Yesterdays: State looked at Glacier grizzly relocation
A car is stuck on a fire hydrant on Nucleus Avenue in April, 1955. It does not appear that the photo was ever published. (Mel Ruder photo)
70 years ago
Sept. 25, 1953
Columbia Falls would dedicate the new depot in town on the Great Northern Railway. The year prior the railroad had shipped 1,725 freight cars of timber out of Columbia Falls. In addition, two miles east of Columbia Falls the siding that was called Brent would be renamed Con Kelley in honor of C.F. Kelley, chairman of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Board of Directors.
60 years ago
Sept. 27, 1963
High Foley, a 1961 Columbia Falls graduate, was a member of the Vespers Boat Club of Philadelphia and was going to row in the Tokyo Invitational pre-Olympics. Foley would go on to win a gold medal in rowing as a member of the team of eight rowers.
50 years ago
Sept. 28, 1973
The three forks of the Flathead River were under consideration for inclusion into the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. Most of the rivers already ran through federal land, but the environmental impact statement found that about 9,700 acres were not and it would cost about $6.719 million to obtain easements. In the end, 219 miles of the rivers were included in the Act. The study of including the rivers began in 1970.
40 years ago
Sept. 29, 1983
The state of Montana was exploring the idea of moving some grizzly bears from the Glacier Park area to the Cabinet Mountains. At the time, as many as six grizzlies could be moved. Today, the effort to move bears to the Cabinets continues, but some actually journey all the way back to their home ranges.
30 years ago
Sept. 30, 1993
The feds would reconstruct a section of the Going-to-the-Sun Road in for a crash test to make sure the new guard walls for the road met federal Highway Safety standards. Real rocks from the park were used in the tests.
20 years ago
Sept. 25, 2003
Plum Creek CEO Rick Holley told listeners at an investment conference that the company could make more money selling real estate than it could timber — which was very much true. The company eventually sold all its timberlands and shut down all but a couple of mills in the region.
10 years ago
Sept. 25, 2013
Glacier National Park collared six mountain goats to get a better idea of how goats lived at Logan Pass and interacted with the tens of thousands of visitors that hiked the area each summer. The study was headed up by University of Montana researcher Joel Berger.