admin | April 15, 2010
A post of a couple of days ago got into the early history of the Marshall Ski Area east of Missoula, courtesy of a writeup by Anna Sain in 1988-89. Here are more nuggets from Sain’s report: The original log lodge at Marshall, built in the 1940s, became a part of Si and Velma Green’s [...]
admin | April 12, 2010
If you’re into Glacial Lakes Missoula and you’re in the Flathead early Wednesday evening (5:10 p.m. April 14) you might want to stop into the Downtown Kalispell Public Library. As part of the monthly meeting of HIP (History Is Posh), Norman Smyers of Missoula will make a presentation called “Probing the Depths: The Glacial Lake [...]
admin | April 12, 2010
I grew up in the shadow of Marshall Mountain east of Missoula but as anyone who has seen me ski can tell you, it didn’t do much good. Back then I wouldn’t have had to put “east of Missoula” in that first sentence, because everyone knew where Marshall Ski Area was. It’s been closed to [...]
admin | April 5, 2010
Kris Crawford of Target Range sends along a photo of the old Kelley family house (as in Kelley Island) which she says was known as the “Pepperpot.” It was a speakeasy during prohibition. I’m trying to download the photo here, but I’m being told the file is too big, so I’ll have to get help. [...]
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