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70 years ago

Aug. 13, 1948

Glacier Park announced it would stock more than 154,000 trout in its waters. On the west side, Kintla, Bowman, McDonald and Mud lakes as well as Camas and Dutch creeks would get 87,250 cutthroat trout. On the east side, St. Mary, Cosley, Glenn, Josephine, Two Medicine, Red Rock, Bullhead, Fishercap, and Cut Bank Creek would get about 52,000 brook trout. In addition, there were plans to stock 215,000 cutthroat trout (natives) in the North Fork of the Flathead.

60 years ago

Aug. 15, 1958

Navy torpedo bombers were being used to fight fires in the region. The bombers held 600 gallons of water and calcium sodium borate. The largest fire was up the Coal Creek drainage of Glacier Park at 1,200 acres. A big mushroom cloud from the blaze was visible over Highway 2. “It’s the closest Montana comes to the spectacle of an atomic bomb,” the photo caption read.

50 years ago

Aug. 16, 1968

Arthur, the marmot at Sperry Chalet was a front page photo, sitting on a woman’s lap as she fed it. Feeding animals in Glacier is illegal today. August saw record rains, which tumbled the fire danger. The region had seen nearly 1.5 inches of rain and more was falling.

40 years ago

Aug. 17, 1968

A Connecticut family was suing Glacier National Park because a loved one contracted rocky mountain spotted fever from a tick bite. Stephen Glenn Hobar, 23, died from the fever and the family claimed that a nurse that attended to him while he was in the park didn’t give him adequate medical care. The family also claimed the park should have put up signs warning travelers of the disease and the ticks.

30 years ago

Aug. 17, 1988

The Wilson Post Co. near Columbia Heights saw a big blaze when nearly an acre of posts caught on fire. It was believed that lightning may have started the blaze, which was stoked by high winds and dry conditions. Glacier Park’s bald eagle population had produced a host of chicks this year and they all had fledged. All told, nests both in and out of the park had produced five eaglets.

20 years ago

Aug. 13, 1998

Dan Sullivan, the valley’s oldest known veteran, turned 100. He moved to Columbia Falls in 1909 and served in World War I and was wounded at the battle of Argonne in 1918. After the war he homesteaded in the North Fork and later, farmed on a spread in Bad Rock until 1989. He later moved to Kalispell.

10 years ago

Aug. 14, 2008

A big subdivision on 48 acres was proposed east of River Road by Avi Bree Real Estate Holdings. It was never developed, though the land remains for sale today. It’s currently listed for $1.19 million.