Routine Recital of Wilbur Sanders Montana Pioneer
Wilbur Fisk Sanders born in Leon New York May 18 pursued law after teaching. He moved to Akron Ohio 1854 served in Civil War rising to first lieutenant in 64th Ohio and helped prosecute George Ives in Virginia City Montana Vigilante justice in 1863 marked by Sanders bold call for hanging Ives. He later held Montana political roles, led territorial legislature sessions, and inspired statues and historical notes.
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Wilbur Fisk Sanders
Leon
Cattaraugus County
Akron
Ohio
Sixty-Fourth
Ohio Regiment
Forsythe
Nashville
Montana
Sanders
Washington
Territory
Territorial
Congress
United States
Colonel Sanders
Thomas Power
Power
Senate
Legislative Assembly
Sanders County
Tribute to Col Sanders in the Alder Gulch era
An account recalling Col W F Sanders, a fearless Northwest figure, who prosecuted the Ives murder case in Nevada near Virginia City in 1863. The open trial before miners and a 24 member jury led to Ives’s conviction and hanging, with Sanders delivering a powerful appeal for law and order amid frontier violence.
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Col
W. F. Sanders
Colonel Sanders
Great Northwest
Virginia City
Alder Gulch
Alder
George Ives
Alex. Carter
Don L. Byam
Charles 8. Baggs
Alexander Davis
J. M. Thurmond
H. P.A. Smith
Ives
Nevada
W. H. Patton
Carter
Sanders
Henry Plummer
Col Sanders and Vigilantes in Montana Tale of Rope and Fire
An eyewitness account describes Colonel Sanders surviving an attempted rear assault by robbers. A pistol fired as they emerged. Sanders helped form a vigilante group that pursued and hanged several gang members in Bannack and Virginia City. The narrative praises Sanders as fearless, honest, and devoted to order, detailing his long fight against criminal bands and his lasting fame in pioneer Montana.
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Georgeves
Ives
Colonel Sanders
Charles 8
Alexander Davis
J. M.thurmond
W. Y. Pemberton
Meclure
George Ives
Robie
Cornel Sandera
Sanders
Plummer Gank
Virinia City
Boone Helm
Jack Gallagher
Hays Lyons
Frank Parish
Clubfoot George
Rother
Montana
Butte
Reckless herder tied to Montana crimes and murder
The subject, a young six foot miner with blue eyes, led a double life as a dealer in deception and murder across mining settlements along the Salmon river after working as a government mule herder at Walla Walla. He rose to infamy through gambling and a rapid downward course.
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Ishonesty
Walla Walla
Washington Territory
Salmon River
Montana
The Story of George Ives and Montana's Robber King
The history recalls George Ives as a feared Montana bandit tied to Nicholas Tebalt's murder. The tale follows Tebalt’s death, Palmer discovering the body, and the Nevada posse capturing Ives in a cliffside tale of crime, bravado, and a wild frontier pursuit ending in trial talk and racing bravado.
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George Ives
Montana
Ives
Murster
Nicholas Tiebalt
Tebalt
Tres
Burtchy & Clark
Tle- Datt
Thebalt
Nevada
Wiliam Palmer
Passamarl
Tiebatt
Wicklup
John Franck
Long John
George Hilderman
John
Palmer
The Tribute of a Pioneer in Montana's Vigilance Era
An 1863 Aldergulch December scene recalls a trial in Virginia City and the execution of George Ive. Colonel Sanders prosecutes for miners, denounces murderers, and embodies the era that formed Montana’s vigilance committee amidst Plummer’s criminal network and early territorial politics led by Edgerton.
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Aldergulch
Virginia City
Nevada City
George Ive
Montana
Sanders
Colonel Sanders
Akron
Ohio
Sidney Bidgerton
Territory of
Idaho
Edgerton
Bannack
Territory
Globe
Henry Plummer
Plummer
Montana’s Debt to The Pioneer Women
A quotation from Colonel Sanders at the dedication of the state capitol honors pioneer women. It praises their courage, devotion, and fortitude in settling Montana, noting their role in beautifying homes, bearing burdens, and strengthening the state’s foundations amid hardship and struggle.
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Colonel Sanders
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Rocky Mountains
A. K. ‘McClure
Ufe
Fort Benton
Neveds
Red" Grove
Racine County
Wisconsin
California
Trowpriage
Old Virginia City
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Hranused
Tiebalt
Tibalt
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