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
This complete two-page ad appeared on pages 10-11 in the Missoulian Centennial issue. Interstate Lumber Company Photo – Our Modern Present Day Yards [with the Fort Gate Style Entrance] Interstate Lumber Co. – 506 Toole, Missoula (100 Years) Montana In Missoula and in Western Montana “Interstate” . . . Read More
This article appeared in the Missoulian Centennial issue. David Thompson Was Early Visitor to City Site David Thompson was one of the earliest white men to see the site of what is now Missoula. As a boy after his birth in 1770 he was an orphan. He became a Read More
These photos appeared in the Missoulian Centennial issue. Below are the captions for the 2 photos on page 32. Albino Buffalo Rarity Among Animals – Big Medicine The Albino buffalo, considered by old-time Indians to possess supernatural powers, has been a rarity down through the years. This is Big Read More
This ad appeared in the Missoulian Centennial issue. Timberjacks in Fast Play These are four members of the 1960 squad of the Missoula Timberjacks who play in the fast Class Pioneer League. The Jacks have been providing local fans baseball action and thrills since 1986 when they played their Read More
This ad appeared in the Missoulian Centennial issue. Missoula Spartans of 1955, Undefeated AA Football Champs The Missoula Spartan football squad of 1955, under Hal Sherbeck, went through the season undefeated, winning seven conference and two nonconference tilts. Missoula beat Butte Central for the AA Championship in a blizzard Read More