Thomas Matthews Pearce (1902 – 1986) T. M. “Matt” Pearce arrived in Missoula in 1915 and attended MCHS and the University of Montana (State University). His father was a Missoula dentist and his mother served as a music instructor and director. He was active in debate in high school and Read More
Queer Substitutes For Whiskey – Florida Water, Painkiller, Mustang Liniment and Soap Suds – Result of Mounted Police Rule – Big Snakes The Canadian government has for the past few years been solicitous of settling up its Northwest Territories with a civilized and healthy population. Treaties have been made with Read More
A Reminiscence of the Mullan Expedition The suttler’s supplies of the ardent had been exhausted weeks before, and the supervisors of the medical department had expended about all alcoholic mixtures , even if compounded with nauseous drugs, for cheering purposes. Sober faces graced the expedition and whiskey-dye of years was Read More
“Missoula” Editor Missoulian, Seeing that you are still in search of information in regard to “Missoula,” I venture to submit the following, which I hope will throw some light on the subject: Upon the old maps, compiled from surveys of Stevens and Mullan, the Missoula is laid down as the Read More
In August, 1879, three of us (Johnny Kennedy, a brother of Wm. Kennedy of this town [Missoula], Robt. Campbell, late of Manitoba mounted police, and myself) found ourselves impelled by love for adventure with business in view to undertake a journey from Fort Walsh in the Cypress Hills to Woody Read More
Charlie’s Ramblings [With Laughter] Lo Lo Springs, July 11, 1888. The Lo Lo Springs, which are becoming more known and appreciated each season, are situated way up in the Bitter Root mountains, near the dividing line between Idaho and Montana, in one of the most romantic spots in the Western Read More
Victoria Deschamps -Cinderella Girl MISSOULA PARENTS BLAST ROLE OF CINDERELLA So read the headline of the Daily Missoulian on November 29, 1925. Missoula’s Victoria Deschamps was suddenly the “Cinderella Girl” in newspapers across the whole country when a wealthy Alaska miner sought to adopt the 13-year-old high school girl. Her Read More
Below are quoted three letters written by Charles Schafft to the Weekly Missoulian in 1888. His main subject was the ‘Four Mile Flat’ which encompassed an area near Fort Missoula and the Bitter Root River, south of Missoula. In 1888 the Buckhouse Bridge was approximately 4 miles distant from Read More
Greenacres If you ask 100 Missoulians today where Missoula Greenacres was located, 99 would probably shake their head and say they never heard of it. It wasn’t always that way. Lots of local residents in the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s could have shown you where Greenacres was – about Read More
Pioneer’s Funeral To Be Held Today Body of Sam Clem, Vigilante And Placer Miner, to Be Sent to Deer Lodge. Funeral services for Sam Clem, 88, vigilante and pioneer Montana placer miner, will be held in the Lucy chapel at 10 o’clock this morning, under the auspices of the Society Read More