“Old Man” Chabot – spending his last days in Missoula’s Rattlesnake Poor House Below are two separate Missoulian articles about an old gentleman who lived in Missoula about 100 years ago. They were written a few years apart. Mr. Chabot may have been close to 100 years old at that Read More
Scott & Lane Wild West Show – A Montana Outfit – Ed Lane, the Schall brothers and James “Grey” Scott Producers of Rodeo Among the Best Known in the Entire United States Scott and Lane Entered Show Business Many Years Ago. Experienced in Vaudeville. Gray Scott and Ed Lane, under Read More
Pioneer Gives Stirring Account of Journey Across the Bitter Root Mountains in Midwinter of 1878 Traveled Horseback From Walla Walla to Helena; Mercury Thirty Below Written by David Hilger. The careful student of history will recall the narrative of Alexander McKenzie in his exploration of the river that bears his Read More
Burton Wheeler 1919 – No Justice Disbar Wheeler View of Lawyers Missoula Attorneys Protest Remarks Made in Address in Butte. Objections in State Widespread Resentment Over Bitter Attack on Courts of Montana. “You cannot expect justice in the district court or the supreme court. You might as well use your Read More
Jack Twite – Prankster The excerpt below is from Deane Jones’ ‘Keeping Up With Jones’ Missoulian column on March 15, 1968: Twite Humor. A friend passes along a copy of the McKenzie County Farmer, published in Watford City, N. D. It carries an account of an episode involving a Missoula Read More
O. C. Garlington and George B. Wilcox – 2 Early Missoula Mercantile Employes Retire – 1950 Two Mercantile Employes Retiring – Wilcox and Garlington Two old-timers at the Missoula Mercantile company were honor guests at a dinner given by the firm Monday night at Hotel Florence. George B. Wilcox, a Read More
Ernie Brace and the sale of Johnson Flying Service – 1975 Sale of Johnson Flying Service Is Complete By John Stromnes – Missoulian Staff Writer After 20 months of litigation, the formal announcement of the sale of Missoula’s Johnson Flying Service was made Wednesday by Jack Hughes, president of the Read More
Michael J. Connell – ‘Merchant Prince’ – The Richest Mt. Pioneer You Never Heard Of – Helped found Big Blackfoot Lumber Co. – Connell Ave in Missoula named for him M. J. Connell, Pioneer Butte Merchant, Dies On Coast M. J. Connell, pioneer Butte merchant and contemporary of Marcus Daly, Read More
Don Wold Stories – Top o’Deep Gold and Clark Gable Donald P. Wold August 25, 1917 – April 19, 2015 Born in Evansville, Wisconsin Resided in Missoula, Mt. Don Wold, 97, of Missoula, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2015, of natural causes. He passed quietly at St. Patrick Hospital surrounded Read More
1 Arm Motorcycle Guy – 1955 Growing up I used to see an interesting guy driving around Missoula on what looked like a really old Harley Davidson motorcycle. He even had a little shop, I believe, on Hickory Street where it curved around in a goofy little alley before it Read More