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The Whitefish Pilot Archive 

  • Whitefish, Montana
  • 19041963

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Editor E.R. Cleveland revealed the first issue of the Whitefish [Montana] Pilot, a four-page, six- column weekly on January 23, 1904, only six months after the town of Whitefish was platted, anticipating the rerouting of the Great Northern Railroad through Whitefish to Rexford, Montana. Establishment of the Great Northern Railroad (GNRR) through northern Montana in the 1890s opened up the rich timber resources of the area around Whitefish, and early issues of the newspaper dedicated sizeable coverage to railroad news and ultimately to the designation of Whitefish as a division point along the GNRR line.

Archive Info

  • 31,731
  • Whitefish, Montana
  • 19041963

Source Information

The Whitefish Pilot, 1904–1963 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2024. Last updated: June 9, 2023

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Archive Info

  • 31,731
  • Whitefish, Montana
  • 19041963

Source Information

The Whitefish Pilot, 1904–1963 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2024. Last updated: June 9, 2023