Libby Montana's Early Gold Rush and Trail Routes
Libby, county seat of Lincoln county, among Montana's oldest towns, grew from a placer gold find in 1885. Prospectors using the Highwater and Buffalo Bill trails crossed dangerous terrain, forged a settlement near Libby creek, and by 1887 George Good ran a grocery with a pack train, as Queen of a Woman Mrs Fields led pioneer travelers into the Libby region.
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Libby
Lincoln County
Mecca
Kalispell
Spokane
Montana
Kootenai River
Leigh Gulch
Kootenai
Walla Walla
Thompson Falls
Missoula
Tom Shearer
Libby Creek
Lyon's Gulch
Vermillion Creek
B. F. Howard
Buffalo Hill
John Leigh
George Reider
Sawyer Burton
Matt Conners
Packer
Jimmy Powers
Jan Eisenberg
Howard
Shearer
Pleasant Valley
Placer Ground
Howard Ae
McMillan Ranch
Bull River
Bull Lake
Fields
Buffalo Bill Trail
Soldiers Learn Travel Discounts Near Scenic Training Camps
Soldiers trained along the Northern Pacific route can explore vacation country with reduced travel. Uniformed men on furlough will receive a round trip rate of 1 cent per mile, valid in coach class and returnable within 30 days. Effective May 1.
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Northern Pacific Railway
E. E. Nelson
Northern Pacific
Conoco
Libby Towns Grow Along Kootenai River Trail
The narrative traces Libby’s early settlement from 1887 to the 1890s with John Leigh establishing a Thompson Falls trail to Libby placer mines, two immigrant routes, and the rise of Libby's “old town” then the new Libby site. It notes the first mercantile stores by Wall and Neff & Plummer, the California & Montana Trading Co. purchase, railway arrival in 1892, and the emergence of schools and a frontier church amid the 1893 panic.
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John Leigh
Thompson Falls
Libby Creek
Jan Eisenberg
Libby
Great Northern Railway
Kootenai
Filathead River
Demersville
Ashley Creek
Smith Valley
Fisher River
John P. Wall
Neff
Harry Howard
Kootenai River
Allen B. Johnston
Front Street
A. C. Herbst
Libby Hotel
Permit County Dad To Be Rum Vender
A Montana legal opinion holds a county commissioner may also be a liquor vendor licensed by the Montana Liquor Control Board. Another ruling says the state agriculture commissioner need not post a bond for a suspended office operation. History notes Libby and Dawson Lumber Co growth from 1906 milestones to early 20th century town-building in Lincoln County.
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John W. Bonner
James H. Higgins
Meagher
Bonner
Montana Liquor Control Board
Sam C. Ford
Libby Develops After Snowshoe Claims Sold
The Snowshoe group of claims near Libby were sold to the Chicago and Montana Mining Company for $130,000. A wagon road to the mine and a concentrator were built, concentrates hauled to Libby by four and six horse teams, marking Libby's first paying industry. The 1890s saw a church and a four room schoolhouse erected, followed in 1899 by renewed boom as English capital arrived.
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West Libby
Libby
Dawson Lumber Co
Merrill, Wis
Lincoln County
Julius Neils
Ww Company
Lumber Co
Chicago & Montana Mining Co
Montana Water Program Praised by National Board
A National Resources Planning Board report lauds Montana's water conservation and land use planning. Region 9 includes Washington Oregon Idaho with Montana cited for substantial progress. The study highlights southern Montana and the Yellowstone basin, predicted large-scale development, reserves for flood control and power near the Flathead River, and major irrigation and storage projects.
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Montana State Water Conservation and Planning Boards
National Resources Planning Board
Pacific Northwest
Montana
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Region 9
The
Resources Board
National Board
Yellowstone River
Mountain States
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Treasure State
Butte-Anaconda- Helena
Great Falls
Intermountain
Columbia River
Great Plains
Missoula
Flathead River
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Anaconda
Mrs. Fields
Sunny Serre
Reelsome
Soros EE
Hende
Dorooe Remndeesee
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Pinkham
Conoco Touraides
Wileage Orchard
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