandemic that appeared in Montana the Magazine of Western History in 1987: From – “Montanans and “The Most Peculiar Disease”: The Influenza Epidemic and Public Health, Read More
4 Killed Over Missoula – 1943 Missoula’s first fatal plane crash occurred on September 10, 1943. It happened when 2 airplanes met mid-air; each carrying an aviation student pilot from the University, and a local flying instructor from Johnson Flying Service in Missoula. These aviation students were part of the new Read More
Rudolph Valentino and Missoula’s Alfred Addleman Rudolph Valentino Passes Through City Rudolph Valentino, the movie actor, who passed through Missoula yesterday on his way to Spokane, did not create a very favorable impression with the women who gathered at the Northern Pacific station to see him. As the train pulled Read More
Missoula’s 1920’s Dance Halls, Dance Bands, and the Origins of Jazz in Missoula – by Ed Erlandson and Richard K. O’Malley Fancy footwork in the Garden City by Ed Erlandson Recently a reader asked for information about Tokyo Gardens, a dance hall that attracted thousands of Missoula area residents during Read More
Village of Schley Has Real Mystery Unidentified Species of Animal Seen Grazing on Mountain Tops The town of Schley, west of Missoula, on Evaro hill, has a real mystery. In its front yard, which extends to the Mission range, high up on the mountain side, outlined against the deep snows, Read More
Chaos at the Depot – Troubles with “Scandy” the Hack and Edna of “Hell’s Half Acre” Had a high old time “Scandy,” The Hack Driver, and Fair Edna, The Pugilist. Delight a Large and Appreciative Audience In an Open Air Drama The idlers who frequent the depot at train time Read More
Courthouse Yarns – “To Be Taken Cum Grano Salis” – 1905 He Also Relates Some Wonders Records Will Have To Be Produced To Make Them Believed. Eddie Foy, the famous comedian, once made a hit when he sang in his inimitable style a comic song the refrain of which began Read More
August Troutwein Murdered – 1885 Information reached town yesterday afternoon that a young German named August Troutwein, living in the bend about eight miles below town across the river, had been found in the road near his place shot through the head. He had two sheaves of oats by him Read More
Senator Dixon’s Bill – Flathead Lake Lots To Highest Bidder – 1910 To Sell Land To Highest Bidder Two and Five Acre Tracts On Flathead Lake May Be Disposed Of. Terms Of Dixon’s Bill Property May Be Purchased on the Borders of Lake in Reservation and Sixty Acres of Read More
The County’s Poor – 1894 A Recent Visit To The Rattlesnake Farm A Word About The Inmates Interesting Peculiarities of Some of the Dependents Upon Public Charity. Through the courtesy of County Auditor Angevine, a Missoulian reporter was recently enabled to make a tour of inspection of the county poor Read More