Remembering Theodore Roosevelt Through Captain Hawkins Montana Tale
Captain James R. Hawkins known as Soda Water Jack recalls Roosevelt memory and a photograph gift to a local fiddler. Hawkins, born 1849 in Utica New York, joined the Texas Rangers in the 1870s before moving to Montana after 1896 and later served as sheriff.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Jack Hawkins
Miles City
Billings
Medora
North Dakota
William Hawkins
Colonel Roosevelt
Captain Hawkins
Teddy
Missouri
Roosevelt
Montana
James R. Hawkins
Texas
Jack
Jim
Hawkins
Utica
N. Y
Bannack
Mont
Omaha
Texas Rangers
Rufus Perry
Rangers
Francis S. Goss the Discoverer of Montana Quartz Mining Near Bannack
Francis S. Goss, discoverer of Montana's first quartz mining claim near Bannack in 1862, rises as a legendary pioneer. The account traces his fearless frontier feats, early contact with Henry Plummer’s gang, and role in Gold creek and Last Chance gulch beginnings that sparked Montana's mining era.
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Francis S. Goss
State
Bannack
Montana
Henry Plummer
Gold Creek
Grasshopper Gulch
Goss
Rocky” Ryan
Galena
Savanna
U. S. Grant
Missouri River
Emily
Fort Benton
Missouri
Samuel T. Hauser
Territorial
Walter B. Dance
Territory
Hauser
Dance
Salmon River
Idaho
Dead Man's Coulee
Last Chance Gulch
Helena
Bret Harte
Henry Thomas
Gold Tom
Pend d’Orecine
Granville Stuart
A. S. Blake
Perry W. McAdow
Dr. Atkinson
Pioneer Creek
Montana Gold Camp Tales From Pioneer City to Bannack
The article chroniclesgold rush era events at Pioneer City and Bannack in Montana. It covers arrivals of miners and steamboats in 1862, the first Vigilantes execution, the rise of lawlessness, the Plummer gang at Sun River, Electra Bryan influence, and Goss's escape as followers plotted thefts and raids along the Missouri and Bannack corridors.
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Gold Creek
Tom
Cottonwood Creek
Fort Benton
Samuel T. Hauser
Goss
Judge Dance
Jake Monthe
General Lyon
Wilson Creek
Montana
James Stuart
Salmon River
Idaho
William Arnett
C. W. Spillman
B. F. Jernigan
Elk City
Fox
Bull
Pioneer City
Pioneer
Arnett
Spillman
Jernigan
Granville Stuart
Corral
Sun River Stockade
Grasshopper Gulch
Bannack
Sun River Crossing
Sun River
Panuouakers
Plummer’s Return Sparks Old Life of Crime and Murder
The narrative follows Plummer’s relapse into outlaw life after serving as sheriff. He confronts rivals in Bannack and Virginia City, shoots Jack Cleveland in a quarrel over Miss Bryan at Sun River, and later marries Miss Bryan at St. Peter’s mission near Sun River.
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Morgan
Goss
Fort Benton
Bannack
Virginia City
Plummer
Jack Cleveland
Miss Bryan
Sun River
St. Peter's Mission
Plummer’s Brief Married Life and Stage Robbery Link
Goss reports that on the way to his wedding Plummer and Bill Bunton robbed a stage at the Dearborn Crossing and seized a sizable sum. Plummer’s marriage lasted briefly, though he was said to be a kind husband. In 1863 he sent his wife to Cedar Rapids with funds, promising to join her.
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Great Parls
Goss
Plummer
Bill Bunton
Dearborn Crossing
Cedar Rapids
Vail
Sun River
Bannack
Woolgrowers Convention Plans In Montana
A. J. Breitenstein of the Great Falls Chamber of Commerce is taking reservations for the Montana Woolgrowers Association annual convention in Great Falls January 16 17 and 18. The national woolgrowers meeting follows in Spokane January 21 22 and 23 with attendees traveling from Great Falls. The Montana Livestock Production Credit association will hold its annual meeting January 16 alongside the state Woolgrowers gathering.
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Woolmen of Montana
A. J. Breitenstein
Great Falls
Reappoint Dr Hawkins To Public Welfare Post In Helena
The state department of public welfare reappoints Dr Thomas L Hawkins of Helena as director of the division of services for crippled children for the coming year. I M Bradford administrator announces. Dr Hawkins will again serve on a part time basis after several months in the role.
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Hawkins
State Department of Public Welfare
Thomas Ll. Hawkins
Helena
I. M. Brandford
Montana Retail Sales Rise 19 Percent in 1939
The federal census bureau reports Montana retail sales in 1939 at 222 million dollars, up 19 percent from the prior year. The state lists 8,481 retail stores.
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Federal Census Bureau
Montana
Collective farms support 150000 men in Laguna region
One hundred fifty thousand men now sustain themselves and their families on collective farms in the Laguna cotton region of Mexico, reflecting a shift toward cooperative agriculture in the area.
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Laguna
Mexico
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George Tyler
Galena Hotel
Fink & Walker
Farnsworth
Vail Apparently Felt Badly Over the Matter and Mrs. Vail
Joe Kipp
James Arnold
Ives
Bunton
Sunriver
Ann Eden
Ruth Covell
Vera Gilmer
Lily Dache
Anny Brook
Sunny Brook
National Distillers Products Corporation
New York, N.Y
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda
Wyoming
Hardwar
Am Butte
Charles M. Russell
United States
Russell
Montana Newspaper Association
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