The skalliwags stole the hands off the clock tower on the University of Montana's Main Hall! According to the University of Montana campus newspaper, “One night in April 1907, six boys crept to the University clock tower at Main Hall” and stole the clock’s hands, even though a student by the name of Winninghoff (a track athlete and featherweight boxer) was assigned to sleep in the tower to prevent such hanky panky."
They're musicians, maybe. Or possibly, imaginary creatures best lured from a small boat on calm waters. Or maybe they're aggressive spotted quadrupeds. If only our intrepid columnist had a fancy dictionary ...
Missoulians have always loved music, especially band music. Within a few years of the city’s establishment, the Missoula Coronet Band was formed. The band, wrote the local paper, was “progressing finely, under the instruction of the efficient teacher, Professor A.B. Charpie."
Missoula County on Thursday officially opened its public hearing over a range of alternatives intended to rid Marshall Mountain and its facilities of contaminants identified in an environment assessment.
Missoula County on Tuesday adopted a permit and fee structure for various programs at Marshall Mountain Park and other land under the county's parks and trails system.
I had never met such a man before. He grew up on a cattle ranch in Montana. He graduated from the Journalism School at the University of Montana (“MSU” at that time) in 1950. He was a hero of the Korean War, awarded the Purple Heart and a Bronze Star for Valor for bravery for “leading his men to rescue soldiers trapped behind enemy lines.”
It was December 1875. The town of Missoula had just turned 10 years old and residents wanted to celebrate with grand Christmas parties. “The ladies of Missoula met at the parlor of the Kennedy House (Hotel) on the 13th of December to make arrangements for a Christmas tree.”