Encounter in Otter Creek Valley Ends in Sheep Slaughter
In Otter Creek valley southeastern Montana a cattlemen sheep conflict of the 1880s culminated in the massacre of 2,500 sheep after armed assailants beat and killed the flock with clubs. The attack left no witnesses and the culprits never identified as Montana’s cattle interests solidified control of the range.
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Otter Creek
Montana
Miontana Lou” Grill
Otter Creek Valley
Gettlers
Miles City
Lou” Grill
Ashland
Tongue River
Wyoming
Yellowstone River
John Daut
R. E. Selway
Daut
Selway
Bear Creek
Brandenburg
Vangasken
Overstocked Yellowstone ranges spark regional rally to bar new stock
The notice signed by multiple cattle company leaders states Yellowstone and tributaries are fully stocked with cattle and horses and warns against placing any more stock after April 19 1866. Roundup District 13 declares the Yellowstone range overstocked and rejects new admissions to protect existing stock. An ensuing mood of alarm spreads as communities discuss further action.
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Montana
Dawson County
Concord Cattle Company
Yellowstone
Powder Rivers
Mizpah
Cottonwood
Locate
Cole Creeks
William F. Thayer
Eric Coggshall
I. and W. Livestock Company
G. W. Myers
J. M. Holt
Mizpah Livestock Company
B. K. Holt
Illinois and Montana Cattle Company
Gibb Brothers
van Valkenburgh and Remington
Evans Brothers
B. F. Ferris
W. F. Scoggin
T. D. Ranch Company
David Bickle
Yellowstone Association
Yellowstone Range
Jigsaw Puzzle Row Triggers Disturbance Case
Donald Doe of Butte was arrested on a disturbance charge after an argument over dinner. He told Judge Louis Buckley he had become the household chamber maid since marriage. He described his wife solving a jigsaw puzzle while he demanded dinner and threatened to push the puzzle off the table. The judge imposed a suspended $10 fine.
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Mah Jong
Donald Doe
Butte
Louis Buckley
Buckley
Doe
New Year and War News Tilt Glasgow Column
A Glasgow columnist notes Japan at war with China and Berlin bloodshed, reports an earthquake in South Africa and storms at home, and ends with the arrival of the income tax collector, framing a year of upheaval and taxation looming.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Japan
China
Berlin
South Africa
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Logging Creek
Powder River Divide
Powder River
Dixon
Home Creek
East Fork
Home Ranch
Three Mile
Ten Mile Creek
Fifteen Mile Creek
Egypt
Valley of the Nile
A Bayer
Bayer
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