Death ends interesting career of W Dixon Ellis in New York
The obituary traces W Dixon Ellis’s Montana ventures and Walsh Basin era, noting his ranch at the Winged Crescent and Briggs & Ellis cattle affairs. It recounts his hospitality to visiting New York guests, his brash buying style, and his early life sharing adventures from Dillon to Yellowstone with friends like Curley Rogers and Al Brush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Dixon Ellis
New York
Briggs
Henry
County Board of Commissioners
George T. Lamport
Red Lodge
Pennsylvania
Ellis
Cort Ranch
Boulder River
Minneapolis
Wyoming
Stinkingwater Country
Cody
Beartooth Mountains
Lodge Pole Trail
Mr. Claflin
B. F. (Curley) Rogers
Yellowstone Park
Curley Rogers
John Chapman
Mr. Leckler
al Brush
G. Deforest Brush
New Rochelle
Rocky Mountains
Briggs & Ellis Company
Thomas Kent
Crow Indian Agency
Johnny Downey
Yellowstone River
Big Timber
Montana
Colson
Billings
Forsyth
Union Pacific Railroad
Falls
Mammoth Hot Springs
Fort Ells
Bozeman
Butte
Lord Dunraven
B. F
Curley) Rogers
Livingston
Bert
Claflin
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jackson Hole
Yellowstone flows fall well below 1939 levels across region
U S Geological Survey engineer W A Blenkarn reports Yellowstone and many southeast Montana streams at only half to a third of August 1939 flows. Billings measured 1610 cfs vs 3380 in 1939. Miles City 2000 cfs vs 6200. Flash floods distorted several gauges and soil moisture limited runoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone River
W. A. Blenkarn
U. S. Geological Survey
Billings
Miles City Ave
Blenkarn
Associated Press
Montana
Powder River
Little Missouri River
Little Powder River
Alzada
Locate
Little Beaver Creek
Marmarth
Rosebud Creek
Rosebud
Big Horn River
St. Xavier
London Air Raid Toll in Six Hour Nazi Assault
A six hour raid around London and nearby towns left immense damage and casualties. German forces dropped hazardous devices while anti aircraft defenses and searchlights clashed across Fleet Street and suburbs. Berlin reported a second raid as Britain retaliated with air losses and local destruction.
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London
Fleet Street
Associated Press
Channel
Midlands
Folkestone
England
Air Ministry
RAF
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Folkstone
Berlin
Dienst Aus Deutschland
English Channel
Deal
Canterbury
Cambridge
Tunbridge
British Air Ministry
Montana Attorney General Denies Slot Concession Bribe
Helena Aug 26 Attorney General Harrison J Freebourn testified he never took money or favors from Joe K Hart or anyone else to allow a slot machine monopoly in Montana He described a 1937 meeting with Hart and said he rejected the bribery offer He also noted a fortune teller's prediction and stressed he would not be used in a frame up in his federal income tax evasion trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Harrison J. Freebourn
Joe K. Hart
Montana
Freebourn
Hart
Hart Novelty Company
Everett
Wash
Great Falls
Attorney General’s Office
Butte
Harold Anderson
Freebourn Wevet
William McCrone
McCrone
Treasury Department
United States Supreme Court
Ate W. Mitchell
Ate
Eight Tribes Gather for Eighteenth Crow Indian Fair
Crow Agency Aug 26 eight tribes from Oklahoma to Oregon attend the opening day of the eighteenth Crow Indian fair. Tim McCoy and Charley Belden helped open events with a buffalo feast and photo coverage while Yellowtail urged visitors to attend.
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Crow Agency
Crows
Tim McCoy
Oklahoma
Oregon
Charley Belden
Pitchfork
Wyo
National Geographic Society
Robert Yellowtail
Little Big Hot River
Crow Park
Rocky Mountain
North Dakota
South Dakota
Washington
Yellowtail
Belden
McCoy
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Sweet Grass County
Him
Yellowstone
Tongue River
Miles City
Great Britain
White Arm
Warrior
Joe Horse
Medicine Man
Vic Christen Sen
C. J. Ellingson
Motor Inn
Bear Creek and
Fromberg Coal
R.A. Traver
C.V. Mosier
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