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Playing in the state championship game in November, 1970 against Havre. Columbia Falls was in white. This is before the fog rolled in.
70 years ago
Nov. 14, 1946
A hot lunch program was set to start on Dec. 2 for Columbia Falls High and Elementary schools. The first units for the Veterans Housing Project- four freight car loads of prefabricated home parts- arrived. Construction was scheduled to begin the following day, after a crane to use in erecting the homes arrived.
60 years ago
Nov. 14, 1956
The 1956 elk season take totaled 700. The Anaconda Aluminum Co.’s tax bill was $478,941, proving that industry broadening was benefiting the Flathead. For the first time in 30 years, the number of residents at the Montana State Soldiers Home numbered over 100.
50 years ago
Nov. 18, 1966
The Hungry Horse News reported that the Flathead was becoming increasingly more aware of a declining elk population up the South and Middle Fork, but was not doing anything about it. Drawdown at Hungry Horse Reservoir was considered a threat to fishing. Cloud seeding up the South Fork was set to increase winter precipitation.
40 years ago
Nov. 18, 1976
Readers were encouraged to enjoy a “balmy November,” except, of course, the skiers. The article finished, “Conclusions regarding the current weather include, ‘well, winter will be shorter.’” Plum Creek Lumber Co. was in the process of possibly purchasing Superior Building Co. No agreement had been made yet.
30 years ago
Nov. 19, 1986
Big Mountain ski area was planning an early opening for the coming weekend. Edward Frederick Conway confessed to murdering a Kalispell laundromat employee but refused to enter a plea in District Court. Gordon Kuehl, 32, of Coram, was found dead in his car near the Desert Mountain Ranch.
20 years ago
Nov. 21, 1996
Snow closed the Going -to-the-Sun Road at the head of Lake McDonald, and Park officials said that if the weather kept up, it might be the winter closure. The Park saw 20.1 inches of snow and plunging temperatures, down to 30 below zero, were caused by moisture over the Hawaiian Islands mingling with an arctic front coming from the Pacific Northwest.
10 years ago
Nov. 16, 2006
A flash flood caused by 10 inches of rain wreaked havoc on the Going-to -the-Sun Road. A bridge was washed out and the basement of the Many Glacier Hotel was flooded. Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg and Senator Max Baucus were seeking emergency funds to repair the washed out road and estimated about $4 million in damage had been done.