Sited at the headwaters of the Columbia River in Montana’s northwest
corner, Columbia Falls was the site of early coal mining and timber
harvesting. Later, the Great Northern Railroad expanded to the area,
and Flathead National Forest and Glacier National Park were
founded.
The
Columbian was published by J. W. Pace from 1891 to 1897. It was
succeeded by D. A. Hendrick's
Columbian
in 1903-1904. H. F. Laeuger took over in 1905 and continued
publishing
The
Columbian until February 1925. The paper was not published from
April 1897 through May 1903.