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Maverick Hose Company and Billings Fire Heritage
The Maverick Hose Co formed January 14 1889 from the Yellowstone Hook and Ladder Co to preserve volunteer firefighting in Billings Montana. It bought horses, added equipment, held annual banquets before elections, and enforced strict initiation tests with wet and dry trials. After prohibition and fire department upgrade, the Mavericks eventually disbanded with funds donated to Red Cross and local institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maverick Hose Co
Yellowstone Hook & Ladder Co
Billings
Mavericks
Billings Fire Brigade
Yellowstone Hook and Ladder Co
Fred H. Foster
George M. Hays
W. H. van Sinden
H. H. Mund
S. S. Smith
J. C. Bond
G. A. Griggs
City
E. B. Camp
Pegular Volunteer Department
Montana
Harry Beal
Charles Sawyer
Robert Matheson
Jack Bond
C. C. Brown
W. B. Ten Eyck
G. A
Maverick Company
Northern Pacific
Broadway
Northern Pacific Field Engineering
Union
Disan
John Hostler
Butte
Jack Flannery
Helena
Holter
Company of Good Fellows
Police
First Fire Company
The
Maverick
Water Department
Red Cross
Billings Polytechnic Institute
W. M. Johnston
Yellowstone County