W. B. “Jawbone” Smith, 72 years old, was found dead in a Missoula mud puddle near Polley’s lumber mill in 1914. Shortly after that an article in The Sunday Missoulian gave an intriguing picture of this poor man who was found “facedown” in the puddle not far from the center Read More
This article appeared in the Missoulian Centennial issue. Apostle of the West The Rev. Peter John DeSmet, often called the Apostle of the West, in bringing the word of God to the Salish Indians paved the way for white settlement of western Montana. He was born at Temonde, East Read More
Sam’s Troubles Visited Madame Goldsmith and Received a Beating The article below appeared in The Missoulian on November 29, 1900: 29 Nov 1900, 3 – The Missoulian at Newspapers.com “Ha yust het ma once pretty hard, yudge,” said Sam Stromberg to Justice Hayes in asking for a warrant for Read More
Radio Set Installed On Willett’s Ranch Missoula People Give Machine to Montana’s Only Leper and Wife Former Senator O. G. Willett, Montana’s only leper, who is confined with his wife on their ranch west of Alberton, has been placed in communication with the outside world by means of a radio-receiving Read More
A Dusky Denizen of Hell’s Half Acre Wields a Razor. Hell’s Half Acre flowed with human blood this morning shortly after 1 o’clock. As a result Mike Lahey of Nine Mile may lose his left arm from a slash from a razor which was wielded by a dusky denizen named Read More
Mansions for Millionaires The stately and imposing mansion of Hon. Hiram Knowles, located near the Bitter Root track is completed and will be occupied by the gentleman and his family, about the first of July. The beautiful residence of Mr. E. L. Bonner, also on the south side, now in Read More
Two Hunters Missing – November 1987 Many people in Montana were curious and uneasy when two Great Falls hunters disappeared in November of 1987. The hunters were known to be on their way to hunt in the Bitterroot valley on Friday the 13th.; now they had vanished. While lost hunters Read More
Russian Adventurer To Address Executives Club From early childhood first-hand knowledge of the horrors of revolution and wars, of misery and starvation, of extensive traveling and dangerous adventures, has been the lot of George J. Rony, Russian-born motion picture producer, who is to talk before the Missoula Executives club on Read More
Medill McCormick of Chicago, well-known nationally as a progressive leader and a newspaperman, has been looking Missoula over for a couple of days, while he has been outfitting for a camping trip in the upper Blackfoot country, for which region he will start this morning. Speaking of local conditions, Mr. Read More
BUFFALO, BUTCH CASSIDY, VIGILANTES [Interview by Maurice Howe – WPA director – Utah] George C. Streeter of Ogden, Utah, related: “I was born somewhere in Illinois, in 1867, town or county unknown, and from there my folks went to Missouri and then out to Nebraska. My father, who was Read More