Tommy Haw the white Chinaman of Beaverhead County
The story follows Tommy Haw, a Chinese deported into white society in Beaverhead county, adopted by William Orr after surviving a massacre. He built wealth through cattle, sheep, and mining ventures in Montana, notably the Copper Queen, before dying in 1913. His will favored Mrs. George Gray of Dillon. he is honored as the whitest Chinese by Beaverhead residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine CG. Orr
Tommy Haw
Beaverhead County
California
Yereka
Calif
Phillip H. Poindexter
Virginia
William C. Orr
Ohio
Montana
Thomas Orr
William Orr
Orr Ranch
Tommy Orr
Poindexter
Orr
Cook
Joseph Shineberger
O. C
William Jones
Copper Queen
Harry
T. E. Poindexter
Boston
Dan Grant
Ed Ripley
Haw
B. F. White
George Gray
Dillon
United States
Pioneer Billman Listed As Bannack to Livingston Miner
Andrew Billman a 1838 Ohio native who died in Big Timber is described as a pioneer of Bannack Virginia City Ophir Ophir gulch and other Montana placer camps. He hunted gold in Pike’s Peak 1859 worked mines in Colorado then moved via Bannack to Alder Gulch Bozeman Livingston and the Gallatin valley filing ranch claims and enduring thefts and shifts before moving to the Bitterroot region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Billman
Big Timber
Bannack
Virginia City
Montana
Colorado
Fostoria
Ohio
Michigan
Iowa City
Iowa
Pike’s Peak
Denver
Fort Bridger
Salt Lake City
Billman
Alder Gulch
Mont
Avalanche Gulch
Helena
Blackfoot City
Ophir Gulch
Diamond City
Gallatin Valley
Bozeman
Boveman City
Jack Mendenhall
Bridger Creek Canyon
Sour Dough Creek
Sour Dough
Thresher
Yellowstone Valley
Yellowstone
East Fork
Cooke City
National Park
Livingston
Bitter Root
Glasgow to dedicate port and hold triple-barreled Fourth
Glasgow plans a three day Fourth of July festival with an aerial show at the municipal airport directed by Paul Quinn, stunts by Tex Rankin, a downtown carnival under the American Legion, prize fights, and a visit to inspect the Fort Peck project on the Missouri River. Over 3,000 workers will be on site as grading and surfacing near completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Hocking
Glasgow
Paul Quinn
Tex Rankin
Portland
Ore
American Legion
Fort Peck
Missouri
Rankin
Miles City Meeting to Discuss Graphic Arts Code
Montana publishers and editors will gather in Miles City from August 30 to September 1 for their annual convention. The group plans an educational study of the graphic arts code to inform newspaper owners and print shops of its advantages. President L. E. Flint leads the Montana code authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State Press Association
Miles City
L. E. Flint
Livingston
Montana Code Authority
Henry Weare
Chester
Graphic Arts Code Authority For
Flint
Water Mains Construction Progress At Cut Bank District
Laying and trenching of water mains are advancing across the Cut Bank residential area. Upon completion most residents will have water service. Many well built houses are rising as a large labor force works on the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cut Bank
Bozeman Eyes 360 Acre Huffine Lane Airport Purchase
A proposal from the Bozeman Chamber of Commerce airport committee asks the city commission to buy 360 acres along Huffine Lane for use as a public airfield. The submission signals planning for a new airport site in Bozeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman Bay
Bozeman
City Commission
PWA Funds Dormitory Project at North ern Montana College
The Public Works Administration approves a 200000 loan for a dormitory on the campus of North ern Montana college in Washington. The report notes the school at Thorpe Malor England has lost a third of its pupils after one family left, and details an upcoming air show with multiple events and plans to secure army planes for Glasgow maneuvers, plus completion of a new all steel hangar and runway improvements at the airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PWA
Northern Montana College
Public Works Administration
Washington
Thorpe Malor
England
Quinn
Glasgow
Billings Special School Election Endorses 8-Mill Levy
In Billings a special school election approved an 8-mill levy to buy material for a proposed Melstone school addition. The measure nearly swept the vote and clears the way for a $25,000 new wing at the Melstone school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Melstone School
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Trinidad
Shanghai-Canton Air Mail
Aisi Ees
Brand
Charles M
U.S
Carson
Queen's War
Montana: Newspaper Association
Great Falls, Montana
Harry A. Hansen
West Superior St
Duluth, Minn
Intermountain
Union Pacific
Greyhound
Miles
Edmonton
Alta
Calgary
Lethbridge
Coutts
Great Falls
Welena
Mont. Helena
Butte
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Pocatello
Utah
Los Angeles
Anaconda
Philipsburg
Missoula
Kalispell
Ly. Missoula
Spokane, Wash
Territorial
Pike's Peak Country
W. P. Pilgeram
Beaudry
The
Glasgow Courier
Northern Grill
Northern Hotel
Lydia E. Pinkham
Peppe
Vigor
Doan
Foster-Milburn
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
General Electric
General Electric Supply Corporation
Distributors
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