Pioneer Schoolmaster and Pupil at Black Eagle Falls
A Harvard trained Yankee schoolmaster and Benjamin son of Chief Umatilla voyage by canoe from the Columbia to Black Eagle Falls in Montana to retrieve black eagle plumes. They share a bond, Benjamin dies of the plague, and Umatilla dies of heartbreak, both buried together with eagle plumes near Great Falls.
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Pioneer
Eagle
Black Eagle Falls
Montana
ARS
Marcus Whitman
Jason Lee
Great Northwest
Harvard
Hezekiah Butterworth
Boston
Butterworth
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Pacific
Great Falls
Little Log School
The
Columbia
Benjamin
Hudson's Bay Company
Umatilla
Benajamin
Massasoit
Plymouth
Cascades
Umattila
Missouri
Boston Tilicum
Jefferson River
Potlach
A Dead Mongol Opens Missoula Funeral Tale 1891
The Missoulian reports a Chinese funeral in Missoula on March 22 1891 attended by about 500 Chinese and many locals. The Mascot band played alongside celestial drums as mourners in Fourth of July attire caused horses to spook. Food and spirits were served and scare em devil liquor was shown. The procession moved through muddy streets to the grave where a flageolet played by a weary Chinese musician accompanied the lamenting crowd.
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Missoula
New Data Reframes Sacajawea in Hebard Study
Dr Grace Hebard's 30 year examination of Sacajawea argues the Indian woman guided Lewis and Clark's expedition. She uses interviews with Shoshone witnesses and German Stuttgart archives to support her claim, while detailing the discovery of Prince Paul of Wuertemberg and Batiste travels.
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Grace Hebard
Grace Stone Coates
R. Grace Raymond Hebard
Arthur H. Clark Company
Glendale
Calif
Hebard
Lewis and Clark
Sacajawea
Little
Missouri
Butte
Dr. Hebard
Susan Perry
Batiste
Susan
Fort Bridger
Europe
Stuttgart
Prince Paul of
Washakie
Andrew Bazin
Barbara Batiste
Comache
Fort Missoula Rifle Team Finishes Second in Cup Race
The Spokane rifle club topped marksmen from Walla Walla Fort Missoula and the U S S New York with 546 of 600 to win the Crescent Cup in the Northwestern Rifle Association tournament recently. Fort Missoula was second with 536 and Walla Walla third with 534.
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Fort Missoula
Spokane Rifle Club
Walla Walla
U. S. S. New York
Blaine County to Auction 300000 Acres Under New Act
Under the new act of the legislature Blaine county plans a large land sale on June 15. All tracts acquired for tax deed will be offered at auction including beach lands irrigated lands and town lots. Terms run five years for beach lands and town property and twenty years for irrigated lands.
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Blaine
Blaine County
Speculation in Johannesburg Mining Shares Sparks Boom Talk
Speculation in mining shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange is described as rivaling the famed 895 boom era with rapid gains and heightened trading activity across key mining firms and parastatals.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Jack Dempsey Autographed Photo Puzzle Free With Wheaties
Children can receive a Jack Dempsey autographed photo jig saw puzzle by sending two Wheaties box tops and a coupon. The prize is promoted by Gold Medal Foods and General Mills with the champion urging daily Wheaties for energy and muscle, while supplies last.
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Jack Dempsey
Wheaties
Gold Medal Foods, Incorporated
Cop
General Mils, Inc
General Mills, Inc
Minneapolis, Minn
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St. Louis
Basil
Tack Dempsey
Seni
Life
Ben
Jack
Buster
Dempsey
Nconronateo
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