Retreat to Bannack Amid Nez Perce War Near Big Hole
Homer Faust recounts Bannack's frantic days after the Big Hole battle as Nez Perce pursued by Chief Joseph push toward Horse Prairie. Volunteers inspect Horse Prairie while refugees flood Bannack, fearing attacks. discovery of dead at Montague & Winters ranch, including Jim Smith, signals the danger and rousing efforts of local settlers.
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Big Hole
Bannack
Joseph
Homer Faust
Territorial
Nez Perces
Idaho Passes
Con Bray
Beaverhead County
al D. Young
Tom Ellis
Young
Horse Prairie
O'Hoolihan
Lone Pine
Montague & Winters
Jim Smith
Oer
Ellis
Montague
A. E. Graeter
Winters
Howard
Barnsworth
Alexander Cooper
Hamilton Ranch
Horse Prairie Creek
Cooper
Lolo Forest Sees Heavy Livestock Grazing Applications
The Lolo National Forest field office reports requests to graze nearly 49,000 head this season, including 46,446 sheep, 2,381 cattle, and 86 horses from 24 permittees. Many sheep will come from outside Washington, with arrivals likely in early summer.
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Lolo National Forest
Theodore Shoemeker
Lolo
Missoula
Washington
Lolo Forest
National Forest
Mineral Counties
Second Montana Volunteers on Mexican Border 1916
The article recounts the 1916 mobilization of Montana National Guard units for border service, detailing mustering at Fort Harrison, camp setup near Douglas Arizona, training, and leadership under Col. Dan J. Donahue and Lt. Col. Arthur M. Ferguson. It notes two deaths from illness, praises unit morale, requests memorial tablets, and urges state support for the militia.
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Montana
Philippines
State
Second
Montana Infantry
Governor Stewart
Phil Greenan
National Guard of
United States
War Department
McDowell
Fort Harrison
Dan J. Donahue
Arthur M. Ferguson
John J. McGuinness
Charles N. Sargent
Jesse B. Root
Douglas
Arizona
Calumet
Mesquite
Cactus
Montana Regiment
National Guard
United States Army
U. S. Infantry
Second Infantry
Ferguson
Secretary of War
Amos Martin
Paul McCormick, Jr
Billings
E. M. Birely
McCormick
Kenneth Pickett
Donald A. Smith
Commonwealth
Adjutant General
Castoria Relief for Colic and Digestive Ailments
A vintage drug advert promises Castoria soothes babies with colic and aids digestion. It claims gentle relief for diarrhea, constipation, and colds, noting the genuine product bears Chas. HL Fletcher's signature and is sold in every drugstore.
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Chas. HL Fletcher
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Smith
Flynn
Erastus H. Williams
State of
A. A. Hoffman
U. S
Bozeman
Roundup
Herman S. Bruce
C. Shelby
Joseph MacFarlane
Walier
Willard E. Olson
Miles City
Wm. P. Morse
Kalispell
Oliver 8. Perry
Glasgow
LeRoy A. Foot
Snore Bete Hardy
Northwest
State Nursery & Seed Co
Castoria
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