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Shelby Montana Hosts One Famed Boxing Fight
Gus Schrader recalls a July 4 1923 heavyweight title bout between Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons held near Shelby Montana The arena site was demolished leaving only a Taco stand and a postcard souvenir at the Williams Court motel told by innkeeper Mrs W F Wilson and locals The piece notes banking losses and the rarity of peak event crowds in a small town setting.
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Shelby
Glacier National Park
Park
Wally
Helen Schwank
Flathead Lake
Mont
Schwanks
Flathead
Cee
Ramsey County
St. Paul
Wilson
Glacier
St. Mary’s
Blackfoot
Browning
Cut Bank
Denny Frary
Willard Scott
Bullhead City
Ariz
Williams Court
W.F. Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Johnson
Dempsey
Jack
Doc” Kearns
Kearns
Gen. Custer