Montana Stud Poker Epic Ends With $15,000 Pot
In Helena, during a 21 day Stud poker game in 1894, Swede Sam Wallin’s gambling house hosted a three week long session with $50,000 in chips on the table at times and a peak pot of $15,000. Notable players included Swede Louis, Little Harry Woolridge, Brocky Pete, and a cattleman who later held a federal Alaska post. The house charged no takeoff, earning from card decks and drinks as spectators watched the high stakes games in a famed Northwest venue.
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Montana
Sam” Wallin
Helena
Sam
Louis
Harry” Woolridge
San Francisco
Brocky Pete
United States
Alaska
Sam’s
Northwest
Brocky
Last Chance Gulch
Butte
King & Lowery’s
Combination
Butte Hotel
Gambling Degenerates and Big Pots Across Early Montana
An 1880s Montana chronicle recalls high stakes poker rooms in Helena Butte and Billings. Swede Sam and Swede Sam’s clubs dominate the era with pots reaching 50 000 to 106 000 while other gamblers like Silas King Billy Engstrom and Jack Waite ride fortunes and losses through a string of tales from Butte to Billings and Couer d Alene.
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Silas King
King & Lowery
Butte
Billy Engstrom
King
Sam
Engstrom
Jack Waite
United States
Couer d'Alene
Idaho
Jack
Charley Mitchell
Missoula
Helena
Billings
Kentucky
N. C. Batchelor
H. Clark Co
Batchelor
Crow Nation Triumph at Little Big Horn in 1817 Clash
The article recalls an 1817 battle at Little Big Horn where Crow warriors repelled a large Assinniboine raid. It describes a staged omen test, the Crow village nearby, fierce hand to hand fighting, and the decisive Crow victory with two prisoners executed. It notes lasting fear of large Assinniboine forays after the defeat.
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Little Big Horn
Custer
Reno
Northwest
Montana
Yellowstone
Big Horn
Clarks Fork
Assinniboines
Crow Country
Bayer Aspirin Provides Quick Relief for Neuritis Pains
Ad touts Bayer Aspirin as dissolving rapidly on moisture to act almost instantly against headaches neuralgia and neuritis. Claims millions seek Bayer by name to ensure genuine product. Price listed 15 cents for a dozen tablets.
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Salt Lake City
Murphy
House
Crow” Davis
Davis
Sawa
Ucastas
Anaconda
Dan Heffron
William Casper
John Pyke
John Cannivan
Pat Dilane
Monty
Bill Corniell
George Stull
Barney Gillson Ott Whitney
John Evans
Railway Express
Frontier
Frontier Raw Fur Corp
West 27Th St
Little Big Horn Valley
Frank Rugeman
Manhattan
Montana State Experiment Station
Huskies
Larry
Buster” Crabbe
Ioc
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