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70 years ago

Nov. 18, 1949

Glacier National Park had plans to put in a new campground at the foot of Lake McDonald. It would be the largest campground in the park and would be called West Glacier campground. Today it is Apgar campground. The Flathead Valley hunting season elk kill was estimated at 800. The headline read, “Meat for Winter.” In addition to elk, 49 mountain goats were taken and 12 grizzlies.

60 years ago

Nov. 21, 1959

The Flathead had shattered records for snowfall in the Valley. There had already been 36.6 inches of snow at the airport, breaking a 63-year-old record. It was also cold, with readings of 19, 22 and 28 below on Nov. 13, 15, and 16.

50 years ago

Nov. 21, 1969

Sportsman supported wilderness designation for the Mission Mountain Primitive Area. The Northern Rocky Mountain Sportsmen voted for the wilderness designation without a dissenting vote. Photographer Danny On visited Banff National Park in Canada and came back with photos of coyotes and a wolverine, which were featured on the front page.

40 years ago

Nov. 22, 1979

Work to widen U.S. Highway 2 from Hungry Horse to West Glacier would continue after a federal judge ruled the project could go through. The Coalition for Canyon Preservation opposed the four-lane road and sued to stop it. The judge ruled there was no intention by the federal Highway Administration to evade environmental laws.

30 years ago

Nov. 22, 1989

The Forest Service was busy assessing roads after a big rain. It turned out that more than a dozen roads in the Hungry Horse Ranger District were damaged by the fall flood. Unseasonably warm and wet weather had delayed the opening of Big Mountain.

20 years ago

Nov. 18, 1999

Inholder Gerald Penovich was at odds with Glacier National Park over property he owned in Big Prairie. Penovich wanted to sell the land so a new owner could build a cabin. A cabin had been there, but it burned down in the Red Bench Fire of 1988. The Park Service, however, claimed it was in the flood plain and wouldn’t meet codes for septic. In the end, Penovich did sell out and years later, a big cabin was built there and remains today.

10 years ago

Nov. 19, 2009

A wolf that was shot by a hunter outside Glacier National Park was not an alpha member of the pack, but it did have a collar on. The rumor was the wolf was an alpha. When alpha members of packs are killed, wolf packs have been known to disband.