admin | June 8, 2010
It’s safe to say that if you’re going to follow the footprint of the original Mullan Road this summer, you’ll probably have one of those moo-ving Montana experiences. You know, the kind that occurs when your backroad is blocked by languorous broods of red or black bovines. Admit it: you’ve leaned out the window and [...]
Category: 1850s-1860s, John Mullan, Montana local history, Mullan Road, Northern Pacific Railroad, Old West, Western Montana history |
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Tags: Brickyard Hill, Deer Lodge Valley, East Missoula, Marshall Grade, Missoula, Mullan Road, Nimrod/Bearmouth
admin | November 19, 2009
Thought I’d trot this one out again. We ran it in the paper in the lead-up to the 2001 “Brawl of the Wild.” Not everyone in Montana gives a damn about the Grizzly-Bobcat football game. But folks from all walks of life do, and don’t our peculiar walks define us? I’ve long thought the home [...]
Category: 1890s, Brawl of the Wild, Explorations, Football, Fur trade, Gold mining, John Mullan, Lewis and Clark, Missoula history, Montana, Mullan Road, Native Americans, Northern Pacific Railroad, Railroads, Ranching, University of Montana, Western Montana history, history milestones |
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Tags: Beavertail Hill, Bozeman, Charlie Russell, Coxey's Army, Deer Lodge Valley, Fort Keogh, Golden Spike ceremony, Griz-Cat, John Colter, John Mullan, Lewis and Clark, Missoula, Teddy Blue Abbott, Three Forks
