Yesterdays: Deer, horses were starving to death on Wild Horse Island
Hungry Horse News | UPDATED 7 months AGO
The new B&B grocery store on Nucleus Avenue in March, 1966. (Mel Ruder photo)
70 years ago
March 2, 1956
“Wild Horse is Flathead’s Island of Starvation” the headline read. The island, which was privately-owned at the time by Dr. J.C. Burnett, had 400 deer, 75 horses and 120 bighorn sheep. The sheep were doing well, the story said, but the deer and horses were starving to death. Today most of the island is a state park.
60 years ago
March 4, 1966
Front page featured a photo of Glacier Park’s Mount Stimson, the highest point in Flathead County at 10,155 feet. Front page photo also featured Leo Renfrow’s Cabinet shop. He held the contract for cabinets for the new Montana State University 11-story dormitory.
50 years ago
March 4, 1976
The Flathead National Forest was cutting ice from Lion Lake. They would use the to keep 220,000 seedlings from the Forest Service’s nursery dormant until they were ready for planting later in the year. Montana Sen. Mike Mansfield announced he would retire. Mansfield, a Democrat, was elected to the House in 1942 and the Senate in 1952. He had a long and positive relationship with editor Mel Ruder.
40 years ago
March 5, 1986
The School District 6 Board voted for one single school for the Canyon after the West Glacier School burned down earlier in the year. Gas prices kept dropping and were 82.9 cents a gallon.
30 years ago
March 7, 1996
Flathead County was looking at its government structure. A committee suggested that the county have five part-time commissioners that would appoint department heads, except for the Sheriff and County Attorney, which would still be elected.
20 years ago
March 2, 2006
Avalanches had closed Highway 2 near Marias Pass on two separate occasions. In addition, a semi-tractor trailer truck rear ended a rotary plow at Marias Pass proper. The BNSF Railway was also given permission to blast snowfields in Glacier that would cause avalanches, thus reducing the risk of uncontrolled slides.
10 years ago
March 2, 2016
Waterton Glacier was working toward becoming the first Transboundary Dark Skies park. The designation involved removing some artificial lights and then retrofitting thousands more to meet dark sky standards.