Ismay shooting mystery linked to barn murder
Sheriff and Fallon county deputies probe the Ismay rancher Henry Oster killing. Clues include a saddle horse track and dropped rope. Oster, in night clothes, was shot twice in a 380 foot barn and his body dragged to the creek. Authorities suspect Harold Brube and consider a cross county suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer
Fallon Counties
Henry Oster
Ismay
Hi Farnum
Edgar Taylor
Fallon County
Oster
George Morris
Harold Albert Brube
Lewistown
Garfield County
End of the Montana Border Outlaw Era by Mounted Police
Mounted police from Canada expanded a border safety network in the 1870s along the Montana line. The force curbed whisky smuggling and cross border crime, boosted Fort Benton trade, and shared strong ties with Montana authorities. The unit grew to 300 men by 1874 with civil and military powers.
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Montana
Canada
Missouri River
Fort Shaw
Fort Benton
Missouri
Northwest
United States
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Hudson Bay Company
Mounted Police
Canadian Department of the Interior
Bozeman Roundup Boosts Low Admission and Fireworks
The fifth annual Bozeman Roundup advertises reduced admission for Aug 2 through 4 and free nightly fireworks. Harry Healy promises better, more exciting entertainment. Cheyenne Frontier Days stars and top horses from the region will join riders Lorraine Trickey Ruth Roach Bonnie Gray and Mabel Strickland who seek to perform at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Healy
Lorraine Trickey
Ruth Roach
Bonnie Gray
Mabel Strickland
Reward Offered for Embezzler Sykes by Police Lieutenant
Police Lt. Ray Gaunt of Great Falls identification bureau may receive a 1000 reward for aiding the capture of John D. Sykes Jr sought in Elizabeth City North Carolina for 25000 embezzled from First and Citizens bank. The Fidel ity and Deposit Company of Baltimore offered the reward. Gaunt helped trap Sykes at a mountain cabin near Gilman 90 miles from Great Falls where he was arrested two weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Gaunt
Great Falls
John D. Sykes, Jr
Elizabeth City
N. c
First and Citizens’ Bank
Fidelity and Deposit Company
Baltimore
Gaunt
Sykes
Gilman
First Merchant of Old Coulson Recalls Wild Days
Cyrus W. Thompson one of Yellowstone county's earliest pioneers died in Tacoma. He helped found Coulson's first store in 1880 with his brother Charles. The piece recalls Coulson's rough frontier days with gun battles, gambling, and lawless excitement, as told by Billings old-timers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus W. Thompson
Yellowstone County
Tacoma
Coulson
Billings
Mr. Thompson
Charles W. Thompson
Col
William Thompson
Custer
Denath
Cyrus Thompson
W. Dean Hays
Claude
William
Mollie
Thompson
Charles Thompson
Arizona
Mr. Hays
Clallum
Victoria
B. C
Richard Throssell
Little Cow Town
Thompson Brothers
Montana Wheat Growers Secure $3 Million Loan Plan
C Strawman Montana Wheat Growers says loans totaling 3,000,000 dollars will be advanced to Montana wheat farmers through the federal farm loan bank of Spokane. Funds will be issued against wheat warehouse receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Federal Farm Loan Bank of
Spokane
C. Strawman
Montana Wheat Growers’ Association
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Anaconda
Katie Paret
Sam Labiteo
Lakovich Place
Katie
Louise Nylan
Mike Paret
Lakovich
Sam
Mrs. Lakovich
Knight
Slayer
James T. Stanford
Conrad Banking Company
Manitoba
Shoal Lake
Pelley
Battleford
Saskatchewan
Calgary
Alberta
MacLeod
Walsh
Canadian Northwest Territories
J. F. MacLeod
A. G. Irvine
W. Oh Jarvis
W. Winder
J. M. Walsh
F. Crozier
W. Herchmer
A. Walker
E. Dalrymple Clark
Shartliff
Mcllvee
French
Denny
McDonald
Gagnon
Dickens
Frechette
Griesbach
Antrobus
Steele
Dowling
Charles Dickens
France
Strathcona Horse
Bozeman
Johnny Mullins
Miss Deer Lodge
Lightning
Gregory
Guy Gregory
Deer Lodge
Malta
Potter
Helena
Col. Stanford
Mounties
Bozeman's
Old Coulson
Ghost City
Yellowstone Valley
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