Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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The annual meeting of the Jefferson Valley Museum will be held on Thursday, April 7th in the Star Theater at 7:00 PM. Doors will open at 6:30 PM. A short business meeting will be conducted before the program starts to update museum members on the current status of the museum and to accept nominations for and vote on two museum board member positions. The program this year will be presented by Ron Hunt and will last about one and a half hours with a short intermission at the mid-point. There will be more than 50 photos of the Waterloo area...
The Whitehall High School class of 1972 is planning to gather for their 50th reunion in Whitehall on the evening of July 23rd at the Jefferson Valley Museum. There is no dinner planned at this time, but there will be refreshments available. For those who cannot make the trip to Whitehall, there will be a Skype session held that evening where out-of-the-area classmates can join in the 50-in-5 session. This session will give class members five minutes to review what they have done over the past 50 years. A Facebook page has been set up to help...
Headlines in March 1896 bear a similarity to what you might read today. There was political unrest, murders, suicides, concerns about grain prices, and a horrific storm in the Pacific Ocean that devastated Fiji. Here in Montana, people were hoping for early spring and a Montana Congressman is hailed for standing up to the president for saying some very disparaging remarks about people out west. The following is taken as written from March 20 and 27, 1896 editions of the Whitehall Zephyr....
Whitehall third graders received new reference books from Rotarians Candace Ahlin and Arlene Weber. The books include a full dictionary and a reference section with information on the states, world countries, the U. S. presidents, the U. S. Constitution, planets, sign language, and more. Dictionaries were also presented to students at Cardwell and Harrison. Whitehall Rotarians have been providing these books to 3rd graders for more than a decade as part of a statewide Rotary program on...
In 1896, winter was refusing to leave as the month of March rolled in. Fruit farmers in Idaho were worried that the extreme cold might have killed their trees. Miners in our valley were putting down their tools of the trade and heading to hotels to try and stay warm. Grover Cleveland, the president of the United States, was not too popular in the west due to his downward-looking attitude toward our people. Here, as written in the Whitehall Zephyr, are some news highlights from the March 6th and...
FEBRUARY Part II In February 1896, New York City was experiencing "the coldest recorded here since the establishment of the Weather Bureau." The East Coast was reporting temperatures as low as -48. Here in Whitehall, people were taking another winter in stride. Montana Governor Rickards and other members of the state capitol commission were in Olympia, Washington to gather information before erecting a new capital complex for our state. The following news items are taken as written from the...
FEBRUARY - PART I In 1896, the Sousa band was a popular feature at concerts and in February 1896 had a lot of Whitehall residents headed to Butte to listen to the Sousa military band concert. The following items are taken as written from the February 7 and 14, 1896 editions of the Whitehall Zephyr. The picture is an advertisement from the February 7th edition. Frenchy Miller recently made a batch of cream-colored soap, and after cutting it into small pieces, placed it in a cheese box near the fr...
January 1896 was starting out cold and snowy but that did not stop people from getting out and about. The following were written in the late January 1896 editions of the Whitehall Zephyr. Died. John Bray, formerly of this place and of the firm of Fox & Bray, died at Red Rock, Montana on Jan. 23d, 1896 of consumption. Mr. Bray was 33 years of age and was well known in this portion of Montana. "Lill" Phillips, a well-known woman throughout the camps of Jefferson Valley, died Wednesday morning,...
There was plenty to celebrate at the beginning of 1896 and 1922 even with winter still keeping people close to the woodstove. Whitehall was rebuilding after a series of serious fires during early 1895 and it had survived the "greatest depression ever known in the United States..." At the start of 1895, there were 20 businesses and professionals in town. At the start of 1896, that had grown to more than 32 and the Zephyr listed details on 60 new buildings in town, all built during the previous...
The Whitehall Food Pantry received two checks on December 14th to help support its efforts to feed local people in need. The Whitehall Rotary Club has been a long-time supporter of the Food Pantry, and the amount donated by the club was matched by Mountain View Real Estate owner and Rotarian Karen Burtch. The Rotary Club currently raises money for community projects through aluminum can recycling and a donation jar at the KFC/A&W. Projects include sending up to two high school students to the...
December 1921 Part 2 The years 1895 and 1921 are about over. In 1895, our town was still pushing past its infant stage of development. In 1921, we were feeling the growing pains of expansion and modernization. The accompanying photo from an 1895 ad for a local business has prices that sure would be nice to see today, provided these are the items on your Christmas shopping list. Late December 1895: ZEPHYRETTES. Harry Miller says that indisposition sits no longer on his frame; that it threw him,...
The year was coming to an end. People in 1895 and 1921 were dealing with a tough winter, illness, and politics. The December 1895 news is taken as written from the Whitehall Zephyr December 6 and 13 editions, and the 1921 news is based on notes made by Roy Millegan Sr. from early December editions of the Jefferson Valley News. The accompanying photo is the Huston Barber Shop that was located in the west side of the theater building. December, 1895: THE SONS OF REST. A new order formed at...
