Boy Answers Flying Red Horse Quiz Correctly
In Great Falls 17 year old Joel Luther wins five silver dollars by naming Pegasus as the Flying Red Horse. The Montana oral quiz followed a radio program and a banker like challenge from Branson Stevenson of Socony Vacuum Oil near Roosevelt School. Joel also earned a dinner for Stevenson as the prize.
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Joel Luther
Great Falls
Branson Stevenson
Montana
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc
Roosevelt School
Joel
Pegasus
Mr. Stevenson
Mobilgas
Flying Red Horse
Prince Maximilian of Wied Neuwied in Montana Discovery
Among early explorers Maximilian prince of Wied Neuwied journeyed from St Louis to the upper Missouri in 1833 with Charles Bodmer. He witnessed Lakota Sioux and Blackfeet hostilities at Fort McKenzie and was knocked from a rifle by a misfire during an assault by Assiniboine forces. He later suffered scurvy on his return to New York.
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Montana
Maximilian
Prince
Boston
Charles Bodmer
Missouri
St. Louis
Willam Clark
American Fur Ce
Missouri River
Yellowstone
Kenneth McKenzie
Fort Pierre
Fort Clark
Mandan
Bismarck
Fort Union
Bodmer
Marias River
Fort McKenzie
Jena
Dakota
New York
North America
Montana Artist of Century Ago
Montana artist George Catlin chronicled Montana life in 1832 until his death in 1872 His drawings paintings and writings form a lasting record of Indians fur traders river men and frontiers life at Fort Yellowstone and the upper Missouri The Smithsonian houses his works and this overview urges an abridged narrative to educate Montana children about Catlin and the state’s early history
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Montana
Lfe
George Catlin
North America
Catlin
Fort Yellowstone
Missouri
Catlin the Artist Explorer of the North American Indians
Lewis Catlin, famed for his museum plans of Indians in their natural state, traveled from 1832 to 1836 Chicago to Indiana and Fort Union. He was poor, a skilled rifleman and storyteller who befriended Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. His original drawings reside in the Smithsonian, published in book form.
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Forty Fort
Catlin
Frances Slocum
Logansport
Ind
North America
Cattin
Mayne Reid
Chicago
Howland
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
William H. Seward
West
James Kipp
Joe Kipp
Browning
American Fur Co
Fort Union
Yellowstone
St. Louis
Yellowstone River
Missouri
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Steamer Trials to Yellowstone Highlight 1875 Voyage
The steamer Josephine led by Capt Grant Marsh proved the Yellowstone navigable to near Pompeys Pillar and 60 miles above Billings, prompting hopes of a northern trade route. Government sponsorship sparked Bozeman ventures like Port Pease, later abandoned due to Indian pressure and shifting transport focus to railroads.
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Yellowstone Park
Montana
Josephine
Grant Marsh
United States
J. W. Forsyth
Phil Sheridan
Yellowstone River
Big Horn
F. D. Grant
Pompey
Billings
Yellowstone
Fort Buford
Missouri
Fort Benton
Bozeman
Josephine’s Head of
Port Pease
F. D. Pease
Musselshell
Kerchival
Pease
Fort Pease
Fort Ellis
United Sars Caval Red
Garane
William Clark
Wm. Clark
Voyage Up the Yellowstone River Faces Huge Rapids
On June 3 1875 the expedition resumes at 3 45 am and battles swift waters. Rapids and many islets force warping as Pryor's fork is reached after two days of toil. A severe rapid named Hell Roaring Rapids halts progress and a reconnoitering party notes the river 463 miles above the river mouth near Yellowstone.
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Pryor
Josephine
CCC Enrollment Opens Early January 1940 in Montana
The quarterly CCC enrollment for Montana will be held in early January 1940. Unmarried youths aged 17 to 23 who are US citizens and in need of employment may apply through the 56 county selecting agencies. Robert Fechner notes CCC members remain civilians not part of the U.S. Army.
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CCC
Montana
D. H. Wixon
Department of Public Welfare
United States
United States Army
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Elk Hunting Open In Four Montana Counties
Four Montana elk hunting districts remain open as of the report by State Game Warden James A. Weaver. The Gardiner area allows either sex elk until March 1 or 3,000 dead. Ford Willow Beaver and Smith drainage in Lewis and Clark county open to elk until Jan 1. south and east of the Judith River in Judith Basin county open to bull elk until Jan 31. water shed of Pleasant Valley River west to the Lincoln Flathead county line allows elk of both sexes until Jan 1.
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Montana
James A. Weaver
Gardiner
Ford, Willow, Beaver
Smith Ergeks
Lewis and Clark County
South Fort
Judith River
Judith Basin
Pleasant Valley River
Lincoln-Flathead County
Flathead County
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