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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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