The 1895 news is taken directly from November 15, 22, and 29 editions of the Whitehall Zephyr. News from November 1921 is based on notes made by Roy Milligan Sr. from late November editions of the Jefferson Valley News. The accompanying ad is from November 22, 1895, for Cochran’s store in Silver Star. November 1895: Mr. J.R. Norville, formerly with T.D. Hind & Co. of Whitehall, but now of Anaconda, was a recent visitor to our town. It is said that he came out on account of his health—at least because of a heart malady. The man whose avocation l...
November Part 1 The winters of 1895 and 1921-22 were nasty. Travel had improved by the 20s but a trip to Butte could still be a major undertaking. The news from 1895 is as it was written in the Whitehall Zephyr. News stories from November 1921 are based on notes made by Roy Millegan, Sr. from editions of the Jefferson Valley News. November 1895: Halloween Brownies got in their deadly work last night, and everyone who had a wagon the night before had to hunt it up by piecemeal this morning. The...
Late October 1895 was a busy time for Whitehall. Crops were in, the town was growing and short on water (no sewer or water system yet served the community) and kids were back in school. The following are articles as written in the October 17 and 25, 1895 editions of the Whitehall Zephyr. A Long Felt Want: Now that the bustle craze has returned, Shorty Davis, who possesses inventive genius of extraordinary merit, has come to the front like a god of glory, and filled a long felt want by inventing...
October 1921, Part 1 The Jefferson Valley was a busy place in 1895. The Sunlight Mine, Lime Spur, the Parrott Smelter project, and a large sawmill in Perry Canyon were just a few business endeavors bringing in people and money to our young and growing community. The following is taken as written from October 4 and 10 editions of the Whitehall Zephyr. The photo is an ad that appeared in those editions. Homestake Trestle Burned. The Northern Pacific met with another severe loss yesterday morning,...
Whitehall was a fast-growing community in the fall of 1895. Here are some excerpts from the Whitehall Zephyr late September editions of that year as they were written. The editor had a sense of humor and was prone to slightly embellish some stories. A tramp recently applied to Mrs. Simpkins, of Boulder, for something to eat and after kindly gratifying the vicious brute’s request he grabbed her by the arm and bit it severely. The scoundrel was arrested and sentenced to 4 months’ imp...
The following is as written in the September 6 and 13 editions of the 1895 Whitehall Zephyr. The paper contained local as well as news from other parts of the US and from the world. The Zephyr would suggest that when it is desirable to break a drought in the Jefferson Valley the manager of the Twin Bridges fair set their dates for that time. It has been proved beyond all doubt that persistent bicycle riding results in enlargement of the heart. What a pity Grover Cleveland, John Sherman et al...
The Jefferson Valley Museum is hosting a discussion of the new non-fiction book "East of the East Side" with Christy Leskovar on the evening of Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at 7:00 PM in the museum barn. Christy will be making her presentation via the internet from Las Vegas. A question/answer session will be included. This is her third venture into finding and sharing her family history. Her first book, "One Night in a Bad Inn", includes a murder at the hotel in Renova, a once busy little...
The following is written as printed in the late August 1895 editions of the Whitehall Zephyr. The accompanying photo is an advertisement from the August edition. PERSONAL CHAT – Rev. Warman left for Helena last Monday midnight to attend the Montana Methodist Episcopal conference, and will probably not return before next week. William Owsley's ponderous form was visible in town Tuesday morning. He went up the valley on the stage the same day. Ed Kenedy was down from Perry canyon recently, and w...
The following is as written in August 1895 editions of the Whitehall Zephyr. The accompanying photo is of an advertisement from one of those issues. Dance at Silver Star. Those who attended say that one of the most enjoyable occasions of the kind ever experienced in the Jefferson valley was the dance at that place last Friday. It was given under the management of J. O. Jordan and George Bonnowitz, and Miss Kate Dulea of Silver Star and Mr. Goodiel of this place furnished the music; T. D. Hind,...
The following is taken as written from late July 1895 editions of the Whitehall Zephyr. 19th Century Montana was different in many ways, yet today in some ways, we are not much different than back then. The papers had articles that editorialized the following: a distorted report of a mineral find in the Golden Valley 10 miles southwest of town; the new $1.00 tax on business as reported by the Yellowstone Journal which said in part, "One of the most aggravating features of the new license law is...
Members of the Whitehall Rotary Pond did some sprucing up around the fishpond in anticipation of the Frontier Days weekend....
Rich and Lonna Johnson are the latest recipients of the Whitehall Rotary Club's Wheelchair Award in recognition of their community service through the Saddle Club and numerous youth activities. Since the Rotary club began the program, more than 75 individuals, groups and businesses in our area have been recognized for their service. Money collected at the A&W/KFC is used for the wheelchair program, youth programs that include scholarships and Rotary Youth Leadership Academy (RYLA), and support...
The following is taken as written in early July editions of the Whitehall Zephy, 1895. The accompanying ads appeared in the July 12, 1895 edition, and yes, the one ad was printed upside down. We were pleased to meet Mr. John H. Weingard, of Silver Star, in the Zephyr office Thursday. Mr. Weingard will go to Warm Springs soon, to see the unfortunate young man Eberhardt (from an earlier article, he was on the roof of a local church ringing the bell and shouting for people to gather). Mr. W. L. Wilkins of Butte, Mrs. C. J. Eckstorm’s father, is ma...
