Lord Dunraven Bought Theater in Denver Memory
The Earl of Dunraven wrote about his Yellowstone trip and Colorado stay, detailing a Denver theater purchase run as a private pleasure for him and friends. An 1870s Mazeppa stunt and a later horseback stampede by proprietor Sampson triggered a tense night as Dunraven sought remedy through an intermediary.
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Earl of Dunraven
Yellowstone National Park
Colorado
Montana
Texas
Jack Omohondro
Dunraven
Denver
Jack Langrish
Lord Dunraven
Mazeppa
Langrish
Yellowstone Park
Sampson
College of Cardinals Forms Seventy Members
The college of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church comprises seventy members, outlining its current roster and structure.
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College of Cardinals
North Montana State Fair Opens With School Day Focus
The North Montana State fair starts August 2 with free tickets for school children supplied by Montana Flour Mills Co. Attendees will see a grand new mercantile hall, a Chicago World's Fair style building, and the National Hereford Show. Governor Ayers to open at 2 pm. prizes total in 4-H and agriculture divisions reach thousands. The Livingston roundup also draws crowds with rodeo events and cattle displays near Livingston and Yellowstone Park.
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Edna
Montana
Great Falls
Betty
Tommy
North Montana
Montana Flour Mills Co
Chicago
Roy E. Ayers
Smith-Hughes Agricultural Department
Livingston
America
Cattle Country
Yellowstone Park
Leo Cramer
Cramer
Mexico
Northern Pacific Railway
Yellowstone National Park
The Earl Dunraven and the Colorado theater dispute
The article recounts Earl Dunraven buying claims against a theater owner, seizing control to run the theater for friends, then returning it to Sampson. It also notes his Estes Park purchase, a confrontation with a prospector, a non fatal shooting, and a settlement after Dunraven claimed the man was a poacher.
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Sampson
Dunraven
Mazeppa
Tartary
Colorado
Estes Park
England
Livingston Rodeo Brings Warm Old West Flavor to July
A vivid account of the Livingston Rodeo held July 2 3 and 4 describing cowboys on vast Treasure State ranges. The event attracts thousands including plains riders flappers from the east Canadians Indians in regalia and locals, all drawn to preserve western spirit. The Livingston Roundup Association, a non profit run by Livingston business and professional men, aims to keep alive the cowboy heritage.
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Treasure State
Livingston
Old West
Dude Ranch
West
TAKES FAIRGROUNDS LEASE IN HELENA
George Cooney and A L Starling take over the Helena state fairgrounds lease from A L Ainsworth as Agriculture Commissioner announces. The deal should yield 600 dollars annually and save caretaker costs. Lewis and Clark county may use grounds for a fair if it decides by July 1. Improvements in ground organization and night flying could cut Holland to Batavia travel time from 55 to 48 hours.
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Helena
A. L. Ainsworth
George Cooney
A. L. Starling
Lewis and Clark County
Holland
Batavia
Dutch East Indies
Five Men and One Gun Fight Fifty Indians in Montana
In August 1865 five white men with a single gun held off 40 to 50 Sioux in the mountains between the Gallatin and Yellowstone rivers while hauling lumber to the Yellowstone river. Led by White Kalfrey, they reached a hilltop to defend their load. a rescuing party led by W. S. McKenzie forced the attackers to flee, with John Richards wounding an Indian. The lumber reached its destination as settlers nearby remained vigilant amid ongoing troubles.
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Gallatin
Yellowstone
Montana
White Kalfrey
Bozeman
Yellowstone River
Bozeman Pass
W. S. McKenzie
John and
Louis Richards
Mitch Buoyer
F. A. Lund
Baptiste Pourin
McKenzie
John Richards
Crow Country
Shields River
Fort Ellis
Livingston
Yellowstone Country
Gallatin Country
Pry
Crow
Forest experts Pinchot Graves to tour Montana forests
Gifford Pinchot and Henry S. Graves, former U S chief foresters, will visit Montana in August to study current forest conditions across the state. Their itinerary includes the Custer, Beartooth, Yellowstone, Gallatin, Beaverhead, Bitter Root and Nez Perce regions, tracing historical and present practices.
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United States
Gifford Pinchot
Warry S. Graves
Montana
Pinchot
Colonel Graves
Custer Forest
Old Beartooth Forest District
Bureau of Forestry
Forest Service
Pennsylvania
Old Story Residence to Be Demolished in Bozeman
The Nelson Story mansion, Bozeman’s landmark built in 1887 for 110000, will be torn down to make way for a new high school. The school board purchased the house and adjacent half-block and ordered its demolition due to proximity to the new school building.
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Nelson Story
Bozeman
Montana
School Board
State Land Sale And Regional Indian Conflicts Noted
Nanita B. Sherlock announces the sale of state land at Lake Bowdoin near Malta to the federal Biological Survey for 6400 dollars to be added to a migratory bird refuge tract. Also reported is a 46000 dollar Wheatland county refunding bond issue at 2.9 percent. The piece reviews centuries of Crow Sioux tensions, fort Ellis, and shifting tribes across Bozeman Gallatin Livingston corridors with ongoing raids and conflicts. A final note mentions a Midwestern farm wife preserving corn by pressing stalks between book pages.
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Nanita B. Sherlock
Lake Bowdoin
Malta
Federal Biological Survey
Land Department
Wheatland County
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Denver Amusement Place
Montanan
Sam Ripiatiee
Caticura
Malden
Mile
Edna’s Dog and Pony Circus
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls, Montana
Park County Exposition
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining CO
Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
Calumet
Jack Caskey
Avalon St
Memphis
Tenn
Nancy E. Williams
Moreland Ave
Atlanta, Ga
K. J. Tobin
Beverly Hills
Ill
General Foods
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