Camels in Montana History From 1865 Virginia City Feats
A historical survey recounts the 1865 arrival of camels in Montana led by the American Camel Co. and Major Wayne with shipments from Nevada and Manchuria. It details their use hauling ore and supplies, public sentiment, laws in Virginia City, and later Civil War aftermath, plus legends of camel hunts and lingering folklore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Taylor
Montana Post
Montana
Montana Territory
Gibson House
Idaho Street
Virginia City
Southwest
Northwest
Granville Stuart
Helena
Washington Gulch
Asia
United States
North Africa
Texas
America
Prack
San Francisco
Union Pacific
Nev
British Columbia
American Camel Co
Cariboo
Victoria
B. C
Camel Company
Duncan McDonald
Ravalli
Kootenai River
Nevada
William S. Lewis
Spokane
Bear Gulch
Gold Creek
Deer Lodge
Bonanza
Alder Gulch
Edgar
Walla Walla
Hell Gate
Missoula
Bozeman Trail
Hebard
Wyoming
Helena-Missoula-Walla Walla Run
Egypt
Wayne
Tunis
Africa
Major Wayne
Indianola
Tex
Montana Stockgrowers to Hold 56th Meeting in May in Butte
The Montana Stockgrowers association will convene its 56th annual session in Butte this May, tracing its origins to Miles City in 1884 and noting early eastern Montana roots and the 1885 merger with the Eastern Montana Stock association. It highlights key founders and officers, with many charter members now gone as of 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Stockgrowers
Montana Stockgrowers Association
Butte
United States
Miles City
Montana
Eastern Montana Stock Association
John T. Murphy
Conrad Kohrs
N. J. Bielenberg
William F
F. G. Niedringhaus
M. C. Connors
J. S. Day
Joe Scott
T. J. Bryan
John M. Holt
Frank C. Robertson
William Harmon
Wyoming Stock Association
Cheyenne
Helena
Stockgrowers of
Montana Association
Granville Stuart
Benjamin F. Potts
Russell B. Harrison
J. P. Woolman
Harrison
Benjamin F. Harrison
National Association
B. F. Potts
Montana Territory
Wyoming
North and
South Dakota
Northwest Territory
E. S. Newman
J. J. Thompson
Custer County
Dawson County
Deer Lodge
Lewis and Clark County
Charles Anceney
Gallatin County
Meagher County
Nick Bielenberg
Silver Bow County
Marquis DeMores
J. N. Simpson
North Dakota
J. B. Kendrick
W. F. Cochrane
MacLeod
Association
Charles H. Loud
Craig McDowell
E. H. Cowles
W. F. Niedringhaus
C. C. Howes
George M. Miles
Thomas H. Hubbard
S. H. Hardin
Henry Tipler
John I. Zook
Matt Murphy
Pierre Wibaux
Henry Boice
Montana National Stockgrowers Association
D. J. O’malley
Mr. O’malley
Mr. O'Malley
Eau Claire
Wis
Calamity Jane’s Gunfight Interlude in Billings Then Miles City Traits
Calamity Jane stormed the Billings Herald office in the 1880s after an illiterate rumor, only to be calmed by editor J. E. Hendry who read the piece aloud. The tale segues to Miles City gatherings of stockmen, rides, and the long career of old-timer J. R. McKay, famed Circle K horse raiser and Montana senator in the 1890s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Hendry
Livingston Enterprise
Hendry
Frontier
Amazon
Blackguard
Jane
McKay
Miles City
Montana
J. R. McKay
Quebec
Canada
Benjamin Harrison
Custer County
Senate
Mr. Marshall
Washington, D. C
William A. Clark
United States
The
Stock Association
Bismarck
Lenroot to Visit Montana in April and May
Katherine Lenroot chief of the Children's Bureau United States Department of Labor will visit Helena Montana on April 30 and May Plans are being made by Montana conference of social work for meetings during Lenroots stay in the capital city
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
State Board of Health
State Conertenent of Public Welfare
Katherine Lenroot
Children’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Washington, D. C
Montana
Montana Conference of Social Work
Lenroot
Also Mentioned on This Page
Desert
Sterno Co
Charles W. Cannon
Kentucky
Cannon
James McNear
McNear
Ophir Gulch
MccNear
Culbertson
Mont
Woodburn
Ore
Wilsall
Brandenburg
Robertson
McDowell
Day
Cowles
Range Riders
Ben Woodcock
Diamond City
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cyfars
Quaay Brook
National DistiLlers PrOducts Corp
N.Y
D. J. O'Malley
Montana National Stock Association
Charlie Furmen
Toppenish, Wash
Idaho
Milestown
Inter- Ocean Hotel
Ater
Sys Earal
Roma
California
Roma Wild Company
I. O. Lod
Calvert
D Calvert
Tare
Calvert Distillers Corporation
New York City
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