Mary Doane’s childhood at Hunter’s Hot Springs amid frontier danger
Grace Stone Coates recounts Mary L Doane daughter of Dr Andrew Hunter and widow of Captain G C Doane who recalls the 1864 move from Nebraska City to Montana and the family’s battles with hostile Bloods and Piegans while developing Hunter’s Hot Springs. The piece covers Dr Hunters discovery of the springs, early Bozeman life, and ensuing tragedies and rescues along the Yellowstone frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary L. Doane
Hunter’s Hot Springs
Hunter
Grace Stone Coates
Washburne and Doane
Yellowstone Park
Mr. Evarts
Helena
Washburne
Doane
Mammoth Hot Springs
Pioneer Society
Gallatin County
Sidney Johnson
Mrs. Doane
Mary
Montana
Nebraska City
Omaha
Platte
Big Horn
Yellowstone
Bozeman
West Gallatin
Santa Claus
Virginia City
U. S
Northern Pacific Railroad
S. J. Kirkwood
The
Intrior
Marias River
Eugene Baker
U. S. Cavalary
Sheridan
Yellowstone Valley
Lizzie
Rich
Dr. Hunter
Hardy Adair
Major Pease
Sheep Mountain
Iron Bull
Emma Hunter
Livingston
Cedar Creek Mining Boom Returns to Western Montana
Cedar Creek district near Superior sees renewed mining activity after decades. Companies such as Superior Mines Inc and Sterling Mining expand placer and quartz work on California gulch and Oregon Creek with ground sluicing and hydraulic methods. The Missoulian lineage traces to the 1870 Missoula and Cedar Creek Pioneer founded by Magee & Co, now serving Western Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Cedar Creek
Missoulian
Montana
Oregon Creek
Superior
Gulches
Missoula County
Woody
Mineral County
Superior Mines, Inc
Sterling Mining Company
California Gulch
Gilderaleive Brothers
Snow Shoe Gulch
Oregon Creek Mining Company
Lost Gulch
Golden Slipper Mining Company
Amador
Judge Woody
Historical Society of Montana
Magee & Co
Hit and Run Fatal Tells of Young Conservation Corps Worker
Millard Bacon, 23, of Smithtown Long Island a member of the civilian conservation corps stationed at Fort Missoula was killed while walking from Missoula to the post when struck by a hit and run driver. A passing motorist picked him up and he died at the fort hospital. Two companions walking with him escaped injury.
Wheat storage figures rise in Montana elevators
Wheat stored in Montana elevators and mills totaled 5,403,796 bushels on June 1, up from 2,034,985 bushels a year earlier. Advances on stored grain reached 351,507 dollars versus 240,378 last June. Barley, rye, oats and flax in storage also increased year over year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State Grain Division
Horingsham Congregational Church Claims Free Church Heritage
Horingsham Congregational Church asserts it is the oldest free church in England with construction dating back 360 years, highlighting its historic status and continuous use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horingsham Congregational
England
Buried Treasure in Jocko Valley Unfolds in 1893 Tale
A Missoulian special from Jocko, Montana recounts how the widow of Nez Perce leader George Red Crow is pursued by angry relatives over a concealed fortune of about 18 thousand dollars in gold. The tale ends with the widow dead and the treasure still hidden as locals hunt for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Samee
Missoula, Mont
Jocko
Flathead Indian Reservation
George Red Crow
Bitter Root Valley
Flathead Reservation
Red Crow
Jocko Valley
Butte
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Ed Quinn
Benson’s Landing
Dave Carpenter
Shields River
Jerome
Fort Ellis
Stoney
True
Shibble
Malloy
Smith
Burr
New York
G. Chester Doubleday
Doubleday
Manhasset, L. I
Mary Pat Kelley
Cornelius F. Kelley
Kelley
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Miss Kelley
Mr. Doubleday
New York City
St. Mary’s Church
Manhasset
Glasgow, Montana
G. H. Klein
Glasgow
Superior Buildings CO
Columbia Falls, Montana
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