The Beginning of Blue Mountain Rec Area – Almost 5,000 acres – 1939 Target Range Project Moves Ahead Steadily Condemnation Proceedings Have Been Instituted to Get 1,215 Acres. To acquire title to a portion of the lands required for the new rifle range for Fort Missoula to be southwest across Read More
Average of 52 Tourist Parties Nightly at Local Tourist Park An average of 52 cars a night are registered at the tourist park, according to J. Warren Galloway, a member of the chamber of commerce park committee. The highest total for one night during the season was 86 cars, he Read More
Land is Deeded to County for New Park The 1600 block between England and Harker avenues has been deeded by the Missoula Mercantile Co. to Missoula county for a park to be called McLeod Park. Inasmuch as the county has no funds for improving it, the Jefferson Parent-Teacher Assn. has Read More
The Article below is from the Missoulian Sentinel Centennial Edition of 1960: Missoula’s 1st Island Park The following is a quote from an article about the Rotary Club in Missoula that appeared in the Missoulian-Sentinel Centennial Edition of 1960: “The Rotary Club has supported many community projects. In August 1935 Read More
The article below is taken from the Missoulian-Sentinel Centennial Edition – 1960 First Kiwanis Meeting Conducted Here in ‘21 The first meeting of the Missoula Kiwanis Club was April 14, 1921, at Hotel Florence. The idea for such an organization was first conceived by Frank Cooney and Walter Manson. Manson Read More
Missoulian Diamond Jubilee Special Section – August 18, 1940 Park System Is Developed From Meager Beginnings ———- By Robert Holt One primitive, tree-strewn tract in 1902 — 11 modern city parks with spacious lawns, attractive trees and flowers and recreation facilities for children and adults in 1940; parks that require Read More