Yesterdays: 1993 poachers in Glacier
Billy Sapa eludes a tag by first baseman Tami Knutson during a Babe Ruth game in May 1982.
70 years ago
April 24, 1953
With five feet of April snow on the east side of Glacier, the elk had moved out of Glacier National Park. The Blackfeet Tribe held a special hunt and 17 elk were reported killed.
60 years ago
April 26, 1963
A petition was being circulated by residents raising concerns about a proposed pulp mill on the Flathead River between Columbia Falls and Kalispell. Folks were concerned it would pollute the water and air and pointed out to pulp mills in Missoula that were already doing that.
50 years ago
April 27, 1973
The Forest Service was selling 11 houses — they were homes that were built during the building of the Hungry Horse Dam and were now considered surplus. Ten homes were located in Hungry Horse and one in Coram. The Forest Service acquired them from the Bureau of Reclamation after the dam was built.
40 years ago
April 28, 1983
Biologists said the Yellowstone population of grizzlies was not at the brink of disaster, but it had been declining since 1970. The area at the time had about 180 to 200 bears. Glacier’s grizzly population was estimated at 200, said biologist Cliff Martinka.
30 years ago
April 22, 1993
Two men were convicted of poaching an elk in Glacier National Park. But the case had a strange twist — they shot the 5-point bull on an island in the North Fork of the Flathead that used to be Forest Service land, but as the river shifted over time, it was determined by a federal judge the island was now in Glacier. The center of the river is the boundary of the park, so as the river shifts, so does the boundary.
20 years ago
April 24, 2003
Steven Smith of the Glacier Mountaineering Society compiled a list of all the named peaks and some that weren’t named. All told, he found there were 245 official summits and 22 unnamed peaks in Glacier National Park. The list was vetted by fellow Mountaineering Society members.
10 years ago
April 24, 2013
A judge ordered a foreclosure sale on 90 acres of land owned by several entities in Hungry Horse. The land was owned by the Forest Service, but it was sold to private developers, who, according to court documents, subsequently defaulted on the loans.