Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-08-19
b. MlssOlda Means by and Near the Place OF Ambush; Billings I
Northern Pacific; the Great Falls of the Missouri RUer Christie

as that Of q swiftly dying race OF Gull
tured and highly intelligent Indians.
Those men who settled around the shores
of Flathead lake were great admirers OF
this tribe, and in ono of its name they
called the town they built Kalispell. An
other tale that is more picturesque, but
not SO probable, Is that q band OF In
dams is said to have lived where kalis-
pell is today. Their chief had a beauti-
full. beloved daughter by the name of
Kalispell. and in her memory. 1t is said.
the white men named their home Kalis-
pell.
Wibaux, Montana, was not the towns
original name. 1t was first called Min
gusville, after Minnie and Gus. a couple
prominent In the annals of that place.
They were people of great determination
and Of no modesty whatsoever, for they
insisted on naming their home what they
pleased and they pleased to name 1T in
their WI honor. Later on, after Minnie
and Gus had their last quarrel with
other members of the community, a man
named Pierre Wibaux came to the set
Element and through his efforts the town
became large enough to be Incorporated
as a city. When this incorporation took
place, the inhabitants insisted ON chang
ing the name to Wibaux. in honor of
their most prominent citizen.
Dream of Paris Gibson
Paris Gibson's Dream City" is a name
commonly given to Great Falls and it
recalls to mind the idealistic pioneer who
saw such wonderful opportunities for a
town on the land where Great Falls
stands today. He 1t was who visioned
the hidden power in the falls of the
river, who could see in his minds eye the
sweep of a city's boundaries against the
blue Of the water. His dream was real
lied after years Of toll and service, and
to his city Paris Gibson gave the name
Of Great Falls. There are several lovely
parks within the town, and one of these.
Margaret park, was named for Margaret
Hardness, the first white woman to set
foot on Great Falls soil. She came there
after her father, q trader. from Fort
Benton, and she too did much to help
in the settlement of the city.
But Great Falls is fortunate in having
for its historical background a sentiment
SO inspired as thai of Paris Gibson. Not
all Of our towns were given such a noble
push along the road to success. Take
Virginia City, for instance. Its name was
born from strife and hatred. The town
was, when first settled, inhabited by
strong Union and Confederate sympa-
thizeTs. At that time the Confederate
men had the upper hand, and the town
was named Varina after the wife of JEFF
ferson Davis, president of the Confed-
eracy. Later on, when Judge Bessell, q
hot-headed Unionist, came to the bench
in Varina, he declared that nc such
name as Varina shall disgrace my law
records" and forthwith he arbitrarily
changed the name to Virginia City. AS
the strong feeling between the north and
south died out in the years following no
Confederate sympathizer had the nerve
or desire to change his towns name
again n Virginia City 1t remained.
Springdale, Montana, came into being
in 1882, for in that year, a pioneer named
Hunted, while exploring in that region,