Yesterdays: 1953, first Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt

70 years ago

April 10, 1953

The Columbia Falls Lions Club hosted its first-ever Easter egg hunt in Columbia Falls. It was held the city park on Fourth Avenue West. About 200 youngsters turned out to find 900 eggs. Helping hide eggs was professional wrestler “The Swedish Angel” as the wrestlers were in town for a Saturday night show.

60 years ago

April 12, 1963

Glacier National Park employees were moving into the new park headquarters building, which cost $310,000. The building is still in use today. A pulp plant was being discussed on the Flathead River between Columbia Falls and Kalispell. It was never built.

50 years ago

April 13, 1973

The new Columbia Falls library opened in city hall. About 300 people came to its open house on a Sunday. It was a dry winter, with the snowpack only about 77% of average.

40 years ago

April 14, 1983

The state laid out plans for Highway 2 through the city. It was to be widened to a four-lane road in 1984 from the Blue Moon to Columbia Heights. LaSalle Road south was also going to be widened to four lanes.

30 years ago

April 15, 1993

Ten mountain lions were trapped and radio collared in the first-ever study of its kind in Glacier National Park. The research was being done by Maurice Hornocker of the Hornocker Wildlife Institute. The study hoped to reveal how wolves and lions interacted and how the prey reacted as well.

20 years ago

April 10, 2003

School District 6 superintendent Michael Nicosia said he would not pursue a job as superintendent of the Billings School District, even though he was named a finalist for the position. Super 1 Foods had its grand opening in Columbia Falls.

10 years ago

April 10, 2013

The Environmental Protection Agency would begin a site investigation of the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. site as it would eventually become a Superfund site. The last site study was completed back in 1988, but more work was needed.