Miles and Bannacks Near Clark's Fork Pass Tale
Grace Stone Coates recounts General Nelson A. Miles writing in the North American Review about an 1878 expedition to Yellowstone and a Bannack threat. Miles relocates noncombatants to Fort Ellis and forges a Crow alliance to guard Clarke's Fork passes.
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Nelson A. Miles
Clark’s Fork Pass
Grace Stone Coates
Mead
Maneel Wurzel
North American Review
Miles
Fort Keogh
Yellowstone Park
Indian Territory
Northwest
Yellowstone
Idaho
Fort Ellis
Boulder
Clarke’s Fork Passes
Boulder Pass
Lieut
Bailey
Clarke’s Fork Pass
Crow
Charles Robinson Celebrates Golden Jubilee at Stock Growers Meet
Charles Robinson dean of livestock commission men at the Chicago Stock Yards spent time in Miles City for the state stockgrowers convention and marked his 50th year in the commission business. He recalls loaning 300000 to Dickey Brothers and the subsequent cattle move to the Little Missouri after President Cleveland’s order. Robinson notes hospitality in Montana and his role with Matador Cattle selling 1400 head of fat cattle on one day.
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Charles Robinson
Livestock Commission
Chicago
Miles City
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Robinson
Montana
Northwest
Old Trail
Texas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Southwest
John Clay
Dickey Brothers
Cleveland
Little
Missouri
Matador Cattle Company
Fort Belknap
Miles
Friends
Andrew S. Bennett
Fifth Infantry
Wisconsin
Clarke’s Fork
First Legal Hanging in Montana Occurred at Helena in 1875
The article recalls the 1875 Helena executions marking Montana's first legal hangings. It details the Warl murder case, the three suspects Storres Wheatley and Shaffer, Wheatley’s 1875 hanging, Storres’ later confession and hanging, and the vigilante era’s waning influence. It notes the public fear and the role of Father Palladino in Wheatley’s baptism.
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Montana
Helena
Grizzly Gulch
Colorado Gulch
W. T. Priest
Priest’s Pass
W. H. Storres
William Wright Wheatly
Fred Shaffer
Warl
Lavenasch
Blackall
Steeves
Wheatley
Shaffer
Missouri River
Bismarck
Storres
Father Palladino
Choctaw Song Records Hatred of Spaniards and French
A Choctaw medicine man recorded a traditional song expressing hatred toward the Spanish and French for a phonograph record. Cuba shipped 1,396,119 tons of sugar to the United States last year.
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Cuba
United States
Old Government Letter Found at Havre Dates 1893
A preserved July 8 1893 letter from Fort Belknap Agency to St Pauls Mission School superintendent criticizes incomplete quarterly reports and pupil identity details. It notes absence of the superintendent for multiple days, requests removal of marginal notes, and is signed by First Lieutenant D C McManly acting Indian Agent.
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St. Paul’s Mission School
Havre
Fort Belknap Agency
United States Indian Service
Fort Belknap, Agency
D. C. McManly
8Th Cavalry
Project to map Rock Creek irrigation ditches and lands
Government supervised completion this summer of data on irrigation ditches and canals drawing from Rock creek. Maps and information will align with the water conservation program planning impoundment of 30 000 to 40 000 acre feet to supplement natural flow for irrigation.
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Rock Creek
Red Lodge Picket Journal
Salvaging of Sunken Ships Planned in Table Bay
In Table Bay South Africa salvage efforts are planned as 300 vessels are said to have sunk there over the past 300 years.
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Table Bay
South Africa
African marabou storks wash food before eating
African marabou storks are scavengers that rinse or wash their food prior to consumption, a behavior noted by researchers observing feeding habits in the wild.
Tom Baker the first newswriter to visit the state
The tale follows Tom Baker from his London Times apprenticeship through a voyage on a ship to America, his work on the Montana Post in Virginia City, and his role with Dimsdale and Tilton. It recounts Baker aiding the Vigilantes, a confrontation with Slade, and culminates with Slade’s hanging led by Captain Williams, ending with a note on New York’s last slave, Margaret Pine.
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Warl
Wilson
Campbell
Tom Baker
Baker
Old London Times
Tom
Thames
Dover
America
New York Harbor
New World
Virginia City
Montana Post
Dimsdale
Slade
Post
Jules
Williams
Wiliams
Prairies
New York
Margaret Pine
Brooklyn
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Dean Stock Commission
Franz
V. T. Priest
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