Former exec's three-volume history of Montana Power is finally out

HELENA (AP) - A former executive's written history of the Montana Power Co., a document that the company refused for three decades to allow to be published, is finally seeing the light of day.

Cecil Kirk's 483-page, three-volume history, which he completed in 1970 after his retirement, was donated Monday to the Montana Historical Society by NorthWestern Energy, which took over Montana Power's energy transmission systems two years ago when they were sold to NorthWestern Corp.

Kirk's son, Donn Kirk, said the donation fulfills a promise Montana Power made to his father in 1967, to have the work p...