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4 YEARS AGO • APRIL 26, 1984 FOREST SERVICE CHOOSES PLAINS Orville Daniels, Supervisor of the Lolo National Forest, announced the decision not to seek a new lease for office space in Thompson Falls. That decision came after four months of e...
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4 YEARS AGO • MARCH 29, 1984 EDNA HILL LEADS A RUGGED REWARDING LIFE by Linda Shaffer Continued from last week… During her childhood in Trout Creek mainly - a few years in Polson - Edna recalls all eight grades being housed in one room. “There were...
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4 YEARS AGO • MARCH 29, 1984 EDNA HILL LEADS A RUGGED REWARDING LIFE by Linda Shaffer Mainly, she is a mountain woman. And she has been all her “39 years.” Edna Hill at her ranch in Trout Creek smiles amidst trophies of elk and other wild game...
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7 YEARS AGO • MARCH 11, 1999 REALIZATION OF DREAM EVIDENT IN NEW CENTER The realization of a long-held dream was shared with over 140 people when the Thompson Falls Senior Citizens formally dedicated their new center east of town. Members of the g...
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THOMPSON FALLS IN THE YEAR 1894 There was a newspaper published in Thompson Falls in 1894. It was called the Weekly Montanian. H.A. Hendricks was the publisher. The Montanian went out of business, and shortly after the new County of Sanders was...
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8 YEARS AGO • APRIL 5, 1944 Obituary NELSON GRANDCHAMP, Pioneer Nelson Grandchamp, the son of Joseph and Petroniel Grandchamp, was born March 19, 1870 and died March 29, 1944. In 1884 the family traveled by an old narrow gauge railroad to Salt L...
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13 YEARS AGO • MARCH 8, 1939 EDDY ASKS RURAL ELECTRIFICATION LINE TRANSMISSION The directors of the Clarks Fork Power Association met with heads of families living in the Eddy section last weekend to discuss the possibilities of extending the p...
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WHERE IS SWORD RIVER? There were established trails across this continent before the Europeans explored here. One of the greatest of these being the trail from Montreal to the mouth of the Columbia River. This trail ran through what is now Sanders Co...
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5 YEARS AGO • FEBRUARY 7, 1974 GRADER OPERATOR UNHURT AFTER FIVE ROLLS DOWNHILL Harold (Dutch) Lentz rode a road grader down a mountainside as it rolled over five times Monday morning before daylight and he walked away with only a few scratches a...
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8 YEARS AGO • FEBRUARY 2, 1944 HISTORICAL RECORD The article below is a recopy of a historical memorandum for the record transmitted to the local supervisor’s office by Regional Forester, Evan W. Kelley of Missoula. Contents may be of interest to...
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7 YEARS AGO • JANUARY 7, 1954 COUNCIL TO INSTALL TWO STREET LIGHTS Installation of two additional street lights - one at the corner of Ferry Street and Third Avenue and at the depot steps (these steps were located directly across from True Value Har...
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4 YEARS AGO • JANUARY 12, 1994 HERON POST OFFICE MARKS 100th ANNIVERSARY January 7 marked the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Post Office in Heron. Eight postmasters and postmistresses have served behind the counter in the Heron post office. The f...
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8 YEARS AGO JANUARY 12, 1944 THE DAYS OF GOLD Golden Days Recounted Continued from last week… Mrs. Hattie Coleman who is still living was one of the first teachers in the schools here. Judge W.E. Nippert, who had been educated abroad, has a place o...
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8 YEARS AGO • JANUARY 12, 1944 THE DAYS OF GOLD Golden Days Recounted There was a large attendance of the regular meeting of the Lions Club held at the Bentley ranch dining room last Thursday (Birdland Bay). The entertainment for the evening was spo...
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4 YEARS AGO • DECEMBER 29, 1983 LEDGER LINES by K.A.E. The arrival of the New Year is traditionally a time for resolutions and a reflection on the past 12 months. Here at The Ledger, we’ve enjoyed a good year despite the complications that acc...
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9 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 27, 1918 DISASTROUS FLOODS OCCUR Highways Are Impassable in Many Sections The heavy rains of November and December have resulted in unprecedented damage to railroads, bridges, telephone lines, power lines and roads. The heavy...
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6 YEARS AGO • DECEMBER 19, 1918 SKATING POND IN THOMPSON FALLS Under the supervision of County Surveyor, John Brauer, the Town of Thompson Falls will have a skating pond that is not only safe but also very convenient. The new pond is being g...
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8 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 22, 1988 67 YEAR LODGE MEMBER RECALLS EARLY DAYS When Chuck Duffield attempted to contact Franklyn Rutherford to invite him to attend his installation as Grand Master of the Thompson Falls Lodge Masons, he had a hard time...
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9 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 29, 1933 DEER ARE ENTERED IN BIG BUCK CONTEST The big buck contest, sponsored this hunting season by the Marshall Wells company of Spokane with the Union Market at Thompson Falls acting as local contest board, terminated with th...
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4 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 10, 1983 NONHUNTER BUSIEST IN HUNTING SEASON He favors tending his garden and yard over hunting and fishing, but he sure knows what to do with the game bagged by those who do hunt for meat for the table. Longtime Thompson Falls...
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SANDERS COUNTY C.C.C. by Fredi Pargeter and Glenn T. Garrison Note: The Civilian Conservation Corps was developed as a relief agency during the Great Depression years. President Roosevelt convinced Congress to create the C.C.C. which provided...
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SANDERS COUNTY C.C.C. by Fredi Pargeter and Glenn T. Garrison Note: The Civilian Conservation Corps was developed as a relief agency during the Great Depression years. President Roosevelt convinced Congress to create the C.C.C. which provided conserv...
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9 YEARS AGO • NOVEMBER 8, 1933 THOMPSON TO HAVE AN AIRPLANE LANDING FIELD Nick Mamer of the North West Airways was in Thompson Falls two days this week, establishing a temporary emergency landing field for high speed planes. The present Thompson Fal...
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TOWARDS BRIDGES AND ROADS From "Behind These Mountains" by Mona Leeson Vanek For many years John Fulks had operated the ferry at Noxon until one spring when high water tore it loose and it was gone, probably to be smashed to bits going through the...
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9 YEARS AGO • OCTOBER 25, 1933 SCHOOL NEWS There are 32 students in the dormitory this year: 16 girls and 16 boys. Of these students only six have not been there before. There are 13 freshmen, 29 sophomores, 17 juniors, 22 seniors and four s...
