Seal Tall and Captain Fisk Lead 1862 Montana Emigration Escort
A history piece describes Captain James Liberty Fisk directing a 1862 overland escort from Fort Abercrombie to guide emigrants to gold fields near the Missouri and Columbia headwaters. The expedition included volunteers, a physician, guide, interpreter, and a 12 pound mountain howitzer, with a four ox and two mule teams, under a flag wagon. It notes notable participants like N. P. Langford and James Fergus, Fergus Falls founder, and mentions Fisk’s family ties to early territorial history.
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J. A. Sanders
Missouri
Columbia
Stanton
James Liberty Fisk
Tennessee
Fort Abercrombie Dakota
St. Paul
Congress
Atlantic States
California
Oregon
Washington
Fisk
Fort Abercrombie
N. P. Langford
James Fergus
Fergus Falls
Fergus County
New York
Robert Emmet
John Daniel
Webster
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Fisk Expedition and Northern Route to Helena Chronicle
The article recounts Captain Fisk and his escort guiding 130 travelers over the northern route from Aberdeen to Fort Benton then toward Helena in 1862. It notes camps named after officials, encounters with Sioux, large buffalo herds, Fort Union details, and the eventual settlement around Montana City near Prickly Pear while praising Fisk’s leadership and later Helena Herald editorship.
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James Fisk
Montana
Andrew Jackson
Helena
Washington Territory
Red River
Minnesota
Fort Union
Yellowstone River
Fisk
Custer
Sitting Bull
Gall
Northern Pacific Railroad
Missouri River
Villard
Puget Sound
Great Father
Washington
Bottineau
Pierre Chouteau Jr
St. Louis
Fort
Fort Benton
Missouri
Territory of
Dakota
Idaho
Big Muddy Creek
Milk River
Abercrombie
Hudson Bay
Captain Fisk
Florence City
Salmon River
States
Deer Lodge
Bitter Root Valley
Medicine Lodge
Box Elder Creek
Big Sandy
Marias
Teton
Montana City
Bannack
Mullan
Deer Lodge Valley
Walla Walla
Columbia
San Francisco
New York
Secretary of War
John Summerville
Scott County
Minn
Rochester
Winona
Great Northern Railway
Herald
Territorial
Regulation of Hog Production Policy Explained
County Agent Ralph E Ward reports from Dr A G Black chief of the corn hog section that 1934 hog contracts require at least a 25 percent reduction in litters and hogs for market even if litters are farrowed and losses occur. Producers signing the contract will receive hog reduction payments regardless of hog survival if they comply with contract terms.
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Lewis and Clark County
Ralph E. Ward
A. G. Black
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Dr. Black
Prince of Wales and Montanans
Southern Alberta reports detail Lord Renfrew’s stay at George Lane’s Bar U ranch and the Edward Prince property. The prince enjoys ranch life and hunts planned in Banff with guide Bert Pearson, while staff and locals observe a quiet, genteel Western scene.
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Prince of Wales
Canada
George Lane
Lane
King of
England
Montana
Bar U Ranch
Bar U
Edward Prince
Nonce
Alberta
Lord Ren«frew
E. P
Earl of Minty
Minto
Rockies
Lord Renfrew
Banff
Bert Pearson
Pearson
George‘ Lane
Prince’s
Prince
Cain
E. P. Ranch
Sussex
Edward
Boston
Renfrew
Sheep Shipment Arrives for Montana Range
The first shipment of thousands of sheep from Washington arrived a few days ago to be ranged in western Montana this year.
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Montana
Washington
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R. C. Knox
Pierre Bottineau
Stevens
Cheyenne River
U. S
Episcopal Church
Langford
Lake Jessie
Lydia
Aldrich and Wisdom
Townsend
United States
Mickey Mouse
Pals
Mickey
Little Pigs
General Foods
Walt Disney Enterprises
OG. F. Corp
Free Ranges
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