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” [...]
Category: 1890s, Missoula Mercantile, Missoula history, Missoulian, Montana local history, Montana theater, Western Montana history |
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admin | March 7, 2010
Our Sunday history almanac a couple of weeks ago in the Territory section of the Missoulian included an item about a brief strike by the motormen of the Missoula Electric Street Railway Co. in February 1893. It came from a Missoulian article that offered a fascinating and sometimes surprising slice of life in Missoula in [...]
Category: 1890s, 1900, 1910s, Aviation, Missoula history, Missoulian, Montana, Montana local history, Uncategorized, Western Montana history |
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Tags: Briggsville, George Briggs, Missoula, Missoula Electric Street Railway Co.