Foley Ranch Sold – 1902 – 320 Acres at the end of South Ave. West
Foley Ranch Sold – 1902 (320 acres at the end of South Ave. West)
Order confirming sale of real estate –
Edward Miller, executor of the will of Thomas Foley, deceased, 320 acres and a water right in the Cave-Gannon irrigating ditch, land located in section thirty-five township thirteen north range twenty est, to W. V. Lawler; consideration $8,750.
From The Daily Missoulian on April 27, 1902.
Thomas Foley was one of Missoula’s earliest Pioneers, settling in Missoula in the 1860’s. His property bordered the Bitter Root River. Ed Miller was another early Missoula homesteader whose homestead was near Hawthorne School. For more information on them see ‘Missoula Irish Colony’ at the link below: