Montana Power Company Arrives in Missoula – 1929

Property of Local Public Utility Passes To Hands Of Montana Power Co. – 1929 Coincident with the receipt Friday of dividend checks of the Montana Power company by many Western Montana residents, announcement was made at the office of the Missoula Public Service company that the properties of that company Read More

50 Years of Missoula Montana Power Managers

50 Years of Missoula Montana Power Division Managers C. H. Christensen – 1914 – 1941 Aubrey Knowles – 1941 – 1949 Harry McCann – 1949 – 1966   C. H. Christensen   C. H. Christensen Taken By Death At Coast Hospital Division Manager of Montana Power, Widely Known Executive. Christian Read More

200 – Mile Power Line Through Missoula Energized – 1937

200 – Mile Power Line Through Missoula Finished, Energized [1937] The 200 – mile power line of the Montana Power company built from Thompson Falls, via the Polson power site, through Missoula and to Anaconda, has been completed and energized, according to local officials of the company. The work was Read More

H. M. Ogden dies – Started 1st Light Plant

H. M. Ogden dies – Started 1st Light Plant Former Missoula Man Is Dead At Bozeman H. M. Ogden Started First Light Plant Here H. M. Odgen, said to have started the first electric light plant in Missoula, died at Bozeman Wednesday, according to information which has been received here. Read More

New Water Pipe Across Missoula River – 1923

Water Main Across River Is Finished Improvement Will Cost About $10,000 With the completion of the new pipe line across the Missoula river bottom, near the mouth of the Rattlesnake creek, one of the greatest improvements in the Missoula water system of recent years is practically finished. This work was Read More

Missoula’s Early Utilities – City’s attempt to buy water 100 Years ago

  Early Missoula Utilities   Missoula attempted to buy its water 100 years ago – See chronology 1917.     Testimony and evidence presented in an early (1934) Missoula County District Court Case, involving the Montana Power Co as plaintiff, paints an extensive picture of early Missoula’s water, originating in Read More