She Swung a Horsewhip Mrs. Thibedeau Created a Sensation in Old Missoula Mrs. Thibedeau, a woman who is said to have been living in Spokane for some weeks past, created a sensation in the sleepy old town of Missoula last Friday. The Democrat-Messenger says: The truthfulness of the old saying, Read More
The Article below is from the Missoulian Sentinel Centennial Edition of 1960: Credit Women Organize Club in ‘36 A group of 57 women who met at the Coffee Parlor for a 7 a.m. breakfast May 14, 1936, comprised the Missoula Credit Women’s Breakfast Club. The first officers were Thelma Read More
Lorraine spent 5 years growing up in Missoula. She flyfished and played football. She served 32 years in Washington State Government. See her oral interview below: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/oralhistory/wojahn/WojahnOralHistory.pdf
Sarah Elizabeth Countryman Woody 1853 – 1919 As submitted by Michael Woody of Yucaipa, CA A letter written by Elizabeth (Countryman) Woody, Wife of Franklin Hargrave Woody both from early times in Missoula, Montana. Kalispell, Montana, September 10, 1918 I, Elizabeth Countryman Woody, was born in Yuba County, California, Read More
Helen M. Tremper MISSOULA – Helen M. Tremper, a well-known state golf legend of Missoula, passed away at her home Oct. 29, 2003, of natural causes. Helen was born Sept. 24, 1930, in Dodge, N.D., the daughter of Fred and Dorothy Schroeder. She graduated from Dodge Read More
Several Missoula Firsts – Emma (Slack) Dickinson First teacher, first marriage, first church PIONEER TEACHER IN LOCAL SCHOOL RELATES HISTORY There is a certain sweet-faced, white-haired, lady in Missoula who is loved and honored always, but to whom is due this week an especial measure Read More
The article below is from Calisphere at The University of California. Agnes Fay Morgan, Home Economics: Berkeley 1884-1968 Professor Emeritus of Nutrition Biochemist Emeritus, Agricultural Experiment Station “There were giants in the earth in those days,” and time Read More
Judith Blegen Biography Born April 27, 1941 in Lexington, KY; father, Dr. Howard Martin Blegen, (surgeon; mother Dorothy Mae Anderson Blegen, (music teacher); one of five siblings; married Peter Singher, 1967, one son, Thomas Christopher, born April 27, 1970, divorced, 1975; married Raymond Gniewek, 1977; Education: Read More
Daisy worked as a maid for the Greenough family in Missoula. Daisy’s intriguing story can be found at the link below. http://www.theperipateticstudent.com/blog/one-small-lifetime/
At 103, Missoula woman recalls helping start Opportunity Resources for daughter by David Erickson http://missoulian.com/news/local/at-missoula-woman-recalls-helping-start-opportunity-resources-for-daughter/article_ffd2d5ac-cb4a-11e3-a599-001a4bcf887a.html