Bob Marshall’s 700 mile Alaska hike – 1929

Former Missoulian Explores Wilds Within Artic Circle New To White Man Forests Spreading to North Over Ground Barren Since Ice Cap Receded Many Centuries Ago. Returning from a 51-day trek through the Alaska wilderness north of the Artic circle, during which he traversed an almost unknown region, Robert Marshall, formerly Read More

Blind Melvin Bouck – “An Inspiration to all young people in Missoula”

Melvin Bouck – “An Inspiration to all the young people in Missoula” Bouck Boy, Blind To Study Law At Varsity Musician At Model Confectionery Graduates From Boulder School. Blind from childhood, but having gained a common school education, studied music until he is able to play the piano delightfully and Read More

“Sammy Thompson” – ‘His life was fast’

Sammy Thompson – Racer / WW II Vet Not every celebrated Missoulian was lucky enough to have a chronicler. No story is complete without one. 52-year-old race driver Sammy Thompson’s story ended abruptly in 1978 when he died tragically on Flathead Lake in the middle of the night. Except for Read More

Kramer Family Reunion – 14 Children

14 Children at Reunion [Kramer Family] Fourteen children from the same family met together for the first time in a family reunion in the Garden City last weekend. Those meeting here were sons, daughters, grandchildren and great grandchildren of Adolph Kramer, a former Missoula resident, who now lives in Seattle. Read More

‘Ambassador’ Andrew Vincent Corry – “renaissance man”

Ambassador Andrew Vincent Corry -1904 – 1981 Born in Missoula 1904 Graduated Carroll HS 1922 – Helena 1922 – 1924 – Carroll College, Helena 1924 – 1927 – Harvard – A.B. 1926 1927 – 1930 – Oxford England – A.B. 1929, B.Sc. 1930, 1931 – Montana School of Mines, Butte Read More

C. E. ‘Roy’ Dickerman and Marguerite Sieverts Berry Gilder – 8 children

Updated Dickerman Family – Miller Creek, Missoula – 1920 C. E. ‘Roy’ Dickerman and Marguerite Sieverts Berry Gilder Married 1919 in Missoula Parents of: Richard M. Gilder – born 1911 – St. Regis, Mt Charles S. Gilder – born 1912 – Missoula, Mt Agnes Alice Gilder Smith – born 1914 Read More

2 Notorious Footpads

“A picture of Helen Forslund, alias Bertie Miller, the footpad, in both male and female attire, is now on exhibition in the windows of the Missoula Mercantile company’s clothing department.” “She proposes to be a good girl hereafter.” Notes on a pair of notorious ‘Footpads’ In 1891 a pair of Read More

Bouchards – One is MIA but not forgotten

Bonner’s Bouchard Family While many old Missoula families have long and cherished ties to the military few of them reach the level of sacrifice and service that the Bouchard family has. Of the four Bouchard brothers raised in Bonner, Mt., three joined the Navy and a fourth joined the Air Read More

Montana’s Largest Nuggets by Matt W. Alderson

    Montana Largest Nuggets   An great discussion about several of Montana’s largest gold nuggets can be found in an article that appeared in The Mining World (p 719) on May 2, 1908, written by Matt W. Alderson. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45220635     The article stated that the largest one ever Read More

John M. Brechbill – Carpenter, builder

    The above article is from The Missoulian, March 15, 1914.   John Brechbill was married to Ellen Silverthorne Brechbill in 1884. She was a daughter of John Silverthorne, the Bitter Root pioneer. He came to Missoula in about 1880. He was educated in common schools in Missouri and Read More