Oil well prospects at McLeod report unfavorability
From Pioneer files December 21 1916 drilling at McLeod shows a red sand layer and murky mud reducing hopes of striking oil with only about 200 feet left to drill. Other notes mention a Big Timber women’s club open day, a Melville masquerade ball, property purchases, and local residents traveling for holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer
McLeod
Masonic Temple
Humay
Blakesley
Emma Barr
Melville
Riley Doore
O. M. Oppang
Spencer Jarrett
Minneapolis
John Winsborough
Fish Creek
Alva Rees
State University
Missoula
Golden Rule
Anna McDonnell
Lilian Nepstad
S A. Pennine
Chicago
Columbus
Ohio
Milwaukee
Earl
Milwaukee Sentinel
Wisconsin
Christmas tales and travel home across Big Timber
Long column recounts holiday visits and departures in Big Timber historic arc. Names Ed Gibson Clem Ullman Lukenbill Ankeny Nyre Deegan Lavold and many others travel from Seattle Worland Fort Worth Bozeman and Helena to spend Christmas and New Year with families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Hanson
Maxine
Chicago
Susie Anderson
Betty Godtloh
City
Douthett
Yvonne Trower
Wayne Henry
Linfield College
McMinnville
Ore
Sherff Ed Bartels
Pythias
Crazy Mountains
Albert F. Wagner
Fred Tucker
Bailey Hardware
F. M. Lamp
Paul Lamp
Tom Brown
Minneapolis
A. J. Brown
A. A. Holbeck
Lutheran Church
Ray
Fargo
N. D
F. C. Davis
A. E. Vanderhoef
Clinton Green
Halapeska
Jack Fjelde
Dora Pickering
Bozeman
Nat Cook
Martinsdale
Amos Cook
Fort Peck
Louis Gibson
Gallatin Gaite
Pioneer Files
C. F. Ullman
Florence
Seattle
N Man Markuson
Bill Magelssen
Worland
Wyo
C. H. Lukenbill
Powder River
Lawrence Peterson
Bill
Verne Ankeny
Dalton
Neb
Henry Klindt
Paul Nyre
Fort Worth
Texas
Mmrs. Nyre
R. R. Adams
Amos Davidson
Darby
Lyle Mastenson
Olive Alexander
Friday Alexander
Art Sell
San Diego
Edward Sell
Navy Training Center
S. N. Lavold
Billings
Greeley
Colo
Bud Deegan
A. Strand
Hamilton Hall
Bozeman College
Albert Hamson
Laurel
Sam
Adolph
Lloyd
Clarence Lesman
Ray Esp
Grey Cliff
Lars Fotland
Elgen Boys
Carol Sloan
Charles Sloan
Miles City
Roy Webber
George Tronrud
Paul Westervelt
Patsy Deegan
Orlando Miller
McLeod Street
Ole Esp
Thurs
Helena
Hubert Kellogg
Big Timber
Alex Glass
Pickett
Miss Glass
W. P. Franklin
A. T. Ellison
John Ellison
Chas. Morris
Glen M. Parker
Ralph Davis
Albert Ellison
A. L. McComb
Willard McComb
Arthur I. Berg
Sweet Grass Lutheran Congregation
Ryder Anderson
Anelia Erickson
Georgena Rostad
Also Mentioned on This Page
Floyd E. Bailey
Eugene
M. E. Bailey
Sadie
Winter
Way
Ed Gibson
Little Timber Creek
Clarkston
Trident
Bryant
Livingston
Henry Esp
Oscar Anderson
Lewis Rapstad
J. L. Rapstad
Harvey Pound
Rex Benedict
Sam Pound
Great Falls
Grace
Nellie Pound
Absarokee
Prather Ranch
Edna Prather
Post Ranch
Morland Fell
Mr. Phillips
C. N. Skillman Ranch
Ralph Sloan
Glasston
H. G. Pickett
Lucille Glass
Horatio
Race) Lyon
Raymond
Payette
Ida
Red Lodge
Lyon
Big Tim
Eppy
Kendall Lewis
Hans G. Roe
Marcella
Anaconda
Henry Holton
Virgil Broughton
C. B. Fogler
Frances Fogler
Veterans Hospital
Fort Harrison
I. S. Brendsel
Mildred Finsvik
Sioux City
Brendsel
Jessie Connolly
Neil Beacon
Calgaray
Wheatland
Joe Midsness
M. E. Midsness
Joe
Power
Frank Webber
East Boulder
Boulder Valley
Emma
C. Hi.) Lippy
St Louis
Boulder
Lippys
Charley
Washington State
Libby
Missouri
A. W. Strickland
Strickland
Custer County Court House
W. R. Stokes
San Bernardino
Calif
Stokes
California
G. Lau
Garner
H. A. Anderson
Dorothy McArthur
Dale Beck
Alvin Sylling
Leroy Weamer
van Meter
Iowa
United States
Florida
England
Farmers Service Assn
Farmers Supply
Montana
Montana Power
Montana Power Company
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