Hangmans Tree Legend and the Doctor Who Destroyed It
Florence M. Lemert recounts the Hangman's Tree at Last Chance Gulch in Helena, Montana. Dr. Shippen, who cut down the tree in 1875 amid mob threats, faced enduring scorn and later revealed motives, while the tale links the landmark to frontier law, memory, and a lasting cultural drama.
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Florence M. Lemert
Montana
Helena
East Chance Gulch
Dry Gulch
Shippen
Shipson
Butte
Hangman
Wesley Chapel
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Oregon
Doctor Shippen
Choteau Girl Wins Manhattan Week in New York Contest
Miss Erma Young, 21, a senior at Intermountain Union College Great Falls, won a week in New York as first prize in a Panhellenic House contest. She toured landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and Metropolitan Opera, filmed a studio interview, and contemplated a future in acting. Her prize included $100 and an arranged itinerary impressing press attention. She is the daughter of a Choteau lumber company manager.
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Erma Young
Intermountain Union College
Great Falls
Manhattan
New York
Panhellenic House Association
Beekman Tower Hotel
Miss Young
Fannie Hurst
H. V. Kaltenborn
Lyman Beecher Stowe
Thomas Wolfe
Metropolitan Opera House
A. Barton Hepburn
Young
Slender
Choteau
State's Destiny Decided in Napoleon Bonaparte Tale
In a historically framed note, Napoleon Bonaparte, famed owner of drained Mississippi lands in 1805, is depicted as deciding to sell his holding to the United States while described in a bath tub scene. The item presents as a curious historical vignette linking land drainage and territorial transfer.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Mississippi
United States
Napoleon and the Bathroom Quarrel Decision that Shaped Montana
The article recounts Napoleon Bonaparte’s 1805 decision to sell Louisiana to the United States. It details the Paris dispute among his brothers, the tubside argument that influenced the sale, and how Monroe and Livingston facilitated the treaty signed April 30, 1803. Congress ratified the purchase October 17, 1803, enabling Lewis and Clark’s 1804 westward expedition.
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Walter ED Taylor
Montana
United States
Napoleon Bonaparte
France
America
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Napoleon
Atlantic
England
Thomas Jefferson
Robert R. Livingston
James Monroe
Livingston
Jefferson
Monroe
Paris
Lucien
Joseph
Congress
Lewis and Clark
Fraudulent Stock Salesmen Target of Proposed Law
Helena lawyer Sherman W. Smith has submitted a proposed bill to the state attorney general aiming to redefine grand larceny in Montana so convictions of fraudulent stock sellers are easier. Smith, former Lewis and Clark county attorney, argues current law has loopholes and his measure seeks broader protection for investors.
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Sherman W. Smith
Helena
Raymond T. Nagle
Montana
Lewis and Clark County
Smith
Stay Granted in Nelson Contempt Appeal Case
Chief Justice Sands grants John W. Nelson a stay of execution and allows appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Nelson, once Helena editor of The Western Progressive, was held in contempt for publishing an article accusing Montana justices of upholding bank fraud. he received one day in jail and the paper was fined 250 dollars, the fine paid.
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W. B. Sands
Montana Supreme Court
John W. Nelson
Helena
W. D. Rankin
United States Supreme Court
Nelson
Sands
The
Western Progressive
Oldtimers of Musselshell Valley Spin Farcical Tales
Oldtimers recounts in Roundup, Musselshell county, legends from gumbo flat circus spills to loco weed whisky. Wagon Wheel John explored Musselshell in 1876, while Roundup’s first postmaster James McMillan built the county’s first cabin in 1872. Cattle outfits, open range days, and later town leadership mark Roundup’s history.
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Musselshell
Jamaica
Musselshell County
Sidehhill
John Zimmerman
Wagon Wheel John
Musselsheil
Deadwood
Fort Benton
Roundup
Wagon Wheel
John
Half Breed Creek
James McMillan
Dude E
79 Ranch
Northern Pacific
Montana
Musselshell Valley
Buffalo
Wyo
J. W. Newton
Hart Bar Hranch
W. K. Quarles
F. . Wall
H. E. Marshall
L. R. Carrol
Mat Polich
Mike Sklien
August Schrump
George Handel
Texas
John Chandler
Bull Mountains
Kentucky
Missouri
First Park Story Printed From Yellowstone Visit 1866
In 1866 George Huston and Virginia City travelers explored the Yellowstone area visiting Yellowstone Lake and Livingstone. They stopped at Yellowstone City where journalist Freeman interviewed Huston and sent his account to the Omaha Herald, published then but doubted until 1872 when geysers gained acceptance. Freeman is noted as Park county’s first journalist reporter.
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Walter ED Taylor
Yellowstone National Park
Omaha Herald
Omaha
Neb
Yellowstone Park
Jim Bridger
Yellowstone
John Colter
George Huston
Park County
Virginia City
Madison River
Park Region
Yellowstone Lake
Yellowstoneake
Livingston
Yellowstone City
Yellowstone Valley
R. I. Freeman
Freeman
Cliff house carved from solid rock in Farreltown
A state landmark, the cliff house at Farreltown is hewn from solid rock high above a cliff base. The NF ranch original by Lord Clifton and Lord Lowther remains, with the Yellow Earl’s four mile east Musselshell river log house famed in the 1890s for English thoroughbreds. The owners once faced a piano delivery challenge and guests included notable English peers who dined at a revolving table dining room.
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Farreltown
Lord Clifton
Lord Lowther
Nowne
England
Christmas Tree Company Opens in Eureka for Eighth Year
In western Montana heat, a Eureka firmado tree firm began its eighth season placing a district manager in charge. Regional offices set up to arrange stumpage contracts and cutting over two months. England uses 152 eggs per person and Canada 304 per person annually.
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Montana
Eureka
England
Canada
Greenough Wins World Title at Cheyenne Frontier Days
Turk Greenough of Red Lodge captures his fourth frontier days world champion bronc title at Cheyenne on the bay stallion V-8, after a spectacular ride that nets him substantial prize money and adds to his earlier 1933 and 1936 titles.
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Cheyenne
Turk Greenough
Red Lodge
Predator balance replaces bounty system says Montana official
Kenneth F. MacDonald, Montana state fish and game warden, urged a uniform county rate for predators at the Western Fish and Game association meeting in San Francisco. He argued bounties are ineffectual and cited Idaho’s 10 year practice of paying bounties, then dropping them, as inverse proof of balance. He noted Montana cattlemen fund bounties and that 14,000 coyotes were killed in 1935 at $2 each.
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Kenneth F. MacDonald
Montana
Idaho
MacDonald
Phillips County Plans Well for Malta Gas Supply
Phillips County to drill a well near Malta courthouse to 1800 feet if a 30000 cubic feet daily supply can be secured. County will pay 3000 dollars for drilling, own the well, and use gas for courthouse heating if adequate. Saco municipal well supplies residents and funds the city. All metal airliners can be struck by lightning without damage.
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Phillips County
Malta
Board of County Commissioners
Saco
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Choteau Girl
N’york
Hangman’s Tree
William West
California Chamber of Commerce
Symes Medical
P. O. Montana
Symes
Missoula
E. M. Moran & Company Gentlemen’s Tailors
Minneapolis, Minn
Mercury
Greenough
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining CO. Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
General Electric
General Electric Supply Corp
Butte, Montana
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