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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1930
Page
7
The article traces Montana history around the Big Horn and Yellowstone rivers, noting a trading post era and later shifts in trade flow. It situates a historical spot as a crossroads of development and commerce, spanning early settlement to changes in railroad and regional activity.
The article traces Montana’s early frontier, noting the Big Horn River area near its junction with the Yellowstone as the cradle of trading posts and forts. It recounts Manuel Lisa and John Colter’s 1800s journeys, the rise of the Missouri Fur Company, and the opening of posts like Fort Lisa and Fort Benton, shaping early commerce with the Crow and Blackfeet.
The narrative traces forts from Fort Tullock to Fort Alexander and Fort Sarpy at the Big Horn mouth, the 1830s to 1870s. It covers Stuart’s gold expedition, Bozeman trail conflicts, Terry’s landing, and the rise of Junction City as a freight hub, its growth, Civil War era activity, a 1883 fire, and decline near Custer.
J. W. Williams of Craig recalls a notorious timber wolf that roams the Judith basin high country. He describes the wolf’s cunning, long excursions from Dry Wolf Creek to Monarch and the Judith river, and failed attempts by hunters, trapper Earl Neel, and local clubs to capture or poison it.
A local eight year old athlete is praised by Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Jenkins of Lyndon Kansas. They credit California Fig Syrup with brightening his mood and aiding digestion, claiming it cleanses the system of biliousness and constipation and strengthens weak bowels.
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