Yesterdays: Fish put in stream for derby, then taken out
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Herding cattle across the Flathead River from Hay Creek to Bad Rock in November, 1954. (Mel Ruder photo)
70 years ago
June 29, 1956
Hundreds of kids and families lined the banks of Haskill Creek to fish in the Whitefish Rod and Gun Club and Rocky Mountain Sportsman Club’s annual fishing derby. After the derby was over, Fish and Game used electro shocking equipment to remove the stocked rainbow from the stream, as it was supposed to be a native cutthroat trout stream.
60 years ago
July 1, 1966
The Forest Service would haul equipment and supplies up Cyclone Peak to build a new lookout there up the North Fork. The new lookout would be situated on a 41-foot tall tower, just as it is today.
50 years ago
July 1, 1976
The Rainbow Family gathering was underway up Jones Creek outside of Choteau on the Lewis and Clark National Forest. The estimate was that about 700 hippies showed up. Editor Mel Ruder was there to take photos.”The gathering provides Choteau something to talk about for years.”
40 years ago
July 2, 1986
A hearing was underway for the West Glacier School to form its own district. Parents had petitioned the county Superintendent of Schools to form a new district after the school burned to the ground. Former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson made a two-day stop in Glacier National Park. She traversed the park in a red bus.
30 years ago
July 4, 1996
Columbia Falls was worried about sewage treatment capacity and a city councilwoman was advocating a moratorium on new hookups outside the city limits until the plant could be upgraded.
20 years ago
June 29, 2006
A host of residents opposed a gravel pit expansion in West Glacier by businessman Robert Spoklie. The pit, which is still there today, was eventually approved and some of the gravel went toward reconstructing the Going-to-the-Sun Road.
10 years ago
June 29, 2016
About 200 jobs were lost locally as Weyerhaeuser announced it was closing the former Plum Creek sawmill and plywood plant in Columbia Falls. It also closed the offices known as the Cedar Palace, which is a medical facility today.