Mineral County Early Gold Camps Shifted Fast But Stakes Were Made
Prospecting tales from Mineral County recount early gold camps along the Mullan road. Key figures include Andy Leonard and Treffly LaCasse, with stories of Alberton, Silver City, and St. Regis house. The Cayuse creek strike by Barrette and Lanthier triggered a stampede toward gold, shaping frontier travel and settlements.
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Mineral County
William West
Andy Leonard
Treffly LaCasse
Missoula
R. McCrudden
Kid
Saltese
Brown
Alberts
Frenchtown
Clark’s Fork
Columbia River
Alberton
John Mullan
Mullan
Fort Benton
Walla Walla
Clark's Fork
St. Regis
Mullan Road
McCabe
Peter Rabbit
Mullan's Gulch
Rothschilds
Superior
St. Regis House
Packer Creek
Meyers
Silver City
Colonel Meyers
Idaho
Continental Divide
Pacific Coast
Yellowstone
Louis A. Barrette
California
Old St. Joe
Barrette
Couer d'Alene
Montana
Barette
Cedar Creek
Cayuse Creek
Monsieur Lanthier
Rube Latimer
Montana Cedar Creek Gold Camps Stirred Masses of Prospectors
The Cedar Creek mining era drew up to 10 000 men to Missoula area placer finds from 1870 to 1873. Forest City grew into a bustling camp with stores, a Wells Fargo office, and saloons, then faded as Mayville rose briefly before emptying.
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Missoula
Cedar Creek
Montana
Louisville
Forest City
Wells Fargo Express
Alder Gulch
Cedar Creek Placers
Mayville
Chinee
China
Louis Barrette
Frenchtown
Cedar Creek Placer Mining Co
Paradise
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific Railroad
Mineral County
Old Silver City
Lothrop
Sumor
DeBorgia
St. Regis
St. Regis DeBorgia
Idaho
Saltese
Little Bitter Root Mountains
Tenderfoot
Pullman Strike Echoes in Livingston and Mineral County
The 1894 Pullman strike disrupted Livingston with 13 days of halted rail service and martial law rumors. Aguarded train arrival sparked a stabbing, arrest efforts blocked by martial law, and many locals joined or watched the unrest. The era also recalls Coxey’s Army visits, mining camps, and Mineral County’s boom towns and 1910 forest fire memories.
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West
Walter ED Taylor
Livingston
Pullman
Northern Pacific
American Railway Union
Pullman Co
Wes
Mileshall
Albermarle
Yellowstone Park
Bozeman
Livington
Conrow
Park County
Captain Lockwood
Lockwood
Coxey’s Army
Godspeed
Montana
Mineral County
Boot Hill
Saltese
Doughboy Story Published as Supplementary Reader
A Montana doughboy’s life with a supply company behind the lines is issued by Cax ton Printers Caldwell Ida for grammar grades. Written by the late Carl Noble of Grass Range who served in France, the book is edited by Grace Stone Coates with a foreword.
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Montana
Caxton
Caldwell
Ida
Carl Noble
Grass Range
France
Veterans’ Hospital
Fort Harrison
Noble
Spokane
Fort Russell
Billings
Moccasin
Sveningson
Goodby
Hillstrand
Great Falls
Lewistown
Ben Moulton
Ben
Carl
Bing
Grass Range Review
Meuse
Argonne
St. Mihiel
Cortland, O
Grace Stone Coates
New Bridger Geyser Dethrones Norris Fan at Park
In Norris Geyser Basin a new vent named Jim Bridger erupts for up to 45 minutes, drawing attention and water away from the long time Fan geyser as it steals the show amid Yellowstone visitors and comparisons to the famed Bridger nickname.
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Jim Bridger Geyser
Spouter
Jim Bridger
Yellowstone Park
Norris Geyser
Bridger
Norris
Pang Asea Seca
Post Toasties Battle Cry Ad Promises Crunchy Breakfast
A vintage Post Toasties ad features Melvin Purvis touting the cereal as the better corn flakes. It claims the cereal is made from sweet corn hearts and toasted double crisp to stay crunchy in milk or cream.
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Melvin Purvis
America
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