Montana Dances Fueled Romance and Ventures in Old West
Social life in Montana fifty years ago centered on dances from Fort McGinnis to Maiden and Coulson. Cowboys and minors traveled long distances, spending about $100 for a night, while couples formed romances and marriages under scarce preaching. Notable figures included Bud O'Donnell Teddy Blue Abbott Muggins Taylor Granville Stuart and Nellie Day.
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Glendolin
Damon Wagner
Montana
Fort McGinnis
Judith Gap
Craig’s Crossing
Lewistown
Maiden
Romeo
Bud O'Donnell
Teddy Blue Abbott
Muggins Taylor
George Danford
Bob Leavens
Ries Anderson
Judge Day
William Fergus
Granville Stuart
Billings
Coulson
Muggins
Taylor
Custer Hill
Mollie Stuart
Sally Anderson
Frost
Chilly
Nelle
Nan Shay
Nellie Day
Fergus County
Scotland
Bud
O'Donnell
Nan
B. F. Shuart
South Dakota
Hesper
New West
Shuart
Hesper Farm
Judge Day Ranch
Craig
Stuart House
Mollie
Texas
Teddy Blue
Danford
Canyon Creek
Joe Danford
George
Danford Ranch
Iquntin
Estelle Walsh Nagle
Helena
Building That Housed Montana's First Woolen Mill Razed
Walter E. Taylor reports the stone building that housed Montana’s first woolen mill near Big Timber on the Boulder River has been razed by two work crews. Erected in 1901 to process local wool, the mill spurred Big Timber as a wool shipping hub before bankruptcy ended operations. The remaining stone walls stand as a reminder of the town’s industrial past.
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WPA
Bureau of Biological Survey
Beaverhead
Hill, Lake
Musselshell
Phillips
Sheridan
Stillwater
Teton
Wibaux
Joseph E. Parker
Bureau of Biological Refuges
Piskun Reservoir
Teton County
Lake Bowdoin
Phillips County
Lake Mason
Musselshell County
Walter E. Taylor
Boulder River
Yellowstone
Montana
Big Timber
United States
William Whitfield
Whitfield
Hudson Bay
Wheat acreage up 1940 allotment nationwide figures shown
Agriculture department announced a 1940 national wheat acreage allotment of 62,000,000 acres with Montana at 3,783,007. The 1939 Montana allotment was 3,414,642. Seven midwestern and southwestern states received about 41,000,000 acres, two thirds of the total, with North Dakota 12,798,001 and Oklahoma 4,515,610.
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Agriculture Department
Montana
North
Finley Named Montana High School Supervisor
Ruth Reardon announces George W. Finley of Bozeman as state high school supervisor effective immediately. Finley succeeds Rex Haight who has been ill. He is a Montana State College alumnus with extensive experience as city superintendent and principal, three years as CCC educational adviser, and a major in the Montana National Guard commanding the 3rd battalion of the 163d regiment.
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George Finley
Ruth Reardon
George W. Finley
Bozeman
Rex Haight
Grass Range
Finley
Montana State College
Montana
Montana CCC
Montana National Guard
163D Regiment
Motorist Registration Fees Share of Tax Bill Cited
In 1937 motorists paid 399.613 million dollars in registration and other fees, representing 27.5 percent of the total motor tax bill. The figures underscore the balance between fees collected and overall tax revenue for vehicles.
Montana Booth Informality Wins at San Francisco Fair
The Montana exhibit at the Golden Gate exposition in San Francisco draws crowds, with R H Fletcher noting the informal setup came from necessity. The $9,000 display, built from local funds, portrays a dude ranch interior with wild west scenes and Montana wildlife, emphasizing the state as a vacation land.
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Montana
Booth
Sanfrancisco Fair
San Francisco
R. H
Bob) Fletcher
State Highway Department
Pletcher
California
Montana Commission
Tom Stout
W. G. Ferguson
D. A McKinnon
State Fairgrounds
Fletcher
Plaster Mountains
Decomposed Sandstone Tested for Toll Mat Roads
Montana highway department conducts a three mile test section on state highway No 18 near Jordan to evaluate decomposed sandstone as a base for bituminous surfaced toll roads. If successful it could cut road construction material costs by about one third where gravel is scarce.
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Montana Highway Department
D. A. McKinnon
Jordan
Montana Scientist Delegates to Canada for Cambrian Study
Dr. Charles F. Deiss, Montana State University paleontologist and geology professor, has departed for Canada to continue Cambrian rock research in the Cordilleran trough. He has mapped Cambrian rocks and trilobites across Montana and has extended work into Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and other areas.
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Canada
Charles F. Deiss
Montana State University
Cordilleran Trough
Deiss
Montana
Utah
Nevada
Wyoming
Widows in Bena Bena Carry Husbands' Skulls
In New Guinea the Bena Bena tribe widows keep the skulls of their departed husbands with them for life as a rite and constant remembrance, reflecting local mourning tradition and cultural practice.
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New Guinea
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I. D. O'Donnell
Congregational Church
Department OF Agriculture
India
Plagu
Pan Servic
Coreine
Mexico
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