admin | March 23, 2010
Think horse racing was on the minds of Missoulians in 1891? Here are two separate blurbs, posted on the same day (Feb. 16, 1891) in the Missoula Gazette: “Cashier Keith of the First National Bank is the possessor of a new horse which promises to make its mark on the Missoula track next season. He [...]
admin | March 8, 2010
My previous post about Briggsville and George Briggs was based on the following article from the Missoulian, Feb. 15, 1893. It seems like this is a pretty important piece of Missoula’s history, and there are still plenty of unsolved mysteries within. One is the reference to Prof. J. M. Hamilton, the president of “the university” [...]
admin | January 29, 2010
When you think about it, Butte and Helena were started by miners, Billings as a transportation hub for steamboats and railroads, Great Falls for its water power, coal mining and agriculture. Kalispell was a railroad and agriculture town. Missoula was attractive for its lumber and agricultural possibilities, and eventually the railroads. But its roots are [...]
admin | January 29, 2010
Thanks to Minie Smith for pointing this out. She’s been researching the Fires of 1910 for the Fort Missoula museum and came across a large ad in the Aug. 20, 1910, Missoulian (the day the fires took off). There’s a photo of the Merc in the middle top with “1885″ on one side and “1910″ [...]
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