Medicine Wheel of Crow Country Described in 1902 Journey
The account details an expedition to Medicine Mountain in the Big Horn range where the Crow and nearby Sioux elders know little of the so called Medicine Wheel. A white guide named Silver Tip leads the climb to a wheel composed of limestone slabs with a central hub and 27 radiating spokes plus seven peripheral stone structures.
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C. Simms
Big Horn
Medicine Wheel
Medicine Mountain
Crow Country
Sorrelhorse
Silver Tip
Crow Agency
Green
Reynolds
Medicine Mount
Timber boom linked to national defense drive in Rocky Mountain region
C A Joy of Deer Lodge national forest notes increased commercial timber activity in northern Rockies due to defense needs. Sawmills operate around Butte with most cutting for private use, while Pacific Northwest timber also supports defense. Major Evan W. Kelley cites World War II lumber usage and outlines wood roles from explosives to flame throwers and aircraft materials.
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Rocky Mountain
C. A. Joy
Deer Lodge National Forest
Butte
Missoula
Evan W. Kelley
U. S. Army
France
England
Bridge under construction spans Rockies through winter
Construction on the Two Medicine bridge near Glacier Park station continued all winter despite harsh conditions. W P Roscoe of Billings contracts says crews completed most foundations for the $142000 structure. It will be 760 feet long and 150 feet high, built from both ends to meet in the middle.
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Two Medicine Bridge
Glacier Park Station
W. P. Roscoe
Billings
Roscoe
Rocky Mountains
Neolithic coastal culture spreads across the world
The text outlines a Neolithic sun stone culture spreading from the Mediterranean basin along the Pacific coast to India and the Americas. It describes megaliths, swastikas, and head deformation, with evidence from Danish kitchen middens and burial practices, painting, and tools used by early Neolithic people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Pacific
China
Mexico
Peru
America
Inside the Army Truck How It Is Built and What It Uses
A detailed look at a 24 ton military truck reveals materials totaling over 11 000 pounds of steel alloys copper aluminum and lead plus hundreds of pounds of natural and synthetic rubber paints cotton wool hair and other components. It notes the mix includes 86 pounds of paints, 300 pounds of wood, 40 pounds of glass and 18 pounds of paperboard with plastics used sparingly for knobs and parts.
Highway group forms in Helena to pursue federal aid funds
Looking back twenty years, residents in Helena organized to push highway legislation so Montana can use federal aid funds. Sid J. Coffee of Missoula presided over a 35-person meeting with 15 vice presidents who will craft a program for the next legislature. The list includes W. J. Johnson, D. N. Miles, H. H. Howard, W. G. Gilbert, E. J. Bowman, A. J. Davis, P. L. Wills, Ted Reinbold, M. V. Wilson, C. H. McLeod, George W. Farr, O. S. Warden, Lawrence Houck, and W. H. Griffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City American
Helena
Missoula
Sid J. Coffee
W. J. Johnson
Lewistown
Careless Smokers Cause Record National Park Fires
Parks Director Newton B. Drury reported that careless smokers sparked 218 fires in national parks in 1940 the largest yearly total since the service began 25 years earlier. The fires accounted for 39 percent of the 551 fires from all causes, burning 23 235 park acres.
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National Parks
National Park Service
Newton B. Drury
Two Thousand Musicians to Gather for Havre May Music Festival
About 2,000 students from northern Montana high schools will assemble in Havre on May 10 for the 11th annual May music festival. A parade of bands and 50 floats will precede the concert at Havre High School athletic field. Havre and Fort Benton will contribute multiple bands with participation from Northern Montana College and numerous area high schools including Great Falls, Chester, Chinook, Conrad, Malta, Poplar, and many others.
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Northern Montana
Havre
Fort Benton
Northern Montana College
Great Falls
Antelope
Augusta
Belt
Big Sandy
Box Elder
Brady
Chester
Chinook
Chateau
Conrad
Cut Bank
Dodson
Dutton
Fort Shaw
Fairfield
Galata
Geyser
Gildford
Glasgow
Geraldine
Hingham
Harlem
Highwood
Joplin
Malta
Oilmont
Poplar
Rudyard
Saco
Shelby
Sunburst
Turner
Valier
Operation Fatal to Rick Rowan
Richard H. Rick Rowan aged 44 a Buick division district representative for GM died in a Bismarck North Carolina hospital after an appendicitis operation. His territory spanned Montana and northern Wyoming and he was returning to Bozeman from a company meeting in Minneapolis when struck by illness. He previously ran a private auto business in Bozeman. Be a careful driver.
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Richard H
Rick) Rowan
Buick
General Motors Company
Bismarck
N. C
Montana
Wyoming
Bozeman
Minneapolis
General Motors
Rowan
Pneumonia Rate in State Drops Says Cogswell
The Montana biennial health report notes improved tourist camp sanitation and a drop in pneumonia mortality from 123.4 to 56.1 per 100 000 between 1935 and 1939 with expected improvement in 1940. Birth records demand rises amid federal and defense program requirements. public health nurses are in high demand. dried fruits offer more minerals than fresh.
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Montana
State Board of Health
Wee Cogswell
Board of Health
Montanans, Inc
Cogswell
State Board 2 Health
Well
Division of Vital Statistics
Child Welfare Division
Dr. Cogswell
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Medicine
JOY
Anaconda
Treasure State
Lonely Peak
Rockies
Rick Rowan
WIN Health Board
Reeve
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Glacier Production Company “Natural” Plant
Northwest
Glacier Production Company
Butte, Mont
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