Mountain View park near Anaconda praised as state’s finest resort
A year old Mountain View park near Anaconda Montana is described as a pristine green oasis adjacent to the smelting region. It features a 40 acre open field for picnics and baseball, a 10 acre lake with boats, rustic pavilions and bridges, a dancing pavilion and dining hall, scenic mountain views, and careful policing ensuring orderly enjoyment.
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Anaconda
Montana
Butte
Mountain View Park
Remembering Montana Census Boss Hugh McQuaid in 1900
The piece recalls Hugh McQuaid as Montana census supervisor in 1900, detailing late President Walker’s era, Dawson county omissions, rugged enumeration trips through Sioux country, and the lively frontier politics of Helena Butte and Missoula. It notes pay, staff, and dramatic anecdotes including Sheriff Tom Irvine’s silent canyon tale and Dawson County reports.
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Montana
Sam
Hugh McQuaid
McQuaid
Last Chance
Mai
Helena
Gulch
M Quaid
Independent
Daweon County
Barnum
Leighton & Jordan
Mort Buford
Missouri
Walker
Dawson
Washington
Missouri River
Sioux City
Port Benton
Dawson County
New England
Sherif
Tom Irvine
Custer
Tom
Custer County
Silent Canyon
Canyon of Mystery
Irvine
Devil
Lost Cabin
Cc. P. Blakely
Gallatin County
Thomas R. Edwards
Bozeman
D.g
Fort Benton
Benton
Tom Healy
Gallatin
Warren
Mr. Kemper
Butte
John R. Quigley
Deer Lodge
Maria Higgins
Missoula
Our Country Right or Wrong Patriotism at Harvard oration
Dr William Everett delivers the Phi Beta Kappa oration at Harvard’s commencement arguing against indiscriminate patriotism. He condemns blind support of war and urges citizens to judge wars by right and wrong, honoring humanity and divinity above national loyalty. He cites historical wars and cautions against imperial absorption and national vanity.
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William Everett
Harvard University
France
Germany
Mr. Webster
Mr. Clay
General Grant
Grant
Greece
Rome
Spain
Macaulay
Feld
Prince Albert
England
Lord North
Fox
Howe
Long Island
Napoleon
Chicago
Johnstown
India
Lueda
Caesar
Pompey
Russia
Marshal Davoust
Xerxes
Persia
Athens
League
Aristides
Egypt
Sparta
Macedonia
Governor Sidney Edgerton and Montana Territory Birth
In 1864 Congress created the Montana Territory and appointed Sidney Edgerton as its governor with a June 2 commission signed by Lincoln. The article notes his brief tenure, family connections in Montana, and his key role alongside Idaho governor Wallace in shaping Montana’s boundary, favoring the Coeur d’Alene range, leaving rich mining lands to Montana.
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Congress
Territory of
Montana
Sidney Edgerton
Territory
Lincoln
Edgerton
M. Be, Plassman
Great Falls
W. F. Sanders
Thomas Francis Meagher
Akron
Ohio
John C. Fremont
Idaho
Washington
Wallace
Butte
Missoula
West Side
Rocky Mountains
Coeur d'Alene
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Hagein
Sivan
Leigh Hunt
Hugh M'Quade
Cayuse
Rickards
Richards
Merriam
Union
Texas
California
Treasure State
Iig
Colonel McQuaid
Standard
Pacific
Central Committee of State and County
Massene Bullard
Matty
S.C. Gilpatrick
First National Bank
Montanese
Billy Goat
William
Erin
Billy
Chaw-the
Yellowstone
DR. Everett
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