Ida Tarball Speaks in Missoula – Nemesis of Standard Oil – 1919

Makes Plea For Nation’s League Ida M. Tarbell, Who Attended Peace Conference, Talks to Chautauquans. A plea for the entrance of the United States into the league of nations, because of the hope it offers of preventing future wars, was the point stressed by Miss Ida M. Tarbell, the noted Read More

Missoula’s Oldest Mother – Lenora Grinnell – Remained Cheerful

OLDEST INHABITANT OF CITY PASSES AT AGE OF 99 YEARS – Oldest Mother – “Remained Cheerful” Mrs. L. L. Grinnell Resident of Missoula for 45 Years. Mrs. L. L. Grinnell who celebrated her ninety-ninth birthday last Sunday, and who probably was the oldest inhabitant of Western Montana, died Saturday evening Read More

Mrs. Shryock’s 250 Mile Camping Trip – 16 days – Missoula to Big Prairie and Back – 1911

Mrs. Shryock’s Camping Trip Mrs. John Shryock Leads Campers Into Clearwater The elements requisite for a successful camping trip with a pack outfit were demonstrated last month by Mr. and Mrs. John Shryock, Stanley Yergey and Edmund Lewellin. With four saddle horses and two pack horses the party traveled 250 Read More

Mrs. S. A. Yoder – WW 1 Nurse – Died in Missoula from Influenza in 1918

Mrs. S. A. Yoder Having volunteered her services through the Montana State Nurses’ association in response to a call for help at the university and at Fort Missoula, Mrs. Solomon Yoder of Red Lodge became herself a victim of the influenza epidemic. Her death occurred at the Northern Pacific railway Read More

Margery Maxwell – Opera Star (1897 – 1966) – From $10 Per Week to $10 Per Minute

Former Missoula Girl Now Draws Ten Dollars a Minute (1917) Member of Chicago Grand Opera Company and Church Vocalist. From $10 a week as a telephone operator to a member of the Chicago Grand Opera company, in many cases receiving as high as $10 a minute for singing her arias Read More

Delma Fonner – Gifted Teacher of Missoula’s ‘Challenged’ Children – Opportunity Resources 98 Years Later

Delma Fonner – Gifted Teacher of Missoula’s ‘Challenged’ Children – Opportunity Resources 98 Years Later   ”Opportunity” Is For The Children (1922) How Handicapped Little People Are Helped in Special Room The Opportunity Room! The rattle and bang, bang of two weaving machines upon which are bright-colored rugs in the Read More

A 95-year-old Tennessee Native – Mrs Hugh Montgomery – Confederate Nurse & Spy – She once met Jesse James

Experiences of 95 Years Told By Local Woman Mrs. Hugh Montgomery, who today celebrates her ninety-fifth birthday, will attend a luncheon this afternoon at a friend’s home and this evening will be guest of honor at an open house from 6 to 9 o’clock at 431 South Second street, where Read More

Laura Penna’s Hell-Gate Story

HELLGATE’S OWN STORY. Laura Penna. I have seen the barbarism of the Reds change to the civilization of the Whites. I have seen the dusky Blackfoot tribe lie in ambush and with yells and screams dash upon the peaceful Flathead tribes, flourishing their tomahawks high in the air. I have Read More

‘Anne Hawkins’ aka Martha Edgerton Plassmann – Historian & Missoula Socialist 1913

Biographical Note Martha Edgerton was born May 14, 1850, on her grandparent’s farm in Tallmadge, Ohio, the first child of Sidney and Mary Wright Edgerton. When the Civil War broke out, Sidney Edgerton was a Republican Congressman from Akron, Ohio. In 1863 President Lincoln appointed him Chief Justice for the Read More

Helen Keller Speaks in Missoula – 1914

Helen Keller speaks in Missoula – 1914 – Message is Hope Of Great Miracle Missoula Is Beholder Helen Keller Appears Before Large Audience With Message of Hope. To have witnessed any miracle is to have enjoyed a wonderful experience; to have seen and heard the miracle, which is Helen Keller, Read More