First Tailor Shop in Montana Hunted in Pryor Mountains
In 1848 49 a hunting expedition into the Pryor mountains led to the opening of Montana s first exclusive men s tailoring shop run by Ned Williams with four squaws as assistants. Trappers from New York plus Uncle Billy Hamilton crafted buckskin suits from mountain sheep skins despite deep snow and hostile threats.
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Pryor Mountains
Big Horn
Clarks Fork
Montana
Billy Hamilton
Missoula
New York
Broadway
Ned Williams
Williams
Jack Perkins
Mummy Trade and Western Trappers at Reed's Crossing
In 1879 a Scottish lord bought a Piegan mummy from Reed at Reed's Crossing on the Musselshell. The deal involved $150 and a pursuit by Piegan kin. the mummy ended in Edinburgh museum. The tale unfolds with a hunting party of Williams and New Yorkers, fur pelts, and tailor shop work en route to Fort Bridger.
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Musselshell River
Musselshell
Reed’s' Crossing
Buffalo
Montana
Lord Jamison
Edinburgh
Helena
Reed
Piegan
Edinburgh Museum
Jamison
Yellowstone
Hawkins
Custer County
People’s Party
Assinniboine Was a Modern Fort
River Press outlines Fort Assinniboine near Fort Benton detailing brick parade grounds and two story officer quarters blocks, enlisted men barracks, hospital, storehouses, Broadwater Co facilities, and the Broadwater residence with staff and accommodations for officers and workers.
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the River Press
Fort Benton
Fort Assinniboine
Beaver Creek
Milk River
Bear Paw Mountains
Seco
Solers
C. A. Broadwater & Co
Stephen Spitzley
Broadwater & Co
C. A. Broadwater
Hawkins Loyal Friend of Theodore Roosevelt Recalls Encounters
Captain James R. Hawkins of Miles City recounts Roosevelt’s sharp memory and gift for recognizing faces and names. He notes Roosevelt’s greeting of a Little Missouri man, the violin gift, and Roosevelt’s 15 year remembrance of Hawkins’ son serving overseas.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Jack Hawkins
Miles City
Billings
Medora
North Dakota
William Hawkins
Colonel Roosevelt
Teddy
Missouri
Roosevelt
Montana
Hawkins
James R. Hawkins
Texas
Jack
Jim
Utica
Mountain Lion Is a Coward Says Federal Hunter
Lloyd Thompson a former United States biological survey member says mountain lions are not fierce and kill few cattle in Montana. He estimates western Montana has about 25 lions and claims he killed or captured over 175, describing lions as cowardly and noting wolves are more dangerous.
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Hamilton
Lloyd Thompson
United States Biological Survey
Thompson
Montana
Washington
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Uncle Billy
Camp
Fort Bridger
America
Columbus
Plains
Fort Pridger
California
Assinniboine
18Th Infantry
2Nd Cavalry
Black
18Th
N. Y
Bannack
Omana
Texas Rangers
Rufus Perry
Rangers
Dan W. Roberts
Graveyard Bottom
Fort Keogh
Conoco
NBC Network
Web
Conoco Bronze
Tony Sarg
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