70 years ago

Dec. 31, 1954

Last week we reported that about 200 feet of shoreline on Lake McDonald had sunk into the lake just south of the Lake McDonald Lodge. The front page featured a photo of the slump and the boat house near the Lodge that went with it. 

60 years ago

Jan. 1, 1965

It had been a record wet year with 22.36 inches of precipitation. The normal was 15.42. Hugh Foley was visiting family in Martin City. Foley and his team won a gold medal in rowing in the 1964 summer Olympics.

50 years ago

Jan. 3, 1975

Scott Stewart, 24, of Madison, Wisconsin and other climbers abandoned their plans to try to climb the north face of Mount Cleveland in Glacier National Park in the winter. The men were worried about avalanches and other hazards. The north face is nearly vertical and goes 4,000 feet to the summit of Glacier’s highest peak at 10,466 feet.

40 years ago

Jan. 3, 1985

Big Mountain had to lower about 60-plus stranded skiers from a broken Chair 5. All told about 60 skiers were lowered by ropes and slings. The temperature at the time was 10 below zero with a light breeze. It took a few hours to get everyone down.

30 years ago

Dec. 29, 1994

Plum Creek had invested $6.5 million in its Columbia Falls plywood plant to make a new material called “ultracore,” which was supposed to be stronger and straighter than traditional plywood.

20 years ago

Dec. 30, 2004

Plum Creek’s stock hit an all-time high at $39 a share. The stock surge came as the wood products industry as a whole was seeing gains. In addition, the company’s real estate segment reported $42 million, as the company sold off some of its prime real estate holdings.

10 years ago

Dec. 31, 2014

Top story for 2014 was Xanterra Parks and Resorts setting up its Glacier Park operations headquarters in Columbia Falls, converting an old grocery store and hardware store into offices and a laundry off Highway 2.