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Late Colonel James T. Stanford Remembered in Montana History
The career of Colonel James T. Stanford of Great Falls is recounted as a pioneer builder in Northern Montana. A former Royal Northwest Mounted Police clerk and later banker and guard leader, Stanford witnessed Cypress Hills affairs and Fort Benton era actions, and his reminiscences illuminate frontier justice and race tensions of the 1870s.
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Dan R. Conway
Montana
James T. Stanford
Great Falls
Colonel Stanford
Missouri
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Ottawa
Nova Scotia
Canada
Northwest
Royal Mounted Police
Stanford
West
Press Hills
Territory
Cypress Hills
Redman
Montana Territorial
Helena
Canadian
Northcentral
Mounted Police
Winnipeg
Capital
Tom Hardwick
Trevanion Hale
John H. Evans
Bell
Vogel
Hughes
Sanders
MacLeod
Fort Benton
Petit Cris
Gros Ventres
Sun River
Sun River Crossing
Clarke
Mountain Chief
Blackfeet Nation
Culbertson
American Fur Company
Malcolm Clarke
Prickly Pear Canyon
Baker
Fort Shaw
Second Cavalry
Marias River
Miles
Hillis Cypress
Wolfers
Oainter
Eagle Crek
Bear Paw Mountain
Farwell
Little Mountain
Abe Farwell
Crow Mary
J. M. Arnoux
Club Foot
Tony
Alexis de la Bompard
Colon Stanford
I. G. Baker & Co
Conrad
Butte
Old Fort Walsh