Ventriloquist Misread Arrival Sparks Town Welcome
In 1882 Rev F Shuart arrived in Coulson and Billings Montana to found a church. a mistaken showman rumor led many locals to expect a ventriloquist performance prompting surprise when the preacher clarified his mission. Shuart later organized a church with trustees Col Lucius Whitney Edgar Camp and A Fraser guiding early efforts.
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F. Shuart
Plymouth Congregational Church
Minneapolis
Coulson
Billings
Miles City
Northern Pacific Railroad
Shuart
Rey
Mr. Shuart
H. Clark
Lucius Whitney
Edgar B. Camp
A. Fraser
H. W. Rowley
Montana
Kansas
North Dakota
Old West
Broadwater survives bandit chase after flapjack warning
In a cold February chase in Montana territory, Colonel Broadwater escapes Plummer gang members Ives and Cooper who pursue him to Deer Lodge valley. Broadwater slips past, earns aid from David Contway, and reaches safety. he credits Ives flapjack cooking with buying time before the bandits’ ambush.
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Virginia City
Moore
Reeves
Plummer
Deer Lodge Valley
Colonel Broadwater
W. Y. Pemberton
Montana
Broadwater
Bannack
Lberty
Big Hole
Deer Lodge
George Ives
Johnny Cooper
Contway
Ives
Cooper
California bound widow sells Big Hole hay crop
Mrs. Edith Jorgensen, a former Big Hole teacher who arrived in June 1893, has disposed of most of her hay, bailed and trucked to Butte, and travels to Los Angeles for four months with her daughters. She recalls early Big Hole days when Jackson was vacant, fords were needed, and Wisdom had few buildings.
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Shuart
Custer
Clara
Billings
Frederick Billings
Hesper
I. D. O'Donnell
Montana
Boothill
William Preston
Dan Leary
Muggins Taylor
Judge Fawkes
Oberlin
Edith Jorgensen
Big Hole
Jackson Town
Californ
Jorgen Jorgensen
Butte
Los Angeles
Jorgensen
Dewey
Jackson
Charley Ralston
Alimo
Old Catanans
California
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Pioneer Montana Methodists
T. C. Diff
J. A. VanAndra
W. C. Shipper
F. A. Riggin
W. W. van Orsdel
Col
C. A. Broadwater
David Contway
Ward H. Nye
Oberlin College
Billings Public School
First Congregational Church
W. W. van Orsdale
Van
William Horsfall
Father L. B. Palladini
Father Palladini
Northwest
Bozeman
St. Joachim
Father DeSmet
St. Xavier
Crow Reservation
Prando
Bandini
Father Paladini
United States
Big Horn River
Corrisse
F. Corp
Ginemat Foods
Battle Creek
Mich. M,n. A
Gyma
Reade
Ldi
Neevss
John
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