By no means do we imply that the Missoulian had stock in the Garden City Brewing Co. in 1911. It’s probably only coincidence that the first of many ads for Highlander appeared in the paper a week later, for Solomon's Family Liquor, 115 E. Main St. (now roughly the Missoula Osprey headquarters at MSO Hub), "A store where ladies can trade.”

Solomon's urged readers to phone in orders for Missoula, Highlander or Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer.

“Mail orders given prompt attention. Free delivery to all parts of city.”

Free beer delivery. What a concept!

Flash forward to 1912. On March 4, a month before the six-month baseball season began, the Missoulian announced: “Yesterday, through Joe Fitzgerald, the suits for the 1912 Missoula team were ordered. The best that money can buy will be worn by the locals this year."

The road uniforms were blue with white pinstripes. At home the team would wear white with blue pinstripes. The caps were blue, the stockings gray with a blue band.

“Sixteen suits were ordered,” the short article concluded. “Incidental to the purchase of the suits, the men of Blankenship were given a name, 'The Highlanders.'"