Murder at Pike's Peak Camp A Gold Watch Sparks Slaughter
In October 1856 four miners in Pioneer Montana touts Griebe Fries Callahan and Jordan quarrel over Griebe's missing prized watch. A brawl ends with Fries killing Callahan and Griebe fatally struck, revealing a chilling trio torn by greed and envy during the gold rush.
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Pike’s Peak
William Flynn
Pike’s Peak Creek
Montana Territory
Granville Stuart
Pioneer
Griebe
Fries
Callahan
Jordan
Griebs
Fries’ Trail
Mount Powell
Mrs. Elizabeth Custer Bequeaths Relics to Public Museum
The will of Elizabeth Bacon Custer, widow of Gen George A Custer, dated 18 November 1926, directs flags and Civil War relics to the U S government or a museum and provides for other artifacts to be offered to a battlefield memorial or public institutions. Proceeds and residuary estates are left to Vassar College and family members.
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Elizabeth B. Custer
Elizabeth Bacon Custer
George A. Custer
New York City
United States
Lee
Appomattox
Grant
Memorial Hall
War Department
Washington
Elizabeth E. Wellington
Bronxville
N. Y
May Custer Elmer
Charles E. Elmer
Clark Street
Brooklyn
George Armstrong Custer
Custer
Chase
City Bank Farmers Trust Company
Little Big Horn
Montana
Agnes Bates Wellington
Elmer
Closing of Montana Silver Mines in 1893 Panic
The 1893 financial panic gutted Montana silver mining towns as prices collapsed from 1.20 to 0.85 per ounce. Mines closed, workers faced unemployment, and communities like Neihart endured mass outmigration amid widespread credit collapse and a crippled economy.
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Broadwater
Clark
Neihart
Helena
Montana
R. H. Bemis
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Rocky Mountain
Uncle Sam
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Providence
Read
Zinc
Missouri
William Mueller
Hartley
Bryan
Little Belt Mountains
Noth
Philipsburg
Hower
Granite Mountain
Granite Mountain Company
Conoco
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