By Jim Harmon

As I write this column, it’s a beautiful day in western Montana ... blue skies and sunshine with a crisp morning and warm afternoon.

By the time you read this on Monday, it’s likely to be misty, soggy and cool.

In late October and early November 1889, Missoulians were enjoying fine fall weather as well. The only storm of note was far away in Denver, where snow began falling in the early morning hours of October 29 and measured seven inches by noon that day.

The local Missoula news of October 30, 1889 gives us an interesting snapshot into the commerce and society of our small, but growing town (growing, thanks to the arrival of the railroad a couple of years earlier).

Let’s take a glimpse at the local and area doings.

“New light has been given to the residents of this ci

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