Old Montana Stockman Recalls 1893 Panic and Yellowstone Trek
The narrator recalls moving to Mill Creek Flat near Livingston in 1885 to stock cattle and horses. He describes the 1893 panic and labor strife on the Northern Pacific, bank closures, and the market collapse. To survive, he trails 150 head of horses toward the east, facing stampedes near Billings and hard living on the Yellowstone frontier.
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AL. H. Wilkins
Grace Stones Coates
Father
Yellowstone
Mill Creek Flat
Livingston
Montana
Fort Benton
Northern Pacific Railroad
United States
Billy
Tommy Miles
William Billman
Billman
Billings
Yankee Robinson
David
Treasure State Winners at International Grain Show
Montana entrants claim top honors at the 36th International Livestock Exposition grain and hay show. L E Peterson of Victor won first prize in six row barley region one, while John C Hauf of Corvallis was oats and barley king and earned third in six row barley. Ed F Bartell of Rowan took eighth in six row barley. Abe Carter of Victor and Leroy Kirby of Simms earned region one second and hard red winter wheat second and third, with Peterson third in white winter wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
L. E. Peterson
Victor
Region
John C. Hauf
Corvallis
Ed F. Bartell
Rowan
Abe Carter
Leroy Kirby
Simms
Anaconda Winter Sports Carnival Dec 28 29
The second annual Montana Winter Sports carnival will be staged in Anaconda on December 28 and 29 with ski jumpers skaters and other outdoor sports celebrities. The ski tournament features 15 to 20 riders including U S Olympic team members. They will compete on a rebuilt slide touted as the finest and largest in the land with jumps near the 265 foot mark. the current hill record is 207 feet set last January.
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Montana
Anaconda
Northwest
United States
Germany
Casper Oimeon
Trail Rider Recounts River Crossing and Cattle Drive
A rambling narrative from a trail rider details ferrying the Yellowstone crossing at Glendive, long swims, and securing mail. He recalls Pompey’s Pillar inscriptions, a horse dies shortly after camp, and encounters the Johnson brothers while driving 6000 Texas longhorns to Montana.
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Glendive
Yellowstone River
Pompey’s Pillar
Johnson
Texas
Johnsons
Missouri River
Fort Buford
Johnson Brothers
Buford
Great Northern
North Dakota
Towner
N. D
Montana
Grand Forks
Red River
Wilkins
Bill Wilkins
Dick McFadden
Minnesota
McFadden
Montanans, Inc to meet December 13 in Great Falls
Montanans Inc invites all interested to a December 13 meeting in Great Falls to contribute ideas for next year’s publicity program. L A Campbell and W G Ferguson urge statewide input after reviewing 1935 activities. District advisors will meet in Helena in January to set the general activity plan.
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Montanans, Inc
Great Falls
L. A. Camp
Greeley and Monk Stage Ride Tales Stir West Legends
Horace Greeley’s famed ride with Hank Monk on Sierra routes became a western legend. Greeley’s sharp letter to Monk denying federal aid after the ride reveals personal pride over the publicity. Monk’s later Nevada career and 50 mile Virginia City sprint cemented his fame. Greeley’s insistence on the bizarre tale lingered into his 1872 campaign.
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Hank Monk
Horace Greeley
Sierras
Greeley
Monk
Pioneer State Co
Nevada
Carson
Glenbrook
Lake Tahoe
Sacramento
James Birch
Audubon Stage
Placerville
Genoa
New
Washoe
Louis McLane
Pioneer Stage Line
Central Pacific
Virginia and
Truckee
San Francisco
Virginia City
Strawberry Flat
California
History repeats itself in frontier routes and markets
In the early settlement of Minnesota a traveler recalls crossing a river by flatboat 22 years before and reaching kin who helped unload horses. After a brief visit they were sold out and returned to Montana to find fair range, while the panic persisted for years before easing.
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Minnesota
Montana
Billings Man Tries Suicide in City Jail
W. J. Hugeland a Billings dairy employee was jailed on drunkenness charges. At 4 05 a m patrolman McKenzie found him hanging from a noose fashioned from his belt, cut him down and moved him to the county jail in a padded cell without clothing.
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W. J. Hugeland
Billings
Hugeland
W. W. McKenzie
McKenzie
Hageland
Deer Skull and Arrow Head Added to Miles City Collection
The museum piece features a fair-sized buck skull with weathered horns and a moss agate arrow head embedded behind the right ear. Found by Bob Harmon on Powder River in Powder River County, the head shows a many-pointed buck and suggests an accurate shot. The deer’s fate remains conjecture.
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Miles City Commercial Club
Bob Harmon
South Side
Powder River
Powder River County
Land Board Pays Taxes on Nonforeclosed Farm Loans
The state land board paid 11 725 in taxes this year on land tied to loans made years ago that were not foreclosed after the borrowers failed to meet payments. Leon Choquette says this is the smallest such tax in years, suggesting farmers with loans are recovering financially.
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Land Board
State Land Board
Leon Choquette
Field Ae
State Land Office
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THE
Roundup Coal Mining CO
L. A. Campbell
Ed Oe
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