The James Stuart Yellowstone Expedition of 1863
A fragment from the 1863 Stuart expedition diary details a 400 mile trek toward Yellowstone with 14 men led by Captain James Stuart. It covers leadership under pressure during Indian encounters near Bannack and the Shields River, the crisis over horse trades, and the captain's strategic calm in perilous camp conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elno
Yellowstone
James Stuart
Rocky Mountain
Stuart
Samuel T. Hauser
Helena
Bannack
Cyrus D. Watkins
John Vanderbilt
James N. York
Richard McCafferty
James Hauxhurst
Drewyer Underwood
Samuel T. Haused
Henry A. Bell
William Rosch
A. Sterne Blake
George H. Smith
Henry T. Geery
Ephraim Bostwick
George Ives
Alder Gulch
Madison Country
Fairweather
Bridger Creek
Brackett Creek
Shields River
Clyde Park
Shields Wi
Yellowne
Big Horn
Uppers
Cricke
Oregon Trail
Yoming
Ile Stuart
Hauser
Watkins
Bostwick
Watkin
Fort Benton
Hat Murder Clue Solves Crime in Meagher County
In Meagher County a gang prospecting near the Big Horn meets Indian danger and a brutal mass murder leads to a hat clue. Investigators track a suspect from Neihart to the Belt mountains, aided by a Missouri hat once worn at a Fourth of July bear hunt, pointing toward a war veteran linked to Orieta near Kibbey.
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Meagher County
Enigmatic German Murderer Captured Near O'Brien Creek
Officers trap Herbert Metzger at a hideout near the divide in the Little Belts after a stakeout begun at dawn. Metzger, 39, a world wanderer and ex soldier, is captured following a confrontation with Undersheriff George Williams Major James Keown and Jack Payne. He faces formal execution after his trial in White Sulphur Springs.
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Alex
O’brien Creek
Fred
al Bronson
Neihart
Williams
Arthur
George Williams
James Keown
Jack Payne
Fred Walker
O’brien
McKeown
Payne
Walker
Alex Oriet
Oriet
Dead Man's Gulch
Woolsey's
Aee
Down
Tovar Williams
Keown
Jim
O’ Ne Creek
Roy
Tony Balchesto
State Waives Crop Liens to Help Farmers Get Loans
The state waives its lien on the first portion of crop profits to aid farmers in securing federal seed loans. About 200 farmers may benefit as the government advances seed loans this spring with the state receiving a share after federal repayment.
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Sherlock
Stuart’s 1863 Trek Near Fort Bridger to Bannack City
Stuart and his party describe a distant train of horse teams three miles ahead and a tense encounter as the train forms a defensive square. They help wounded and learn of Indian raiders linked to earlier attacks in the Big Horn region. The diary notes the journey past Fort Hall Idaho to Bannack City with worn clothes and beards after a long advance.
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Big Horn
John M. Bozeman
John M. Jacobs
North Platte
Bozeman Trail
Jacobs
Red Butte
Stuart
Watkins
Bostwick
Bell
Geery
Underwood
Hauser
Bannack
Yellowstone
Fort Bridger
Fort Hall
Idaho
Bannack City
Bae
Eleven WPA Projects Approved for State Totaling 624 630
State Administrator Joseph F. Parker announced presidential approval of eleven WPA projects in early April totaling 624 630. The plan includes county road improvements, Grass Range Deer Lodge Plentywood streets, Scobey athletic stadium, Kalispell county admin building, Deer Lodge sewer extension, Waterloo Jefferson cemetery work, and two statewide efforts. WPA funds 145 170 for commodity distribution payrolls and 4 866 for an agricultural adjustment study at Montana State College.
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Joseph F. Parker
Grass Range
Deer Lodge
Plentywood
Scobey
Kalispe
Waterloo
Jefferson County
Department of Public Welfare
Federal Surplus Commodities Corp
WPA
Montana State College
State Safety Record of WPA Maintained
Maine received the monthly WPA safety trophy for the greatest February improvement in its accident record reported by State WPA Administrator E. Parker. Montana logged 1 500 000 man hours with 29 disabling injuries and no fatalities, keeping its high safety rating from improving enough to win. The Federated Malay States restricted tear gas imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Maine
Works Progress Administration
News E. Parker
Montana
Parker
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Geerg
Wind River Range
Thermopolis
Wyo
Wind River
Pope Aggie River
Upper Wind River
Sweetwater
Crow Nation
Chad Wallin
Homer
Cuba
Belt Mountains
Mombrae
Judge House
Arthur Walker
Monarch
Kibbey
M. D. Holmes
White Sulphur
Balchesto
Jim Thompson
White Sulphur S Gs
Hell
Oyward
Central Montana
E. R. Sanford
Pfessor of Business Administration
Montana State University
Professor Sanford
Business Administration
Kentucky
Kent
I.yu
THES
St Tra
Mach & Co
Federated Malay States
Pinkham
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