Glendive Site of Custer Era Breastworks and Graves
The Glendive region preserves early Custer era trails and earthworks linked to 1873 camps and the 1876 campaign. Breachworks and graves remain on a farm owned by Dr. R. H. Good with a wagon trail noted. Also recounts Custer Lookout legend and McCone’s mail route 1879 along the Bismarck to Fort Keogh stretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Custer
Dawson Coun
Montana
Glendive
Custer
Seventh U. S. Cavalry
War Department
Tongue River
Terry
Crook
Reno
Bismarck
Fort Keogh
Miles City
U. S. 10
Seventh Cavalry
R. H. Good
Northern Pacific Railroad
Fifth Cavalry
Glendive Creek
Yellowstone
Dr. Good
Custer Lookout
Highway 14
Custer’s
Charles Guiles
Redman
Guiles
Butte
McCone
George McCone
Dawson County
Dakota
General Custer
Valie
Little Beaver Mail Station
Green
Green River
Frontier Mail Carrier Rescued after Indian Attack in Montana
McCone finds two wounded men Donovan and Green after a buckboard ambush by Indians. Green dies at a surveying camp. Donovan survives and resumes mail duty. The tale sits among Glendive and Dawson County pioneers from 1881 to the early settlement era with Hard Horn and Chief Gros Ventre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donovan
McCone
Green
Montana
Errs
Gros Ventre
Thirteen-Mile Creek
Hard Horn
Hampton
Jetter
Glendive
Dawson County
Montana Territory
Yellowstone
Edward Marron
James Leeds
J. L. Burns
George Harpster
Northern Pacific
Powder River Last of Great Cattle Lands
Article recalls Powder River county in Montana, its sparse population in Broadus, and its cattle country heritage. It notes Powder River origin in Wyoming and outlines historic outfits such as Cross ranch, TA ranch, and N Bar Sheep and Cattle Co. Mentioned figures include 30,000 head cattle and Lee Wilson as the first white child born in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Davis
Hetty Harpster
Montana
Glendive
John Truscott
Miles City
Powder River
91St
9St
Powder River County
Broadus
Big Horn Mountains
Wyoming
Charles Scofield
Cross Ranch
George Pemberton
TA Ranch
Lee Wilson
N-Bar Sheep and Cattle Co
Wilson
County Officials Question Fair Exhibit Spending
The attorney general issued an opinion on Teton County's exhibit expenses. County commissioners may not exceed 200 pounds for collecting transporting and caring for fair exhibits but debate arose over a possible 260 limit per fair as questioned by County Attorney Eugene L Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene L. Murphy
Teton County
Helena Rapid Rebuilds After Earthquakes
Helena moves past the fall tremors as $2.5 million in new construction and reconstruction work proceeds for homes and business buildings. Crews operate with power shovels saws and hammers in a continuous effort following last October’s quakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
The Difference Between Stumbling Blocks and Stepping Stones
The phrase contrasts obstacles and aids in progress. It notes how mindset shapes outcomes by transforming missteps into learning moments and progress toward goals. It emphasizes resilience and reflective action to convert barriers into opportunities.
Cane Reappears in Red Lodge After 25 Years of Loss
Tom Pollard, Red Lodge hotel owner, regains a gold headed cane once lent to aviator St. John in 1911. The cane, engraved with a 1903 Elks Club gift to T. F. Pollard, was found by Joe Meehan at the Northern Pacific depot after a long disappearance from Virginia City to Red Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Pollard
Red Lodge
Pollard
St. John
Joe Meehan
Northern Pacific
Elks Club of
Virginia City
T. F. Pollard
Pallard
St. I
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Gen. Custer
By William West
Real
Grace Gilmore
St. Paul
Harry Helm
H. F. Douglas
Trip
Dutton
Erma Young
Intermountain College
New York
New York City
Pan-Hellenic Association
Dutton High School
Miss Young
Windsor
National Distillers Products Corporation
Walter ED Taylor
Wey
Teco
Glenmore Distilleries CO
Ins
Louisville
Owensboro
Kentucky
Captain Frank Hawks
Jerry
Sir Robert
Frank
General Foods
Terribl
AIR Hawks
Frank Hawks
Capt
Post
Battle Creek
Mich
Hawks
Sereet
U.S.A
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