Great Northern Chief Active in Glacier Park Summer
The article traces W. P. Kenney, vice president of the Great Northern and Glacier Park Hotel Co, living in a private car office en route between St. Paul and Seattle, with secretary Gil Nethaway. It notes fishing trips with Howard Hays and A. J. Binder, and sets up a historical series on early Missoula County with Judge Frank H. Woody, recounting 1860s governance, settlements, and notable events in Hell's Gate and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Kenney
Great Northern Railroad
Glacier Park Hotel Company
Glacier Park Hotel
Mr. Kenney
Great Northern
St. Paul
Seattle
Glacier Park
Gil Nethaway
Kenney
Howard H. Hays
Mr. Hays
Glacier Park Transportation Company
Riverside
Calif
Hays
A. J. Binder
Fred A. Noble
Montana
Frank H. Woody
Missoula County
Bitter Root Valley
Judge Woody
Montana Territory
Woody
Washington Territory
Tin Cup Joe
Baron O'Keefe
O'Keefe
Bolte
W.B.S. Higgins
A. S. Blake
Bart Henderson
District Court
Colville
Wash
Brooks
Uncle Ben’s Gulch
Blackfoot City
Wright
Mullan
Fort Benton
Marsh
Walla Walla
Hell’s Gate
Jocko Agency
Fort Owen
Gold Creek
L. L. Blake
James Stuart
Idaho Territory
Rich gold strikes reported near Zortman in Grouse gulch
Prospector Carl Valckenhan and John Roles struck rich pay dirt near Zortman, using a crude rocker to mine gravel on bed rock, with one nugget valued at 9.70. They claim extensive ground along the gulch while Ranger S. E. Eckert reports the discovery after returning from the Little Rockies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Valckenhan
John Roles
Zortman
Grouse Gulch
Stanford
Little Rockies
Tom Carter
Eckert
Shorty Parker
Parker
Roles
Valkenhan
State Board Grants Oil and Gas Leases in Several Counties
The state land board awarded oil and gas leases last week. The Oil Company of Powell Wyoming received 160 acres in Carbon County, while Gas Products of Baker got 640 acres in Fallon County. A. L. Perkins of Havre secured 2060 acres in Hill County. Leases include a minimum royalty of 5 cents per thousand cubic feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Land Board
Oil Company of
Powell
Wyo
Carbon County
Gas Products Company of
Baker
Fallon County
Hill County
A. L. Perkins
Havre
Elk fawn Patsy shipped to state fair and home
Patsy a two month old cow elk from Bitter Root Farm left Hamilton for the Helena state fair as a guest of State Game Warden Bob Hill. After fair week she returned to the Frank Myrick ranch on East Hamilton bench where she was found abandoned by sheepherders. Canned milk saved her life and she became a pet at the Myrick ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula County
Plummer
Rivers
Hell’s Gate
Vigilance Committee of
Aldergulch
Hell's Gate
Skinner
Cyrus Skinner
Alick Carter
Johnny Cooper
Bob Zachary
George Shears
Shears
J. R. Latimer
Prosperous
Cooper
Carter
Zarchy
Bill Graves
Bill
Fort Owen
Hells’ Gate
Pen d'Oreille
Ward
Hell’s Gate Canyon
Baker's Station
Deer Lodge
Alder Gulch
John Powell
Patsy
Hamilton
Helena
Bob Hill
Frank Myrick
Myrick Ranch
Early Wolf Point settler Frank Gentry dies in Washington
News comes from Wolf Point of the Aug 6 death in Washington DC of Frank Gentry once a Wolf Point homesteader. Born in San Antonio, he lived in Missouri and Kansas in youth, drove cattle to Wyoming, and arrived in Montana in 1902. He claimed land near Wolf Point in 1908, farmed and ran cattle until 1918, then moved east to work in the land office. He married Sophronia Vines in 1905 at Camp Cook SD and is survived by four children, Mrs T S Bentson Sidney Irene Gentry Mrs J F Beeton and George William Gentry New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolf Point
Frank Gentry
Washington, D. C
Gentry
San Antonio
Tex
Missouri
Kansas
Wyoming
Montana
Washington
Land Office Department of the Interior
Camp Cook
S. D
Sophronia Vines
T. S. Bentson
Sidney
L. Irene Gentry
J. F. Beeton
George William Gentry
New York
375 Horses Shipped From Roy by Chappel Bros Inc
375 horses shipped from Roy by Chappel Bros Inc. Five cars billed to Rockford Illinois for a fox farm. Seven cars sent to Faith South Carolina to be fattened and kept at Rockford. Horses rounded up on a southern Phillips county Indian reservation then swam across the Missouri River and driven to Roy using a special stock train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Chappel Bros., Inc
Rockford
Ill
Faith
S. C
Phillips County
Missouri River
Sacred Buffalo From Gros Ventres Set for Malta Park Display
The sacred buffalo rock, a four ton stone linked to Gros Ventres history, will be moved from Henry Hedges ranch to Malta city park. Local attorney Fred C. Gabriel and merchant Max H. Misfeldt are promoting the exhibit as visitors photograph and study the artifact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gros Ventres
Malta
Fred C. Gabriel
Max H. Misfeldt
Henry Hedges
Mr. Hedges
Ben Stevens
Dodson
Gabriel
Montana
Granville Stuart
Wounded fugitive captured after police chase in Billings
Tom Myers was arrested in Columbus after a wound to the arm from a Billings patrolman. Myers, held at Yellowstone county jail, fled with an unidentified companion when Patrolman Sweeney challenged them near a hotel. Four shots were fired, one likely ricocheting, as Myers was struck above the left elbow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula County
Legislative Assembly of
Washington Territory
Rocky Mountains
Deer Lodge County
C. P. Higgins
F. L. Worden
T. W. Harris
M. W. Tipton
H. M. Chase
Thomas W. Harris
Spokane
Fort Owen
Jocko Agency
Hell’s Gate
Wallace
Garfield
Lander
Congress
Dr. Bates
Spokane County
Henry Claren
John Beadle
Frank H. Woody
Granville Stuart
H. van Dorn
Henry Brooks
Billings
Tom Myers
Columbus
Myers
Yellowstone County
Sweeney
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John K. Standish
John Mulan
Big Blackfoot River
R. A. Pesky
G. A. Pelkey
Mineinger
Queen Pelkey
William Tilson
St. Louis
Peter J. Bolte
Peink Snes Sixstont
Couny
John Mullan
W. B. 8. Higgins
John 8. Caldwell
C. C
D. C. O’keffe
E. D. Dukes
John Chatfield
Charlies Shaft
George P. White
Josephine Mineinger
Bishop Brooks
Grass Valley
Helis Gete
Adeline Pelkey
Jefferson Henry Pelkey
Misoula County
Kootenai Mines
Kootenai
Gallatin
Jefferson
Madison
Sidney Edgerton
Frank L. Worden
John Owen
Own
E. B. Johnson
Matt Craft
Crow
James Doran
Bannack City
Bannackee Een
State Fair
Bitter Root
Giant Springs Hatchery
Giant Springs
W. A. Brown
Great Falls
State Fish and Game Commission
Kenneth McDonald
A. G. Stubblefield
Texas
Sacred
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