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Choteau Acantha

Location

Choteau, Montana, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1937

Page

3

First Montana Telegraph Line From Salt Lake City to Virginia City

The 1866 Montana telegraph line built by John Creighton connected Salt Lake City and Virginia City for Western Union. Early issues included weak batteries and line breaks, with operators climbing poles and long shifts. The system evolved through Helena, Fort Benton, and Butte as lines extended and technology advanced.

John Creighton Salt Lake Virginia City Ontana Helena PeThat Montana Omaha Western Union Company Salt Lake City Barney Hughes Green Clay Smith Andrew Johnson United States God Save the Union A. Willey Fort Benton W. E. Fredericks Wild Hughes Barney Hughes Levi 8 Butte Western Union Willey Deer Lodge John Sabin New York Pleasant Valley Lee Mantle Butte Intermountain Pacific Coast Helena Herald Helena Independent Montana Post Sitting Bull Commission New York Times Chicago P. A. Largey Bozeman Largey Overland Telegraph Plains California Bannack Road Mantle Malad Utah Utah & Northern Ogden Leon Shaw Bill Gazette W. W. Wheaton Lewistown John Derks The Salt Lake Tribune Harry Burton Red Lodge Symeon P Mets Burton Telegraph Derks Associated Press Harry Yaeger Daily Record Shaw Independent Business Office Yaeger Record McKinley Federal Reserve Bank Minneapolis

Pioneer Society of Eastern Montana Formed in 1910

In Miles City in 1910 a movement formed the Pioneer Society of Eastern Montana for residents who arrived before the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1881. About 120 signatures were gathered, excluding those who arrived with the railroad era, sparking debate over true pioneers and the society’s basis.

Pioneer Society of Eastern Montana D. J. O'Malley NN Ksd Montana Miles City Northern Pacific Railroad Yellowstone Journal Sam Gordon Association Iron Horse Society of Pioneers of Eastern Old Settlers’ Association of the Yellowstone Valley

Old Settlers of 1876 Gather in Miles City Milestone

The narrative recalls military postings at Fort Custer and Fort Keogh during 1876 77 with details of detachments guarding the Yellowstone crossing near Glendive. It notes the eight year old Old Settlers association and memories of pioneers like Ante lope Charlie Yellowstone Kelly and deaths of several early figures.

Horace Greeley Atlantic Graham St. Paul Minn Kentucky Yellowstone Charles Brown Yellowstone Valley Ponce-de-Leon Spain Florida Terry Crook Fifth Infantry Miles 22D 17Th Second Cavalry Brackett Seventh Cavalry Charles Savage Secretary of War Tongue River Little Big Horn Bismarck Dakota Territory Texas Jack Gibbon Fort Custer Fort Keogh 17Th Infantry Glendive Episcopal Miles City Brown Sheba Mr. Brown J. W. Johnson A. H. Vanvherden Charles W. Savage J. J. Graham Mr. Graham Broad Land Antelope Charlie Wall-Eyed Bill Tex Camp Kettle Billy Scoop-Shovel Charlie Blinkey Jack Yellowstone Kelly L. F. Whiting Lee Huntly W. B. Fountain George Johnson Benedicts van Vlierden van Viierden Old Settlers

Selish Indians Seasonal Food and Trade Structures

Anthropologist Dr. Harry Turney-High details Selish life including annual migrations into Idaho for salmon and to the plains for bison. He describes MayJune harvesting of bitter root and wild carrot, August camas, July pstchelu, berry gathering, and intertribal trade with the Crow for vermilion pigment.

Coyote Columbia River Idaho Plains Harry Turney-High Montana State University Selish Great Plains Turney-High Helena

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Northern Pacific Great Northern Lewis and Clark County Sam J. Small W. B. Hibbard J. J. Dickey I. McMichael Sabin Fredericks Montana Daily Record Billings Gazette A. H. van Vlierden Jack Johnson J. B Wright James Codeman Harry Burgard John Blakily R. D. Gutgesell Till Brandenburg N. Borchardt A. H. van Vilerden James Turner Major Borchardt Sheriff Johnson Our Valley Man of Montana Col Yellowstome Journal Etna
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