Ancestral picnics and town legends of Butte
Anecdotes recall Butte childhood outings near Yankee Doodle gulch and rail yards. A bear incident during a 1867 picnic, old bridges on Missoula gulch, and tales of early families, Chinamen in Rocker, and a salt wagon rescue highlight a era of frontier community life.
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Butte
Dave Upton
Hank Young
Bill Owsley
Simon Hauswirth
Doc Beal
Meaderville
Yankee Doodle Gulch
Youngs
Noyeses
Silver Bow County
Judge Kirkwood
Salt Lake
Rocker
Chinatown
Blue Bird Company
Joss House
Mssoula Gulch
West Park Street
Missoula Gulch
Tales by the Old Northern Montana Pencil Pusher
A long reminiscence in a Helena era catches glimpses of Montana life. A Great Falls telephonist rescues a gasoline blaze, stories of early match and cracker factories, dream myths, and a Kalispell postal union quip mix with schoolroom chaff about a Stay-In club.
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Washington
Georgetown
Mount Vernon
George Washington
The
Potomac
Masonic Brothers
Vaut
United States
Montana
Gem Restaurant
Great Falls
Fire Department
Central
L. E. Foster
Helena
Roberts
California
Richard Lockey
Caddie Mathie Gorum’s “It micht hae been waur” Witty Exchange
A London St James Gazet te recounts golf caddie Mathie Gorum from St Andrews who consoles a poor shot with a remark. His clergyman master, to quiet flattery, says he dreamt of a torture pit, prompting the caddie’s cool retort It micht hae been true.
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London
St. James
Mathie
Tobacco Blindness Noted By London Health Reports
Tobacco blindness is described as a rising affliction in London health notes. It begins as color blindness with smokers unable to distinguish red shades, a test known as the cal test, while a scientific method exists to diagnose the condition.
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Butte
Helena
London
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Navor Stevens
Missoula
Wyormid
the Navy
WH -Moovi
Jack Lavell
Hunter’s Hot Springs
Jack
Lexington Mill
Main Street
Jack Butler
Mint
Jack Lovell
Mike O'Meara
Mike
Broadway
Butler
Lexington
Lexington Hill
Tommy Rogan
Joseph Sinsel
Ulster County Gazette
Kingston
McKinley
Congress
John Adams
Gazette
Jim Smith
Old Man Weir
Rodney Street
Colonel Hedges
Weir
Jim
Match Factory
Kalispell
Havre
Spokane
Mark Tapley
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