Pioneer Galbreath and Indian horse raids on the Teton
The narrative recalls John S. Galbreath a Fort Benton pioneer stockman whose horse ranch on the Teton faced repeated thefts by Cree and Sioux bands. Al Wilkins recounts the 1878 recovery trail to the Marias river and Milk River, support from Colonel Walsh, and return with Galbreath’s horses. The piece notes Galbreath’s size and stagecoach work, ending with a political bid for sheriff of Chouteau County.
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John S. Galbreath
Fort Benton Stockman
Elno
al Wilkins
Livingston
Montana
Pioneer
Mr. Wilkins
Mr. Galbreath
Teton River
Fort Benton
D. G Wilkins
Teton
Galbreath Place
John Newhert
W. S. Stocking
Wilkins
John Galbreath
Galbreath
Ed Caldwell
Charles McFall
Marias River
Gros Ventre
Milk River
Fort Walsh
Canadian Mounted Police
Colonel Walsh
Walsh
Bray
First Helena events chronicled in Last Chance gold era
Grace Stone Coates recounts a chronology of Helena with the Last Chance camp name, key origin of Helena, early cabins and streets, first store and hotel, deaths, weddings, sermons, telegraph service, fires, and cultural landmarks. It notes July 1864 gold discovery and the July 21 1864 date as pivotal, with street layouts and early civic milestones.
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Helena
Grace Stone Coates
Captain Wood
First National Bank
Main and
Wall Streets
Tomah
Helen
George J. Woods
Bruce
Cutler
Constance & Jurgens
Main Street
Minnesota
Judge Stuart
Main
Bridge Streets
Last Chance
Rattlesnake
John S. Cowan
Robert Stanley
J. B. Anthony
S. Rodney Pocock
St. Louis
Helena Street
Rodney
Boulder Valley
Squire Orison Miles
Mr. McLaughlin
John Keene
Harry Slater
Sam Greer
East
Scott
Broadway
Owyhe Park
George M. Pinney
Sanders & Rockwell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cutler Street
A. M. Houge
J. Potter
Taylor & Thompson
Lower Main Street
Mr. Potter
Silas H. Crounse
Upper Main Street
Holter
Lower
Wall
Robert E. Fisk
Masonic Temple
Jackson Streets
Oliver’s Express
A. B. Patch
Charles L. Wheeler
A. M. Holter
W. F. Sanders
D. C. Corbin
A. Sands
Rodney Street
West Main
Perkins & Hughes
Lee
Masonic Lodge
Colorado
Gans & Klein
St. John’s Day
Grand Lodge
Edward Streets
Jack Langrishe
Wood Street
C. C. Huntley
International Hotel
Captain Parkinson
Langrishe
San Francisco
Harmonia Hall
Ming
Opera House
Jackson Street
John H. Ming
Haskenwinkle Dramatic Company
Katie Putman
Dickens
Old Curiosity Shop
John Cowan
John Crab
D. J. Miller
Alder Gulch
Kootenai
British Columbia
Little Gulch
Prickly Pear
Mother Earth
Chief Joseph in Washington DC and New York Honor
The piece recounts Chief Joseph, famed for refusing English, visiting Washington and New York from General Miles’ hospitality to Grant’s tomb ceremony. It notes his receptions, his wit in epigrams, stay at the Astor House, a grand parade, and a 1903 Indian congress appearance, ending with his death in 1904 and legacy through his son Flo-Cut.
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Nelson A. Miles
Joseph
Bear Paw Mountains
Miles
O. O. Howard
Washington, D. C
General Miles
Washington
Chief Joseph
West
New York City
General Grant
Buffalo Bill
New York
Astor House
Grant
Howard
White House
Brooklyn
Angoy
Cummins’ Indian Congress
Missoula Flood Tears Down Shacks In River Drift
Residents of Missoula’s needy district watched as tin and board cabins at the city dump were torn apart by a swollen river. Some shacks floated away while others moved to higher ground or sank under water weighed down by stones and debris. Neighbors sheltered with friends until new homes could be built from scavenged materials.
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Missoula
Attorney General Rules High Schools Cannot Issue Bonds
The Montana attorney general's office writes that district high schools lack authority to issue funding bonds to absorb outstanding warrants, limiting their ability to finance deficits through debt.
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Montana
Attorney General's Office
The Fall of a Camp and Rise of a City
The text recalls the boom years when miners extracted nearly 20 million in gold over six years and built fortunes from placer diggings. It notes the era of riotous living ending in 1870 as diggings waned and a permanent city emerged from the fortunes saved, laying foundations for a new settlement.
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Crow Agency
Mission
Fort Logan
Benton
Chouteau County
James McDevitt
Little Bear
Canada
The
School of the Open Door
Billings Polytechnic Institute
Ernest T. Eaton
Polytechnic
Lewis T. Eaton
Grace Stone Ceater