The Way We Were: 1908

When Missoula County High School was being built  it was supposed to open in September of 1908.  The 1908 flood made things a little difficult for the school to be built on time.  Therefore, the school year was delayed until November of that year.  This was information I read in Stan Cohen's and Sandra Fisher's book, "Purple and Gold, 60 years of Missoula County High School".

In a personal note -

My grandmother, Ellen Nellie Tiffany McAlear, was born in Missoula, on June 7, 1908 one of the days in which the Clark Fork was spilling over it's banks.  I understand that the family had to use a boat to retrieve the nurse (or was it a midwife) to assist in the birth of my grandmother.  Ellen was the child of Willard and Nellie Tiffany who lived in the lower Rattlesnake for a number of years. Her brothers then were Fred Tiffany and Edward Tiffany with a younger brother Eugene Tiffany born in later years.  Willard and Nellie are buried in the Missoula cemetary. Ellen is buried in the Polson cemetary.





The Way We Were: 1908