"I did feel there were other (artists) there who were more deserving," she said. ![]() Joan has strived to paint more animals and mountains scenes since she moved to the Swan Valley from Calgary, Alberta, two years ago she was surprized that visitors at the Seeley Lake show voted for her paintings. Artists should tune into that market if they want to sell paintings here, according to Joan Kennedy Laufer, who recently won the People's Choice award at the Seeley Lake Arts and Crafts Show. Montanans like mountains and animals, not only in the great outdoors but, also, in art. To read the rest of this article and more articles from this issue visit Ground crews, aided by a helicopter which dropped water on the fire's leading edge, stopped the flames before any of those structures were damaged. Homes along the Blackfoot River were in the path of the fire. "The actions we took probably saved several people's homes," according to Paul May, fire management officer from Missoula. State firefighters from both Missoula and the Clearwater Unit at Sperry Grade also responded to the wildland fire that burned about 355 acres of land east of Highway 200. The tank blew up around 4 p.m., exploding about 30 feet into the air in a "big ball of flames" according to one firefighter. But, when he arrived on the scene to find several acres in flames, including machinery and mill structures, he immediately requested two more engines and a second water tender.įirefighters had also been informed of the presence of a fuel tank that contained about 125 gallons of fuel. "At first, I thought it was just a building on fire," he said. Ralph Starr of Missoula Rural Fire Department responded first to Pulliam's call. Firefighters worked to keep flames away from those structures. Nobody was injured during the fire, but several houses and buildings, including the Roundup Bar, are only a few hundred yards from the sawdust piles where the fire first started. "If the wind had been blowing the other way, I'd a been a goner." But by the time she finished talking to the emergency dispatch operator, and looked out the window of the bar again, two buildings had caught on fire and wind was whipping the flames across Highway 200. "It was just a little puff of smoke when I dialed 9-1-1," she said. ![]() The Greenough mill has been shut down for about a year, although members of the corporation were looking at plans to reopen the mill this year.ĭorothy Pulliam, owner of the Roundup Bar, first spotted the smoke at the mill across the road from the bar about mid-afternoon last Wednesday. And see what can be salvaged and what can't." ![]() ![]() Company spokesperson Mark Byington said on Tuesday that the damage to the mill, so far, is undetermined. We hope you will enjoy the journey with us as we follow our community through the past 36 years as documented by the Pathfinder.Ī fire that apparently started in old sawdust piles at Greenough Lumber in the Blackfoot Valley was fanned by 30 mile per hour winds last Wednesday and, ultimately, destroyed most of the mill and burned more that 300 acres of adjoining ranchland and timber. The entire issue will be uploaded to our website for you to enjoy. In celebration of 36 years of the Seeley Swan Pathfinder, each week we will run parts of articles that appeared in the issue 35 years ago and 20 years ago.
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