The Blackfoot Valley's News Source Since 1980
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On June 16, 1805, Captain Clark of the Corps of Discovery – with an extremely ill Sacajawea accompanying him – halted below the confluence of Belt Creek and the Missouri River ("portage creek," to the Corps), setting up what would become the base camp for their month-long assault around the "great falls." As part of Meriwether Lewis's effort to cure the young mother, he used the water of a sulphur spring that is located across the Missouri from the mouth of Belt Creek and cal...
Lincoln's America Legion Post 9 hosted thenir annual Veterans Day observance at the Lincoln Community Hall Sunday, marking the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended the first world war at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. As part of the World War I remembrance, the presentation began in a slightly different way as Post 9 joined in the "tolling of the bells" at 11 a.m. The World War I Centennial Commission asked organizations, churches and...
The Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce began making plans to relocate their annual skijoring event to a new location. At the Chamber of Commerce meeting Thursday, Nov. 8, Bill Cyr offered to let the organization use his hayfield at the corner of Highway 200 and Beaver Creek for the event this year. At 45 acres, the location is about three times the size of the Lincoln Rodeo Grounds and offers ample room for parking and for the skijoring track. Cyr warned that the site lacks...
The construction season at the Upper Blackfoot Mining Complex is expected to draw to a close this week with the completion of winterization work at the site. According to Karen Ogden, Community Involvement Coordinator for the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, work that has been successfully completed this year includes the removal and reconstruction of the stream channel and flood plain from the confluence of Mike Horse and Bear Trap Creeks down to the Water...
Dear Dietitian, What makes "blue zone diets" like the Mediterranean diet so healthy? Sincerely, Chris Dear Chris, Blue zones are areas of the world where people live much longer than average. The term was trademarked by Dan Buettner who identified these five regions of the world: Sardinia, Italy; the community of Seventh-Day Adventists in Loma Linda, California; Ikaria, Greece; Okinawa, Japan; and Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula. The Mediterranean diet (MeDiet) is a type of...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Game Warden Ezra Schwalm is hoping someone may have information on a bull elk that was shot and left to waste along Beaver Creek Road last week. Aaron Birkholz discovered the dead five point bull elk on state land Thursday afternoon, Nov. 8, while heading out to go hunting with his son. Birkholz said the elk was only about 30 yards off the road and fully visible from the road. "At first I thought somebody had shot it and went to get some help,...
One afternoon, back in the 1990's, an old friend and I were philosophizing. The question came up as to what technological development of the 20th century had, or will have, the deepest effect on human society. Of course: cars, airplanes, consumer electricity, and the atomic bomb were mentioned as possibilities, but we were both in easy agreement that the transistor is the thing that has caused (and will cause much more) change in our civilization, as we call it. The...
Big game harvest in west-central Montana maintained a steady pace through the fourth weekend of the general hunting season, bringing totals in line with average. At the hunter check station near Bonner, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) biologists and University of Montana student volunteers have checked 61 elk, 31 mule deer and 202 white-tailed deer so far this hunting season. Bonner's elk total is lower than last year's 76, but higher than the five-year average for...
By now, just about everyone in town is aware I am a vintage enthusiast. Most specifically, I have a passion for vintage clothing, but my love for the remnants of days gone by is not limited to fashion - I am also a fan of vintage dishes and kitchen implements, old furniture and home décor, vintage books and classic movies. What I am not a fan of, is vintage attitudes. Let me elaborate. It’s true that I love and often lament the “old fashioned’ manners of bygone eras when people sent thank-you cards, RSVP’d, and didn’t t...
Duane Vincent Jones, 78, was placed gently in our Lords arms Sunday, Nov. 4 2018. Duane was born in Hillsboro, Kansas Sept. 10, 1940. He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1957 and served four years. He met and married Madelyn Hughes in 1962. From this union they were blessed with two children, Michael Duane and Kimberly Ann. In 1981, Duane married Judy D. Eaton. From this union they were blessed with a daughter, Crystal Dawn. Duane was blessed with a wonderful step-daughter, Sandi whom he considered a daughter. After 40...
With the elections behind us it is time to celebrate! Yes, no more attack ads, the road-side placards are removed and the political phone calls have ceased! The people have spoken, and it seems once again we voted for “change”. It was a little over 10 years ago that the people voted for “change”, and we got a President who for the first time was a black man. With his election President Obama made more promises than a Chicago politician could ever live up (or down) to. For man...
