Yesterdays: 30 years ago, avalanche at Marion Lake
First grader Danny Kennedy looks up to 6’ 3.5” Wildcat center Bill Schulte following a game against Libby Feb. 1, 1964. (Mel Ruder photo)
70 years ago
Feb. 19, 1954
About 200 elk were killed by members of the Blackfeet tribe as the animals drifted out of Glacier National Park. Native people were permitted to hunt year-round, and sold the elk’s meat for $60 a carcass. One man was reported to have harvested 20. At the time, Glacier had an estimated 3,140 elk with room for 2,400.
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