Montana pioneer Jimmy Austin on Edgerton Slade and Ives
A Cascade County resident recalls 1860s Montana figures. Jimmy Austin praises Sidney Edgerton and laments the hanging of Jim Slade, arguing Slade did not kill anyone locally. He recounts Ives' trial, Alder gulch justice, and Edgerton's shifting plans from Idaho to Montana territory. Austin also notes wagon tolls, migration with Mormons, and mining era life.
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Montana
Jimmy Austin
Cascade County
Sidney Edgerton
Akron
Lincoln
Edgerton
Austin
Jim Slade
Slade
Jimmy
Jules Beni
Julesburg
Colo
Denver
Jules
Virginia City
Texas
Georgia
Missouri
Alder Gulch Diggin’s
Davis
Lee
America
F. George Heidt
Lewiston
Idaho
Bannack
Montana Territory
Territory
Utah
Ives
Wilbur Sanders
Alder Gulch
George Ives
Sanders
Alex Carter
Tom Thurman
Tom
Witow Dugan
Last Chance Gulch
John Cowan
Fort Benton
Uncle Sam
Canada
Billy Conrad
Cascade
Deferments Urged For Ranch Workers
Democratic National Chairman Edward J. Flynn urged that skilled ranch workers be deferred from military service. He said he was writing to President Roosevelt and warned that ranchers face selling livestock if labor is unavailable, risking meat for the nation and future world food supplies. Flynn called a skilled ranch hand as essential as a gunman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Flynn
Roosevelt
Flynn
United States
Boone Helm's West Legend Altered by a Courageous Woman
A long profile recounts Boone Helm as a deadly figure of the frontier, blamed for killings and opposed by vigilantes. A California plot to murder a man was thwarted when a brave woman rode 200 miles to warn the intended target, altering Helm's fate. The tale, drawn from N P Langford's Vigilante Days and Ways, highlights the unexpected woman who stopped the murder plot and added a twist to a famous western saga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone Helm
Missouri
Boone
Virginia City
Reinhard Heydrich
Hitler
Mr. Helm
California
Helm
N. P. Langford
Oregon
Euclid
Pacific
Rogue River Valley
California Trail
Aristotle
Hermit Rancher Rescues Stranger Turns Tables on Outlaw Helm
A rugged rancher shelters Boone Helm a dangerous outlaw posing as a shipwreck survivor. Helm plots murder for cattle theft but is thwarted when the rancher and a pursuing woman uncover the plot. Helm is captured, leaves with his pals, and the cattle sale profits the rancher. The romance never culminates in marriage as the rancher later marries another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone Helm
Boone
Helm
Homer
Boston
California
Yreka
Pals
Shotgun Point
Portland
San Francisco
Smelter Official from Montana Dies in Chile
V. P. Antonich, long time resident of Great Falls, Montana, and wartime chief refiner for Anaconda Copper, died recently in Antofagasta Chile. He became Chile smelter superintendent in October 1941 for Chile Exploration Co at Chuquicamata after 22 years with Chile Copper Co. and 17 years with Anaconda Copper in Great Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. P. Antonich
Chile Exploration Co
Chuquicamata
Chile
Great Falls
Antofagasta
Antonich
Chile Copper Co
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Great Fall
Lewistown Named For Major of 7th Infantry
In 1875 records in the war department confirm Camp Lewis location at Lewistown site. Maj William H Lewis of the Seventh Infantry is cited as the post’s namesake, with local history noting no permanent buildings at Camp Lewis and tracing its naming to Major Lewis.
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William Ludlow
War Department
Carroll, Mont
Yellowstone Park
Lewistown
Camp Lewis
Hilger
George L. Browning
Seventh Infantry
Reed's Fort
Reed
F. A. Janeaux
Janeaux
Postoffice Department
Idaho
Camp Baker
Fort Logan
Fort Shaw
Sun River
William H. Lewis
Seventh Infantry Regiment
Forts Shaw and
Ellis
General Gibbons
Helena
Judith Basin
Big Spring Creek
19Th Infantry
Railroad Official Dies in California
W. C. Sloan assistant vice president of the Northern Pacific Railroad and general manager of lines west of Livingston died in San Bernardino California after several months illness. Sloan, headquartered in Seattle, was a renowned western railroad man with many Montana friends.
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W. C. Sloan
Northern Pacific Railroad Co
Livingston
San Bernardino
Calif
Sloan
Seattle
West
Montana
Adjutant Heath Bottomly Named Acting Regimental Adjutant
Heath Bottomly of Helena has been appointed acting regimental adjutant for the summer session at West Point, making him second in command among cadet officers. He is the son of R V Bottomly Montana's first assistant attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heath Bottomly
Helena
West Point
Bottomly
R. V. Bottomly
Montana
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George M. Casey
Canary
Jane Withers
Hollywood
Jane
Kentucky
Eigie
Old Sanny Brook
7Th Infantry
Mont
David Hilger
State Historical Library
Ingae
Anaconda
Anaconda Sales Co
Anaconda, Montana
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