Comments on: Montana Link to the R.M.S. Titanic? http://www.bigskyblog.com/index.php/2006/05/28/montana-link-to-the-rms-titanic/ Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:17:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Ellis Roberts Parry http://www.bigskyblog.com/index.php/2006/05/28/montana-link-to-the-rms-titanic/comment-page-1/#comment-82616 Ellis Roberts Parry Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:26:10 +0000 http://bigskyblog.com/?p=562#comment-82616 Another Correction... Joe Montana wore number 19 as a Kansas City Chief. The Chiefs had retired the number 16 belonging Len Dawson. Joe Montana never wore number 16 when he attended Notre Dame. He wore number 3. Ellis Roberts Parry Montana Dateline Another Correction…

Joe Montana wore number 19 as a Kansas City Chief. The Chiefs had retired the number 16 belonging Len Dawson. Joe Montana never wore number 16 when he attended Notre Dame. He wore number 3.

Ellis Roberts Parry
Montana Dateline

]]> By: Ellis Roberts Parry http://www.bigskyblog.com/index.php/2006/05/28/montana-link-to-the-rms-titanic/comment-page-1/#comment-82179 Ellis Roberts Parry Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:01:43 +0000 http://bigskyblog.com/?p=562#comment-82179 According to Roberta Carkeek Cheney's Book, Names on the Face of Montana, Ismay's first post office was established in 1907. One can assume that the naming of the community (the combination of the two daughters' names-Isabel and May) occurred around this time. The Titanic sank in 1912 and this tragedy was likely the most dramatic "media" event(news print journalism)occurring during the year. Of course, J. Bruce Ismay's cowardice was duly noted in newspapers around the world. Citizens of Ismay may have suggested a name change at this time just so that no one would ever associate their community with the man who saved himself while 1500 lives were lost when the great ship sank in the icy North Atlantic. Ellis Roberts Parry Montana Dateline According to Roberta Carkeek Cheney’s Book, Names on the Face of Montana, Ismay’s first post office was established in 1907. One can assume that the naming of the community (the combination of the two daughters’ names-Isabel and May) occurred around this time. The Titanic sank in 1912 and this tragedy was likely the most dramatic “media” event(news print journalism)occurring during the year. Of course, J. Bruce Ismay’s cowardice was duly noted in newspapers around the world. Citizens of Ismay may have suggested a name change at this time just so that no one would ever associate their community with the man who saved himself while 1500 lives were lost when the great ship sank in the icy North Atlantic.

Ellis Roberts Parry
Montana Dateline

]]> By: MisplacedMTGirl http://www.bigskyblog.com/index.php/2006/05/28/montana-link-to-the-rms-titanic/comment-page-1/#comment-81670 MisplacedMTGirl Sat, 24 Jun 2006 21:47:11 +0000 http://bigskyblog.com/?p=562#comment-81670 Ok is it my computer or is the Molly Brown website just a page that opens and has a picture with a quote? Should I be able to click on that to open the page? Not working on my end... Ok is it my computer or is the Molly Brown website just a page that opens and has a picture with a quote? Should I be able to click on that to open the page? Not working on my end…

]]> By: Griz http://www.bigskyblog.com/index.php/2006/05/28/montana-link-to-the-rms-titanic/comment-page-1/#comment-48795 Griz Sat, 03 Jun 2006 06:32:16 +0000 http://bigskyblog.com/?p=562#comment-48795 I hate to disappoint, but the town of Ismay has no such link to the cowardly Mr. Ismay of Titanic mifortune. The community was named for Isabel and May Earling, daughters of railroad president Albert J. Earling. The community unofficially changed its name to Joe in 1993 in an effort to honor the football star and lure tourists. A small tidbit, having grown up in the area your's truly was at one time the section foreman for the Ol' Milwaukee Road (The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company) in Ismay (or Joe), MT. Neighboring communities Baker (originally named Lorraine) and just over the state border, Marmarth, North Dakota, were also named in this fashion. And knowing the good folks of Ismay, had their town actually been named for the self-centered shipline president, they'd most certainly changed the name to something else long before No. 16 was ever wearing Irish green, much less 9'er/KC red. I hate to disappoint, but the town of Ismay has no such link to the cowardly Mr. Ismay of Titanic mifortune. The community was named for Isabel and May Earling, daughters of railroad president Albert J. Earling. The community unofficially changed its name to Joe in 1993 in an effort to honor the football star and lure tourists. A small tidbit, having grown up in the area your’s truly was at one time the section foreman for the Ol’ Milwaukee Road (The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company) in Ismay (or Joe), MT. Neighboring communities Baker (originally named Lorraine) and just over the state border, Marmarth, North Dakota, were also named in this fashion. And knowing the good folks of Ismay, had their town actually been named for the self-centered shipline president, they’d most certainly changed the name to something else long before No. 16 was ever wearing Irish green, much less 9′er/KC red.

]]> By: big mike http://www.bigskyblog.com/index.php/2006/05/28/montana-link-to-the-rms-titanic/comment-page-1/#comment-47833 big mike Mon, 29 May 2006 00:52:44 +0000 http://bigskyblog.com/?p=562#comment-47833 Bozeman has the Molly Brown bar: http://www.mollybrownbozeman.com/ However, I don't know if the bar is connected to the unsinkable Molly Brown, the famous American survivor of the Titanic disaster. Bozeman has the Molly Brown bar: http://www.mollybrownbozeman.com/

However, I don’t know if the bar is connected to the unsinkable Molly Brown, the famous American survivor of the Titanic disaster.

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