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
Max Schiffler – World Traveler Almost Scalped By Angry Flatheads 1900 In late December of 1900 a young German man traveled through Missoula on his way around the world – on a bicycle, no less. If that sounds preposterous to you, don’t feel alone. Before arriving in Missoula he had Read More
Pioneer’s Funeral To Be Held Today Body of Sam Clem, Vigilante And Placer Miner, to Be Sent to Deer Lodge. Funeral services for Sam Clem, 88, vigilante and pioneer Montana placer miner, will be held in the Lucy chapel at 10 o’clock this morning, under the auspices of the Society Read More
Boy Band’s 1st Pay Job At Quigley – 1896 Band of 50 Years Ago Recalled Five Missoula men of today were members of a boys’ band which embarked on its first pay job for the Fourth of July celebration at Quigley 50 years ago. The boys of that year – Read More
Let’s preserve tradition, not mourn its passing By Don Klepper What has been defined as progress and part of the new way has resulted in the destruction of part of the history of Missoula. Block by block, building by building, history and tradition departs. The prevalent operative today is that Read More
Missoula Man Writes Letter To A Friend In Nebraska Carl T. Seeley in a recent letter to the Madison, Nebraska, Star, gives the people of that section of the country some idea of what Missoula is and what can be found here and in the vicinity. He says: I always Read More
When Missoula Wasn’t Too Pretty An Amazonian War The Sallys of Our Alleys Have a Little Time All to Themselves They fit an fit, till each was sore, And all around was kivered with gore. A couple of “kept ladies,” the windows of whose rooms look out upon the classic Read More
Kid Curry Seen in Elk City According to a Lumberjack C. A. Barnes, who arrived home Friday from a trip as far west as Spokane, tells of meeting a man from Elk City, Idaho, who claims to have seen Kid Curry in Elk City last Saturday night. Mr. Barnes went Read More
Large Audience Hears Marshall Speak on Artic Former Missoula Man Illustrates Lecture With Many Colored Slides “In the Koyukuk river drainage, northernmost tributary of the Yukon river, is 15,000 square miles of country north of the Artic circle. It is as big as the combined areas of Massachusetts and New Read More
Lonesome Dove’s ‘Blue Duck’ In Missoula – 1972 Frederic Forrest – Actor in Missoula for film “When The Legends Die” Actor Contends Role Fair to Indians Tom Ellerhoff – Missoulian Staff Writer Fredrick Forrest is an actor who thinks the film world’s conscience goes beyond box office sales. Forrest was Read More