First sheep brought to Montana for breeding in 1869 voyage
John F. Bishop of Dillon and Richard Beynton trail 800 miles in 80 days from The Dalles Oregon to Beaverhead county to bring 1500 sheep for breeding. They crossed deserts and rivers, sheltered without hay, and sold wool for 19 cents a pound.
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SRSA
John Bishop
Dillon
Montana
Oregon Territory
John F. Bishop
Richard Beynton
Beaverhead River
Anderson Bros
Dalles
Ore
Beaverhead Valley
Leadore
Lemhi
Birch Creek
Camas Prairie
Boise
Snake River
Portland
Beasley
Monana
Fort Watson
Deschutes River
John Day
Canyon City
Tom Poindexter
Malheur River
Snake
Payette
Idaho
Lost River
Junction
Main Range
Horse Prairie
Bannack
Oregon
Susan
Helena
John Selway
Blacktail Deer Creek
Corinne
Utah
St. Louis
Montana State College honors 152 on fall honor roll
The fall quarter honor roll at Montana State College lists 152 students from 35 Montana counties, excluding graduates and those with under 12 credits. Scores range from 87.5 to 95 or higher, with eight students at 95 or above and many others in the 87.5 to 94.9 band, announced by registrar W. H. McCall.
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Montana College
Montana State College
W. H. McCall
Big Horn
John Buzzetti
Hardin
Cascade
Richard Armond
Patricia Bartley
Margaret Boetcher
Fred Grinde
Charles Harmison
Harvey Hood
Robert Hurd
Earl McKamey
Vernon McGahan
Charles Schuler
Samuel Throm
Sherman Westgard
Stephen Willey
Edward Wegman
Great Falls
Roy Wiegand
Dora Clark
Sun River
Robert Cline
Fort Shaw
Chouteau
Nicholas Haburchak
Big Sandy
Delbert Myrick
Square Butte
Ray Wainwright
Loma
Custer
Robert Eichhorn
Harriet
Rock Creek Project Advances to Aid Miners and Farmers
Final approval of the Rock Creek water conservation project in Carbon County allocates 826000 by the Public Works Administration. It aims to move unemployed coal miners off relief rolls and secure water for about 55000 acres, with dams forming Skinner Glacier Emerald and Frosty reservoirs. The plan funds 52000 miners inches of water for irrigation and will be self liquidating via water sales to farmers.
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Rock Creek
Carbon County
Public Works Administration
Washington
Red Lodge Creek
Red Lodge
Laurel
Skinner
Glacier Lake
Emerald Lake
Frosty
Historical Library Adds New Treasures in Montana
The Montana Historical Library received nearly 400 valuable books plus framed portraits and oil paintings during 1933 34. Librarian David Hilger announced in the 22d biennial report of the Historical Society of Montana. The collection also includes a flag of the Seventh Cavalry a Roosevelt pen used to sign the silver bill ancient guns and other relics. The biennial report, to be submitted to the governor and legislature, provides a activity summary and the librarian's improvement recommendations.
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Montana
Montana Historical Library
David Hilger
Board of Trustees
The
Historical Society of Montana
Seventh Cavalry
United States Army
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Farm wage index climbs to 86 on Jan 1
The farm wage index stood at 86 on January 1, up from 81 a year earlier and above the prewar base of 100, according to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Potatoes and Salmon Distributed for Relief in Sheridan County
Two carloads of potatoes were distributed through Sheridan county sub commissaries to families on direct or work relief rolls. The Plentywood FERA office received 125 cases of salmon from the surplus commodity division to be distributed during the month alongside regular family budgets.
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Sheridan County
E. J. Prendergast
Plentywood Fera
Wheat crop averages show rising farm values
The 1934 wheat crop reached 496,469,000 bushels with a total farm value of 432,441,000 dollars. This compares with 528,975,000 bushels valued at 359,048,000 dollars in 1933 and 745,788,000 bushels valued at 238,828,000 dollars in 1932.
More CCC Men to Be Sent from Musselshell County
Mrs Harriet Carrier of the FERA offices says Musselshell County may send 150 additional young men to CCC camps. The announcement outlines expected recruitment and program involvement.
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CCC
Musselshell County
Harriet Carrier
FERA
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Fergus
Kenneth Buchholtz
Moore
Richard Cole
Denton
Lambert Hruska
Charles Mather
Lewistown
Flathead
Margaret Boyd
Paul Peterson
Bill White
Kalispell
Phyllis Sullivan
Columbia Falls
Gallatin
Louis Brewer
Paul Harrer
William Parkins
Marjorie Williams
Belgrade
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Bozeman
Kendrick Taylor
Willow Creek
Garfield
Alice Kibler
Jordan
Golden Valley
LaVera Smith
Havre
Jefferson
Betty Atwater
Basin
Austin Christiansen
Boulder
Judith Basin
Oswald Brownlee
Moccasin
Harry Galt
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Lake
Harold Bixby
Theodore Hedrick
Polson
Lewis and Clark
Carolyn Batch
John Bower
Robert Bruce
Dorothy Clements
George Chestnutt
Musselshell
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Frances Lynder
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Donald McCormick
Georgia Allen
Livingston
Wilbur DeAtley
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Rose Fogarty
Wilsall
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Louise Eager
Winnett
Phillips
Edith G. Johnson
Malta
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Virginia Ferguson
Walier
Powder River
Rodney Bird
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Powell
Raymond Anderson
John Ballas
Melvin Back
William Coey
Alta Gordon
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Austin Nelson
Terry
Ravalli
David Cochran
Stevensville
Clifford Daugherty
Grantsdale
Charles Daugherty
Charles Kramis
Jean McElroy
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Marvin Meyer
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Louis Gudgel
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Toole
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Edgar O'Haire
Sunburst Valley
Walter Glazier
Opheim
Jean Hurley
Glasgow
Robert Borvng
Lustre
David Reed
Silver Bow
Pearl Anderson
Mary Lou Bailey
Katherine Duncan
Cornelius Gianchetti
Jack Hum
Janet Ralph
Maurice Schiffman
Carl Winberg
Butte
Yellowstone
Robeson Allport
Edith Allport
Chester Fitch
Alice McDowell
Marjorie Petrie
Dean Stebbins
Mary Ellen Wiggenhorn
Billings
Raymond Loomis
Joseph Cox
Huntley
Lester Athey
Donaldson
Martin Hansmeier
Waukon
George Peikert
Buffalo
Minn
Emily Tosch
Forest Grove
Jean Hurly
Rexsking
Betty
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