Frontier Index and Leigh Freeman in Butte's Newspaper Pioneering Era
The Frontier Index began in the late 1870s with Leigh R Freeman and a hand press in Butte. Freeman, known for a broad hat and roaming inquiries, created a nomadic editorial presence while Chauncey Harris supplied news items. Copies of the Frontier Index have not survived and chroniclers largely overlook the paper.
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Leigh R. Freeman
Montana
Frontier Index
Majors
Butte
Freeman
Frontier Camps
Dodge City
Morgan Earp
Wyatt Earp
Dodge
Tombstone
Montana Frontier
Chauncey Harris
Harris
Barleycorn
Butte Miner and Inter Mountain: Early Montana Press Legacy
A memoir fragment recounts the rise of the Butte Miner and the Inter Mountain, detailing founders George B. Johnson and H. T. Brown, editor Daniel Searles, and early staff. It notes Kennedy and Barton leases on the Frontier Index, mining coverage, labor strikes, and shifts in editorial stance amid Montana politics and silver gold debates.
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Frontier Index
Barton
Kennedy
Majors
Boulder
Montana
Butte
George B. Johnson
Johnson
H. T. Brown
The
Miner
Brown
Spokane
Colonel Searles
Daniel Searles
Searles
Green Majors
L. S. Merchant
Cooney
Dick Butler
Dick Porter
Stevens
John B. Read
Read
United States
Lockley
Salem
Ore
Inter Mountain
James D. Watson Pioneer Western Cattleman Dies
James D. Watson, 68, a pioneer Western cattleman, died of a heart attack while traveling the Rabbit Ears Pass in Colorado. A Chicago livestock executive and former partner in Knight-Watson Cattle Co., he ran operations from Mexico to Canada and lived in Denver's Brown Palace for six years.
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James D. Watson
Wester
Rabbit Ear Pass
Colorado
Watson
Brown Palace
Denver
Illinois
Sioux Indian Reservation
South Dakota
Mexico
Texas
Canada
Wood Bros
John Clay & Co
Chicago
Knight-Watson Cattle Co
Alberta
Knight-Watson Co
Reymondt
Ayers Urges Fast Start on Rogers Pass Road Project
Gov. Roy E. Ayers asked Montana highway commission to begin east side Rogers Pass construction at the earliest time. A contract for 13 miles of surface work on the Rogers Pass road west of the divide was let to S. Birch & Sons for 223000 plus. The panel ordered immediate completion of plans right of way procurement and bidding for the Simms Hogan section in Cascade county.
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Roy E. Ayers
Montana Highway Commission
Rogers Pass
Montana
Divide
Sidney
Circle
Jordan
Lewistown
Great Falls
Missoula
Ovando
Highway Commission
Cascade County
Tick fever cases rise to three with one fatality
The state board of health reports one more spotted tick fever case this year bringing total to three with one death. A case of sleeping sickness was added for last week totaling 18 for the state, located in Powder River county in the southeast corner.
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State Board of Health
Powder River County
Grayling comeback noted in Yellowstone waters
The bureau of fisheries reports Montana grayling stocking on West Gallatin river in Yellowstone began in 1938 with fingerlings from Bozeman hatchery. Officials say natural reproduction aided by hatchery releases could sustain the species, once abundant in Madison Jefferson and Gallatin rivers and valued by Indigenous people for winter food.
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Montana
Madison
Jefferson
Gallatin
Northwest Territory
The
Bureau
West Gallatin
Grayling stocking debated by state bureau officials
Christine Kleffner of Belt presided over Home Economics Students clubs sessions at Montana State College during the annual high school week. The bureau notes early plantings plus 1938 39 stocking show larger fingerlings are more productive for grayling stocking in the West Gallatin. It cites Frank R. Marshall Fred Williams and Dan Young supporting the return of grayling fishing. The bureau describes the species, its identification and taste claims.
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Christine Kleffner
Montana State College
Belt
Miss Kleffner
Bureau
Frank R. Marshall
Montana
Fred Williams
Bozeman
Early grayling stocking in West Gal River history
In 1938 the West Gal river received initial stockings and 6 131 fingerlings of grayling 4 to 5 inches long. Later that year 15 000 graylings 2 inches long were added. Spring 1939 saw another release of 5 inch fingerlings, following earlier attempts in 1920 1921 and 1923 when 400 000 grayling fingerlings were planted.
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Bureau
West Gallatin
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Frontier Index
Edward B. Reynolds
Butte Intermountain
Helena
Garret
Judge Lippincott
Lippincott
Majors and Lippincott
New York State
Deer Lodge
Lee Mantle
S. A. Kennicott
Mantle
Sands & Boyce
E. L. Bonner & Co
A. T. McMillan
Kennicott
Pike County
Celtic Isle
Chauncey Barbour
Chauncey
Salt Lake Tribune
Mary Jane Higby
Onna
Ayers
Grayling
U. S
West Gallatin River
Lydia E. Pinkham
Conoco
Patent Office
Continental Oil Company
ELIS
Relpond
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