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Sixty-Eight Degrees Below Zero in a Northern Montana Storm
Charley Rowe recalls a 1873 Montana blizzard crossing 200 miles with buffalo meat and a mule freight team. Five men faced two and a half feet of snow, lost most of their herd, and endured a brutal trek to Benton, with one survivor group and a thousand dollar loss.
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Montana
Charley Rowe
Cypress Hills
Old Cap Nesse Valleaux
Matt Adams
Bill Murray
Jim
Cook
Adams
Nelse
Charlie
Marias Divide
Cap Nesse
Tepee
Benton
Old Clemenceaux