O’Brien Creek “City” – 1958 Faint Traces of O’Brien Creek ‘City’ of Half Century Ago By John A. Forssen The valley of O’Brien Creek, which stabs deep into the Grave Creek Range on the western edge of the Missoula Valley, is virtually uninhabited today. Half a century ago, it Read More
“Rover’s Rest” – Missoula’s Famous Hobo Hotel – 1929 “Stiffs” Hate “Dehorn” Addicts Respectable Hoboes Bar Drinkers of Wood Alcohol From the Hotel De Bum, Noted Local Institution By Thomas Duncan The blown-in-the-class Stiff or Hobo, as he is commonly called, hates the Hi-Jacker, the Canned-Heat Artist and the Dehorn. Read More
Other Days By John Toole In 1934, I worked for the Douglas Creek Mining Syndicate, a gold mine near Garnet. It is in remote country, inaccessible by car. To get there you had to take a truck to the head of Deep Creek, known as the “Top O’ Deep,” then Read More
Rockaway Pavilion Western Montana’s newest dance hall in 1931 was Homer Rock’s Rockaway Pavilion, 11 miles south of Missoula near Lolo. The grand opening was announced in the Daily Missoulian on June 6th in a quarter page advertisement that noted its many fine qualities. It had “ample” parking for 1,000 Read More
The Sentinel Pine (on Mt. Jumbo) by A. L. Stone – 1925 Sentinel Pine Sees 350 Years of Hell Gate History Tree That Overlooks the Canyon Takes Us From Reds’ Warwhoops To Cheers of University Students From Jumbo’s Slope Veteran Has Seen Remarkable Procession of Events. By A. L. Read More
Hughes Gardens Sold – 1964 Buildings Will Rise Where Vegetables Grow By Bill Beasley Sale of the historic Hughes Gardens in Hell Gate Canyon, once a favorite Indian ambush site, has been revealed by Ben Hughes and buyers. John Stevens and Joe Stevens announced purchase of 33.11 acres for Read More
Bear Town History by Mary J. Pardee Long Forgotten Bear Town Produced Gold Valued at Millions Noted Men Once Mined in Region W. A. Clark a Peddler in 1886; Founder of Warm Springs State Ward Attended Ills Frenchman, Spaniard Gave Grubstakes to All; Funerals Cause of Big Celebration Bear Town Read More
Blackfoot Ranches – 1926 Prosperous Ranches, Country Homes Dot Blackfoot Pioneering Days Still Retain Hold On People Of Long Valley Lively Little Towns Coming Into Their Own as Railroad and Automobile Roads Bring Them in Closer Touch With Rest of World. Beautiful Lakes Abound on Whose Shores Are Attractive Summer Read More
A New Old-Trail Story – Missoulian 12/20/1914 The Henderson Gulch Pioneers’ monument and reminiscences of the historic old placer camp, by Dean A. L. Stone. “The planting of a civilization, like all experiments, is subject to many mutations, miscarriages and much mistaken toil. As in morals, so in material good, Read More
“Top o’ Deep” Gold and the “year of our – snow – 1870” The ‘latest prospects’ from The New Northwest newspaper – Deer Lodge, Mt. Feb. 18, 1870. [A little introduction – Elk Creek, in the Blackfoot drainage, is found near what is now Greenough, Mt. Top o’ Deep is Read More