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Big Timber Pioneer in Big Timber, Montana

25 May 1939

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Big Timber Pioneer

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Big Timber, Montana, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1939

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3

California Joe frontier scout killed by Newcombe at Fort Robinson

A long frontier tale ends with Thomas Newcombe, a Fort Robinson worker, killing California Joe Moses Milner, the famed scout, in August 1876. The incident sparked decades of rumor while Newcombe faced legal delays and Joe’s grave was later marked by a military stone.

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California Joe Tom Newcombe Elno Fort Robinson Neb Newcombe Newecombe Law and Order California Joe Kentucky St. Louis Platte Fort Laramie Fort Bridger Kit Carson Jim Bridger New Mexico Santa Fe United States Doniphan Chihuahua Mexico Missouri Warren County Oregon Moses_ Milner Moses Milner Virginia City Milner Custer The Washita Oklahoma Black Kettle Red Cloud Agency South Dakota Wyncoop Fort Abraham Lincoln Bismarck N. D Fort Lincoln Washington Belknap Black Hills Rapid City Little Big Horn General Crook Wyoming MacKenzie Thomas Newcombe Hoyle Corral Holt County Deadwood Nelson A. Miles Montana Livingston Castle George Thomas Minneapolis George T. Young Thomas White Peter Holt Yellowstone Park Pete
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Crow Rock Legend Tied to Sioux and Crow Battle North of Miles City

The article recounts how Crow Rock near Miles City Montana earned its name from a historic clash between Sioux and Crow tribes. It describes the siege, the rock’s waterless position, and the heavy losses—fifty or more slain—before the Crows surrendered and the Sioux claimed the prairie hunting grounds.

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Miles City Crow Rock Tongue River Nelson A. Miles John S. Truscott Rock Mr. Truscott Custer County Montana Big Horn Mountains Yellowstone Big Dry Missouri River Sheep Mountain Range Lasse Little Big Horn Miles Cantonment Fort Keogh
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Bullion Bandits and Builders Butte Jubilee Show

Butte plans a two episode Treasure State jubilee spectacle titled Bullion Bandits and Builders. C W Towne heads the spectacle committee with James H Dickey Jr chairing the publicity panel. The program covers Montana history from Lewis and Clark to today and runs July 1 2 2 and 4 at the Butte high school stadium as part of Montana statehood celebrations.

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Butte C. W. Towne James H. Dickey Jr Montana Lewis and Clark Butte High School Mr. Towne L. P. Sanders M. George O'Malley Walter T. Scott
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Louisiana Purchase shaped United States expansion and borders

The piece recounts Napoleon Bonaparte selling Louisiana to the United States for 15 million dollars in 1803 to fund his European campaign. It covers the vast territory, its impact on U.S. growth through states like Oklahoma and Montana, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the evolving borders with Spain and Canada through subsequent territorial changes. Entities include Napoleon Bonaparte, James Monroe, Robert Livingston, Missouri, Montana, Idaho, Dakota, and Vancouver.

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Napoleon Bonaparte France Europe Louisiana Territory United States Oklahoma Nebraska South Dakota Arkansas Missouri Iowa Montana Wyoming Colorado North Dakota Minnesota Louisiana New Mexico Texas Napoleon Great Western Mississippi Basin Continental Divide James Monroe Robert Livingstone America Lower Mississippi New Orleans LaSalle Canada Hudson's Bay Spain West Jefferson Mississippi Valley Philadelphia Livingstone Lewis and Clark Pacific St. Louis District of Northwest Territory Vincennes Ind Louisiana Purchase Old Northwest Territory Missouri Territory Indian Country Nebraska Territory Idaho Territory
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Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Ad Claims Nervous Relief

An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a tonic for nervousness and irritability in women. It promises to aid physical resistance and calm quivering nerves, asserting over a million women report benefits.

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Lydia Winkham Pinkham
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