Naming of Shoshone Lake Reform and Injustice to Col. De Lacy
The piece argues Shoshone Lake’s name mocks Col. Walter W. de Lacy Montana pioneer who first mapped southern Yellowstone. It notes Hayden survey clerks in 1872 and Hayden himself perpetuated the misnaming, delaying recognition of de Lacy’s work and legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Col
Walter W. de Lacy
Elno Hoshone
Old Faithful
West Thumb
Yellowstone Lake
Yellowstone Park
Shoshone
Hayden
Yellowstone
United States
Surveyor General
Lake
de Lacy
Mahan
St. Louis
Mississippi
Washington
Army
West Point
Navy
Southwest
Washington Territory
Isaac I. Stevens
John Mullan
Mullan
Fort Benton
Walla Walla
Bannack
Virginia City
Willow Creek
Madison County
Territorial Surveyor General
Northern Pacific Railway Co
West Gallatin
Spanish Creek
Madison
Lake de Lacy
Colonel de Lacy
Nathaniel P) Langford
Snake River
Lake Jackson
Educator Leaders Highlight Montana University Programs
NYA secretary Stanley Davison leads a Montana State University committee that enables nearly 300 students to earn 23 dollars annually on campus and off through educational projects. Other faculty note music festival plans, summer education sessions, and historian Catherine White finishing editing David Thompson journals on Montana history. Colonel de Lacy’s 19th century South Snake expedition maps and Lake de Lacy lore are recounted with debates over naming Shoshone Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Davison
National Youth Administration
Montana State University
Montana
NYU
Stanley Teel
Montana State University Music School
Western Montana Music Educators’ Association
Catherine White
David Thompson
Thompson
Northwest Fur Company
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
T. C. Elliot
Walla Walla
Wash
Miss White
Northwest
Frontier and Midland Celebrate Linderman Memory
Frontier and Midland magazine highlights Linderman from Montana in a commemorative spring issue. The piece notes his life from Elyria Ohio to Flathead country and Goose Bay, his roles as assayer, businessman, and politician, and his writing including Indian Why Stories. It also previews two unpublished Linderman writings and features essays by notable critics and writers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Russell
Frank Bird Linderman
Frontier and Midland
Missoula
Montana State University
Harold G. Merriam
Linderman
Montana
James Bird
Mary A. Linderman
Curlew Piping Co
Victor
Butte
Butte & Boston
Sheridan
Madison County
Helena
Montana Mining Association
Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America
Charles Scribners’ Sons
Goose Bay
Flathead Lake
Masonic Order
Kalispell Hotel
United States Senate
Thomas J. Walsh
Kalispell
Santa Barbara
Calif
Old Age Assistance Cut One Third for Three Months in Montana
Montana public welfare board cuts old age assistance by one third for April to June and reduces aid to dependent children by 30 percent during the same period. About 12,700 old age pensioners and 5,000 dependent children are affected. Checks will average about 13.70 dollars for old age and 8.75 dollars for children, with hopes for future increases tempered by limited county reimbursements and a modest relief appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Public Welfare Board
I. M. Brandford
Brandford
Welfare Board
Robert W. Beasley
Denver
Federal Social Security Board
Montana Board
Edith Battey
Billings
Honor Roll Share for Hazel Waldrop at Stephen’s College
Announcement lists Hazel Jean Waldrop daughter of Senator and Mrs George R Waldrop of Winnett on the dean’s honor roll. The article notes the college’s high percentage of students on the honor list and mentions India’s Madras institute plan to teach beggars weaving crafts to enable self support through sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen's College
Hazel Jean Waldrop
George R. Waldrop
Winnett
India
Madras
Two Deer Killing Lions Slain By Boulder Hunter
Roy Murray a veteran lion hunter and stockman in Boulder valley killed two mountain lions in one day after they had slaughtered a three point buck and a fat cow elk. Murray endured a 24 hour trek with horse and dog camping near Old Baldy mountain with subzero temperatures before locating and bringing down the pair. He was aided by Bill Sweet and Mike Quinn, with pack horses, and the elk had a tag from elk moved from Yellowstone park to Boulder valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Murray
Boulder Valley
Rocky Mountain Sportsmen’s Association
Yellowstone Park Area
Murray
Old Baldy Mountain
Angie
Crow Creek
Airdale
Old Baldy
Yellowstone Park
Rocky Country
Bill Sweet
Mike Quinn
Clarence
Jefferson County
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Virginia
Sevon
Ireland
Henry II
Old Dominion
W. W. Lacy
Scott
NYA
W. E. Maddock
Montana State University School of Education
Maddock
Superior
Wis
Mont
Cleveland
Take de Lacy
Shoshon Lake
S. R. Hillerman
Hillerman
George Ives
Nevada City
Jack Gallagher
Lewis
Brookie
Col. de Lacy
J. Bryant
S. Brown
A. R. Burr
David Burns
Lewis Casten
W. W. de Lacy
J. C. Davis
F. A. Dodge
John Ferrill
J. H. Ferguson
George Forman
T. J. Farmerice
Aaron Fickel
Buffalo Fork
Snake
Judge Lewis
Shoshone Lake
Lower Geyser Basin
Brown
Madison River
Lewis Lake
Gibbon
Frontier, Midland Magazine
Russell
Pe Ser
Flathead
van der Frederic F. van de Yearn
New York
General Custer
Frank Inderman
Charley Rann Kennedy
Kennedy
Hermann Hagedorn
Theodore Roosevelt
General Woods
Peerless Montana
State Nursery and Seed Co
United States Forestry Department
W. T. Sweet
Sweet
Murray Brothers
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Washington, D. C
Mountain States Building and Loan Association
Fourth Street
North
Great Falls
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