Singer-songwriter Hayes Carll returned to Missoula last Sunday for his What It Is Tour at The Wilma. Carll, along with his band the Gulf Coast Orchestra, provided audiences with an intimate acoustic performance that included music from his career that has spanned over six albums, a grammy nomination for best country song in 2016, and American Songwriters’ 2011 Song of the … [Read more...] about Hayes Carll goes acoustic in weekend performance at Missoula’s Wilma

After sixteen months of being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Roxy Theatre reopened its doors in June, bringing film back to the Missoula community. Originally opened in 1937, the Roxy has gone through multiple transitions throughout its time on Higgins Avenue. From a neighborhood theatre showing family films to a college dive bar theatre in the 70s and 80s – and … [Read more...] about Roxy on the rebound: After closure, theatre relights the screen

Sometimes, a story idea comes from an old newspaper article; sometimes from an old photo. In today’s case it was a photo – a photo by Rollin H. McKay dated February 7, 1939. The picture shows a Ford milk-delivery truck, owned by the Bitter Root Parlor Dairy. On its side was written “Grade A Raw Milk, Cooled by Frigidaire.” The dairy business was doing well in the … [Read more...] about Harmon’s Histories: The true story of the demise of the Bitterroot’s dairy production

Think it’s hot? Well yes it is, but ... It hasn’t yet reached the point of the late 1800s when legendary Vigilante-turned-humorist John X. Beidler told a Choteau Calumet newspaper reporter of a summer (he did not specify the year) “when the mountain streams steamed and bubbled and the Indians caught and lived upon boiled trout!” Now if you’re not familiar with X. Beidler … [Read more...] about Harmon’s Histories: Think it’s hot out now? Trout were boiling in 1890s Montana

I've got - cling cling – fsssss - steam heat. The radiators hissin’ still I need your kissin,’ to keep me from freezing each nite.      - "Pajama Game" stage musical Steam power and steam heat were all the rage in Montana in the late 1800s. Anaconda’s Montana hotel opened on July 1,1889, advertising itself as “one of the handsomest and most elegantly appointed … [Read more...] about Harmon’s Histories: Steam-powered yachts were all the rage in 1890s Montana