This week marks 100 years of Powell Tribune history. Since March 13, 1909 — when this town was little more than a dusty main street — the Tribune has told the stories of Powell and the people who live here.The paper has covered wars and robbery, marriages and deaths, state championships and bitter defeats, happy events and unspeakable tragedies — all the while chronicling the growth and evolution of a community.The Tribune itself has continued to change as well. A Homesteader Museum exhibit which opens Friday, “Diary of a Community,” illustrates how the paper has evolved over the years. In the beginning, it was strictly black and white words on a page. Soon, photographs began to appear (also black and white, of course). Over the years, advancing technology brought with it countless design and style changes. One hundred years later, complete with full-color photos, the paper is now computer-generated and printed on a fully mechanical press.And while the printed product has seen dramatic change, the goal of serving the readers of Powell and Park County has remained a firm constant. Even as new media — radio, television, the Internet — has presented different outlets for information, the Tribune has remained the steady source people turn to for the news of the community. We look forward to turning the page into the Tribune's second century and seeing what the next 100 years brings.

This week marks 100 years of Powell Tribune history.

Since March 13, 1909 — when this town was little more than a dusty main street — the Tribune has told the stories of Powell and the people who live here.

The paper has covered wars and robbery, marriages and deaths, state championships and bitter defeats, happy events and unspeakable tragedies — all the while chronicling the growth and evolution of a community.

The Tribune itself has continued to change as well. A Homesteader Museum exhibit which opens Friday, “Diary of a Community,” illustrates how the paper has evolved over the years. In the beginning, it was strictly black and white words on a page. Soon, photographs began to appear (also black and white, of course). Over the years, advancing technology brought with it countless design and style changes. One hundred years later, complete with full-color photos, the paper is now computer-generated and printed on a fully mechanical press.

And while the printed product has seen dramatic change, the goal of serving the readers of Powell and Park County has remained a firm constant. Even as new media — radio, television, the Internet — has presented different outlets for information, the Tribune has remained the steady source people turn to for the news of the community.

We look forward to turning the page into the Tribune's second century and seeing what the next 100 years brings.