Yesterdays: Rainbow Family can't find a home
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Jim Moticchka came back with four antelope and a whitetail from a successful hunt near Malta in the Novermber, 1961 photo. (Mel Ruder photo)
70 years ago
May 18, 1956
Ben Schroeder of Columbia Falls was manufacturing pull-behind campers. He noted that all the parts were made in the United States. Surveys were underway for the dam on the Middle Fork of the Flathead. It was never built.
60 years ago
May 20, 1966
“Attractive new visitor center” at St. Mary opened in Glacier National Park for “Show Me Day.” It was a day when regular folks were allowed up the Sun Road to watch the plowing effort.
50 years ago
May 20, 1976
Members of the Rainbow Family, a group of hippies, were now looking at sites along the South Fork of the Flathead. They’d already been told they couldn’t gather on the Kootenai National Forest or the Belly River region of Glacier National Park. Thousands were expected to attend. Park plows were at Logan Pass already.
40 years ago
May 21, 1986
A two-bedroom two-bath house on Whitefish Lake was listed for $78,500. Avalanches on the Going-to-the-Sun Road sent massive amounts of snow back over sections that had just been cleared as the temperatures warmed.
30 years ago
May 23, 1996
The contractor that did work to repair the Columbia Falls High School track allegedly forged bonds and did a poor job of fixing the surface. In other school news, voters shot down a levy request for a second time.
20 years ago
April 20, 2006
An autopsy was unable to determine the cause of death of an infant that had been buried in the backyard of a Columbia Falls home by its young mother. The body was too decayed and Columbia Falls Police Chief Dave Perry said the death was accidental.
10 years ago
May 18, 2016
Redneck Meats, a local sausage and specialty meats maker, was eyeing Columbia Falls for a new home. The city had an industrial park in the ready, but the move from its Kalispell location was never made.