Birney Settlers Readied for War as Indian Uprising Fears Rose
In May 1897 Birney residents faced rumors of an Indian uprising after a sheepherder found killed nearby. Men prepared to meet hostiles along Otter creek while families fled to the O W ranch. Word of surrender came, and the community returned home safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birney
O. W
Mra
Grace Brewster-Arnold
Lucy
Nellie
Jesse James
Lame Deer
George
Eula Kendrick
John
Ben Sheirs
Sheridan
Slim Smith
Old Issue Tells of 8th Annual Fair in Montana Territory
A Madisonian clippings bundle from Nov 23 1878 documents the 8th Annual Fair of the Montana Agricultural, Mineral and Mechanical Association in Helena. It notes divers ads from New North-West and New York Ledger, Calamity Jane origins, and a Harvey’s parlor act promising fun with military and frontier lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
Madisonian
New York Ledger
Harvey
McBurney House
English officer visits Montana on cattle shipping plan
Capt. Bedford Pim of the English Royal Navy and Capt. Silas Bent meet at the Inter Ocean hotel with Col. George W. Thompson and H. M. Taylor to discuss cattle shipping routes from Montana to England. Pim outlines a Manitoba to Fort Churchill trail, Meant to open three Arctic months annually, with rail or road options and political feasibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter Ocean Hotel
Bedford Pim
Royal Navy
Silas Bent
St. Louis
Col
George W. Thompson
Trinidad
Colo
H. M. Taylor
Bureau of Animal Industry
Texas
Pim
Bent
Yellowstone
Resolute
Arctic
Sir John Franklin
Nicaraagua Canal
Panama
Mons. de Lessep
Frelinghuysen
Miles City
Northern Ranges
United States
England
Montana
Manitoba
Fort Churchill
Hudson Bay
Liverpool
Indian Head
Northern Pacific
Fort York
Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Captain Pim
Atlantic
Dominion
State Pioneers Meet In South
In 1880 a Montana emigrant recalls crossing Musselshell country toward Judith Basin and burning a cabin during a snow storm. He meets contractor Bryant in Los Angeles fifty years later and reflects on life, outlaws, and Charley Russell’s calendar artistry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Barrows
Shankin Creek
Ubet Valley
Los Angeles
Santa Fe Railroad
Bryant
Montana
Prickly Pear Creek
Marysville
Northern Pacific
Musselshell
Canyon Ferry
Diamond City
Fort Logan
White Sulphur
Copperopolis
Martinsdale
Charley Russell
Charley
Helena Death Probe Advances With Witness Appeal
Authorities in Lewis and Clark county report little progress in solving the death of Charles P. Bruce 35 a state worker killed in a hit and run or possibly an assault. They seek information from witnesses including two youths who saw a fight near a dance hall before Bruce was found and say he was buried in Helena with a Masonic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Lewis and Clark County
Charles P. Bruce
Bruce
North Carolina Apple Crop Drops 37 Percent From 1933
A state agricultural department survey shows the 1934 apple harvest reaching 3,300,000 bushels, down 37 percent from 1933. The decrease reflects weather and market conditions affecting growers across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
State Agricultural Department
Widow of Gen Custer Bequeaths War Relics to State Museum
Elizabeth Bacon Custer the widow of General George A. Custer left an estate of 130884.43 in surrogate court filings with City Bank Farmers Trust as administrator. She died April 4 1933 at 91. Her will leaves portraits arms uniforms and war trophies to a public museum to be built on the Little Bighorn battlefield in Montana and bequests commissions in the U S Army to governments. some signed by Lincoln and Jackson. It also includes a toweling flag of truce used at Appomattox. Boy Scouts of Scotland launch an anti war campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Bacon Custer
George A. Custer
City Bank Farmers Trust Company
Cutter
Chase
Little Big Horn
Montana
Custer
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Appomattox
Callaway urges legislative drafting bureau for Montana lawmaking
Chief Justice Lew L. Callaway in his biennial report to Gov. Cooney urges the creation of a legislative drafting service within the legislative reference bureau to assist in bill preparation. He cites Congress and Wisconsin as models and warns that many laws fail or are struck down due to poor drafting and chronic underfunding of the law library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative
Montana
Lew L. Callaway
Montana Supreme Court
Frank H. Cooney
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Reference Bureau
Legislative Drafting Service
Congress
Wisconsin Reference Bureau
Vessio
Law Library
Assembly
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Mr. Brewster
O. W. Ranch
Massachusetts
Bill Henderson
Wyo
Burlington
Mr. la Bonta
Cascade
Ben Roberts
Cheyenne
Madgisonian
Virginia City
J. E. Higgins
Liberty Company
Madison County
Thomas Deymarmon
Thomas Baker
Washburne
Galesburg
Sixth Infantry
Mill Springs
Zollicoffer
Rexs
Louise Vaughn
Committee On Foods of the American Medical
South
James R. Barrows
Boy Scouts of Scotland
LAW Drafting Bureau Urged
Virginia Dare Wine
Virginia Dare
Garrett & Company
Third Avenue
Brooklyn
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