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Vigilante trail tale draws Yakima man to Montana frontier
A. F. Carpenter of Yakima Washington toured Virginia City Butte and Port Neuf canyon recounting his father Lt Carpenter’s 1865 stage robbery near Port Neuf canyon Idaho. He described the Overland coach ambush the rancher bandits and vigilante justice that followed while recalling family history and his own lifelong fascination with Montana’s outlaw era.
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Montana
A. F. Carpenter
Yakima
Wash
Butte
Carpenter
California
Virginia City
Salt Lake City
Port Neuf Canyon
Annals of
Alp. Parker
J. McClassland
David Dinon
W. L. Mers
Charles Parks
Black
Mr. Carpenter
Cherry Creek
New York City
Ohio
Yakin