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Story of Custer massacre first wired from Missoula
The article recalls J. M. Carnahan sending the first telegram announcing General Custer and his command were killed in 1876. It details the long news trail from Bismarck to Fargo to St. Paul to Chicago and notes Carnahan’s later remarks at Missoula about his front line work, the early Montana frontier, and the surrounding military posts and telegraph network.
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Montana
Custer
Bismarck
N. D
Northwestern
The
Telegraph Company
Fargo
J. M. Carnahan
Western Union
Missoula
St. Paul
Chicago
Carnahan
Terry
War Department
Carnadian
Smith
Athens
Ohio
Scott’s Landing
Cincinnati
LaCrosse
Wis
Frontier
Fort Abraham Lincoln
Missouri River
Seventh
U. S. Cavalry
Fort Hancock
Northern Pacific
Fort Lincoln
Sitting Bull
Little Big Hormn
Suly Finn Sonnenr