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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1927
Page
7
In the old days travelers moved by stagecoach between points like Great Falls and Billings. The feature notes the Aviator making the trip in about two hours, contrasting past routes with faster air travel.
A recounting of the historic four horse Great Falls to Billings stage route begun July 1 1900. The piece describes brutal winter rides with multiple horse changes 30 mile stations and dangers from Indians and weather, and notes modern travel now takes hours instead of days. It profiles drivers like Jim Driscoll known as Jim Clark and recalls dramatic rescues and frontier life across Yellowstone Fergus and Cascade counties.
A veteran stage driver recalls harsh frontier routes in New Mexico and Arizona where hostile Apaches threatened, noting many who ran were killed and detailing injuries. He praises Kimes for blizzards and runaways, and reflects on the 300 mile Billings to Great Falls trip, its dangers, and memorable scenery.
Henry D. Baker, editor of Commercial West, reports Montana Bankers' convention in Helena drew strong Minnesota interest. Bankers praised Montana crops, scenery, and Yellowstone prospects, predicting new investments and a thriving northwest market driven by crop income and securities demand.
A bronze marker commemorating the Lewis and Clark discovery of the Gates of the Mountains was unveiled in Meriwether canyon by the Oro Fino chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Governor Erickson and state officials attended the dedication honoring the 1805 expedition and Montana’s history.
Telegrams from A H Bowman state agriculture commissioner to county commissioners call attention to Col Charles Lindberghs planned visit to the state fair in September. Responses show county leaders pledge attendance and to display their best county exhibits.
T L Greenfield of Greenfield Advertising Agency Butte wins third prize in a national contest with a $100 reward for his written discussion of the Up som Board ceiling application at the Columbia Gardens dancing pavilion.
Dr. E W Haggard veteran Northwest horseman now a Lexington vet greeted friends in Missoula on return from Hamilton where he led the Daly stables from 1896 to 1900 and for the estate afterward He made three England trips for Daly stock and the names Colin Sysomby Ogden Hamburg Bell and Tammany are cited as champions with combined earnings in the hundreds of thousands of dollars on circuits from Butte and Anaconda to Chios and the East Daly track at Hamilton boasted a winter training rail and shipped horses east during late springs to condition for the circuit.
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