Several weeks ago I posted about a small book from 1986 titled “What To Do On A Boring Day In Great Falls.” Here’s an excerpt about our city’s founding: Great Falls as a city originated one beautiful sunny day in early May of 1882. On that particular day, Paris Gibson, age 42, climbed to...
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Father’s Day
On Father’s Day, we appreciate all of the things that dear ol’ dad has done for us: life lessons, wisdom, trips together, hunting, shared jokes, and such. So a hearty “thanks!” to all the dads out there – including mine, of course. But this is a blog about Great Falls, so let’s take a...
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Retro: Buttrey’s
I’m disappointed: only ONE person left a comment to guess about the Retro picture! So either nobody cared, or nobody (except GeeGuy) was brave enough to venture a guess. The answer is: Buttrey’s! Check out this ad from 1964:
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Portage
Took a little visit about ten miles north of GF to Portage on Saturday; it’s not a town or village – just sort of a one-time train stop with a couple of abandoned grain elevators (?), with a large homestead adjacent. We were there for a huge auction (conducted by the awesome Burows team)....
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Iniwa 1957
As promised, here is the editorial from the May 1957 “Iniwa” student newspaper at Great Falls High School. The “hobby” being denounced by the article is…carving in desks! Not booze, not smoking, not meth, not tongue-piercings, not smooching…but wood-carving on the desks. I wonder if the school still has this problem?
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Retro: Iniwa!
The Iniwa is the award-winning newspaper of Great Falls High School, and it has been around for a long time. I stumbled across an edition from May 1957, and apropros of the comments about Bailar’s Ice Cream, here is an ad for same:
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Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center
Wow! Quite a party the L&C folks threw today! As promised, the baby bison (two of ‘em!) made an appearance – pretty awesome. Unfortunately, I arrived too late to see the other critters, but it was great to see the displays and attractions: demonstrations of guns, tipis and pelts, games for kids, live music,...
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L&C IC Anniversary
Today is the day! The Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center will celebrate ten years with a party for everyone: free admission, live animals, food & drink, etc. Check it out:
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Cascade County History Museum
WOW. I’ve driven by it, wondered about it, thought about checking it out…and on Friday I finally did visit the Cascade County History Museum – and it was great. There are scores of items on display detailing the history of Cascade County – including Great Falls, Stockett, Tracy, Ulm, the Smelter, Tribal Americans, historic...
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