In the 1900s
In Missoula, the Missoula Mercantile sold anything you could possibly imagine, and other stores worked hard to match them. 1909 saw Missoula get its second transcontinental railroad, the Milkwaukee, cementing the city's place as one of the key trade hubs in Western Montana.
Here's a look at the kinds of things that Montana's children played with and asked for during this decade: