Pioneer Files Chronicle Wild Weather and Community News
June 20 1918 and June 22 1950 snippets report a June flood in Big Timber with river overflows, wrecked bridges, and rescues. plus local resettlements, sales at Cook Hotel, school friends visiting, and a parade of residents moving homes and jobs across town. Notable names include Augusta Sheridan James Reid and Purcell family Chris Albertson Emma Cook and Carl Lisman.
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Augusta C. Sheridan
Esther
Leah
Purcell
Billings
James Reid
Grand Hotel
Reid
Butte
Hunters Hot Springs
John Forster, Jr
Regina Forster
Grey Cliff
Gonzaga University
Spokane
St. Vincent’s Academy
Helena
Clark Allen
Thompson Yards Inc
Allen
Great Falls
No. 4
J. Robert Campbell
Chicago
Claude
Campbell
Ed Brannin
Cook
Emma Cook
Chris Albertson
Frank E
Blakeslee
Coeur d’Alene
Busha & Bailey
Earl Green
Phil Cook
Emma
Albertson
Miss Cook
Oie
Alvin Mehus
Sawyer
Columbus
Arthur L. Lisman
Robert
June
W. E. Haas
Long Beach
California
Lloyd G. Rein
Ellen Rein
Big Timber
Melville Ranch
Sweet Grass County
W. D. McKenzie
Sweet Grass County Woolgrowers Association
Carl Myrstol
McKenzie Ranch
Jacob Johnson
Swamp Creek
Ted Kepler
Ruth Oie
D. D. Johnson
Miss Oie
Charles Schuler
Sunburst
L. H. Lintz
Missoula
Mrs. Lintz
Shirley
Manis
Belgrade
Jesse Murphy
Fort Peck
Murphy
Anna Benson
Charles Caulkins
C. W. Campbell
Boulder
Karl Bryan
Big Timber Cafe
M. J. Pollock
Kansas City
Walter Knudson
Knudson
F. F. Palmer
Forsyth
Knudsons
Los Angeles
Riley Doore
Thelma Cockerel
Kathryn D. Wilson
Cockerel
Dora Brannin
Nat Miller
Lowry City
Harry L. Larson
Glen Ellyn
Thos. Olson
Livingston
Earl Bouse
Earl Jr
Seattle
Jo Anne
University of Washington
J. E. Kirkwood
Bouse
Marilyn Metz
Jo Ann
Alvin Shipton
Martin Longstad
McIntyre
Iowa
Bertha
Mike Webb
Harry Murray
Otter Creek
Arthur Berg
Minneapolis
Murray
Berg
Isle
Ed Braaten
Mason Colby
Mary Jo
Colby
Harlowton
Lewis Brannin
American Fork Ranch
1918 Boulder Flood Recalled in Pioneer Account
The narrative describes record heat from four days reaching 90 to 95 degrees and a rare lack of cooling mountain breeze as Yellowstone and Boulder Rivers flood the region. It recalls the era when early settlers watched the rivers surge in a Mad Race for Mississippi, with reference to Earl Purcell ranch and a photo sent to Ted Busha serving in the service.
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Earl Purcell
Ted Busha
Yellowstone
Boulder
Mississippi
Robinson Carnsoe
Missouri
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