1st Boy Scouts Camp at Seeley Lake – 1917

First Boy Scouts at Seeley Lake – 1917   Boy Scouts Will Take Outing On Seeley Lake E. E. Hubert To Have Charge of the First Camp in Mountains To Last Seven Days Youths to Get Instruction in Woodcraft and Fire Protection Plans for the first Boy Scout camp to Read More

‘Tom Sawyer’ of Missoula Celebrated Queen’s Golden Jubilee – 1887

Missoula’s Tom Sawyer Celebrated Queen’s Golden Jubilee – 1887 Missoula Tom Sawyer Is One of Throng at Queen Victoria’s Celebration of Golden Jubilee Story of Experiences During 1887 Festivities Related on Year of King’s Quarter-Century Fete. It was while I was serving my apprenticeship in the drapery (dry-goods) business at Read More

Erickson Brothers – Trappers Bring Valuable Furs – 1920

Trappers Bring Valuable Furs Erickson Brothers Had Big Season in Clearwater, Idaho, Country. Andrew and Carl Erickson arrived in Missoula late Friday and for the first time in four and one-half months they walked on the ground, without snowshoes strapped upon their feet. For that length of time they have Read More

Powell & Lolo Stories – Rangers Ed Mackay, Bill Samsel, Evan Kelley, Bill Bell, and Bud Moore

Days of Yore in Powell / Lolo Country – With Ed Mackay, Evan Kelley, Bill Bell, Bill Samsel and Bud Moore Retired Ranger Recalls Old Days Recollections of the days when the Powell country, across Lolo pass and down along the Lochsa river was a trackless wilderness, were recalled Friday Read More

French Connection – Instant Recall by John T. Campbell – Missoulian

Instant recall by John T. Campbell – French Connection The past weekend was a little extraordinary in that it produced the usual volley of flying footballs but did find a bizarre and unprecedented episode to muddle the huddle. This writer unceremoniously and unofficially joined the Missoulian sports staff for this Read More

George P. Smith – Big Problems Attracted Him – 1915

George P. Smith An article in The Daily Missoulian on April 9, 1915 was a plea for help for a segment of Missoula’s unemployed men. Mr. George Smith, the writer, was the owner and operator of Missoula’s first Gas Company, located on River Street, near the Milwaukee Rail Road line Read More

Millionaire Stranded in Missoula – 1915

Famous Food Man Was Stranded Moneyless Presence of W. K. Kellogg in Missoula Recalls Incident of Previous Visit W. K. Kellogg, whose signature appears on millions of packages of breakfast food, known in every part of the world, arrived in Missoula yesterday morning over the Northern Pacific, and went up Read More

Zumwalt Dead – Last KO Rodeo

Last KO Rodeo Sunday After Sunday there will be no more KO Ranch Rodeos. One hundred head of bucking horses, both bareback and saddle bronc, plus 18 bulls, will be bucked and sold in the last of a long series of KO rodeos. After some tough luck producing rodeos and Read More

A local Rhodes Scholar – James R. Thomas – 2nd Rhodes Scholar from Mt. – 1907

A Local Rhodes Scholar – James R. Thomas – 2nd Rhodes Scholar from Montana James Thomas, Butte, Summoned James R. Thomas, 75, retired treasurer of the Montana Power Co. died Wednesday morning in St. James Hospital following a lengthy illness. The family home is at 644 W. Silver. He was Read More

“Old Jed” In Trouble – Actor’s slapping wife not part of the act – 1901

“Old Jed” In Trouble – Actor’s slapping wife not part of the act Richard Golden, the actor, who recently won much applause in Missoula as “Old Jed Prouty,” has been having a warm time in Oakland. The following account of his adventures comes from that city: Not knowing his wife Read More