Oldest Montana stockman Henry Sieben stays active in business
Helena's Henry Sieben, 87, remains a leading figure in cattle and livestock circles. Born in 1847 in Germany, he arrived in Montana in 1864 and helped organize the International Livestock Show in 1882 and the Montana Stockgrowers and Woolgrowers associations. He recalls early work hauling lumber to Helena and building a long, storied career in Montana's cattle industry near Helena.
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Henry Sieben
Montana
State
Helena
W. R. Church
Montana Stockgrowers Association
Montana Woolgrowers Association
Henry
California
Sieben
el Paso
Texas
Chicago
Miles City
United States
New York
Dutch Bottom
Geneseo
Ill
Mr. Sieben
Leonard
Louis Arnett
Louis Heller
Arnett
Heller
Madison County
Joe Goey
Jeff Gowan
Meadow Creek
Lake McAllister
Meadow Lake
Virginia City
Gallatin
Last Chance Gulch
Lump Gulch
Mining and Freight Journey Through Montana 1865 1868
The narrative recounts placer mining on Ophir gulch and Madison gulch, then a winter of hunting with Collins and Powell. It covers hauling barley to Helena, buying a team, winter supplies, a Missouri River voyage, Indian contact near Sun River, horse recovery operations, and freight trips from Fort Benton to Helena and Deer Lodge, ending with wood hauling contracts and winter quarters.
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Ophir Gulch
Madison Gulch
Nevada Creek
Day
John Brown
Crow Creek
Sixteen Mile
Collins
George Powell
Virginia City
Helena
Leonard
Col. C. A. Broadwater
Utah
Swett and Metzger
Nick Kessler
Billy Lemmon
Salt Lake
Missouri River
Sun River Crossing
Old Fort Benton
Scofield
Charles Femister
Vel
Fort Benton
Deer Lodge
Fort Peck
Glasgow
Garrison & Wyatt
Fort Union
Milk River
Garrison& Wyatt
Kenny
Fort Shaw
Cattle and Sheep Ventures Span Montana to Utah 1870s
The narrative traces cattle drives from Fort Benton to Chestnut valley and Corrine Utah, detailing cattle purchases at $10–$12 per head, 10 cents per pound beef profits, and later sheep purchases in Red Bluffs California. It covers transport by wagon and rail, mining timber contracts, and eventual sheep losses from scab, with cross moves to Fort Ellis, Helena, and Cascade, ending with Merino duck shipments to Bismarck.
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Leonard
Fort Benton
Stockings
Cow Island
Corrine
Utah
Bear Lake
Broadwater
Fort Ellis
Gallatin Valley
Helena
Lewis & Reese
St. Louis
Georgetown
Indian Creek
Chestnut Valley
Tom Clary
Roy Clary
Jake
Montana
Red Bluffs
Calif
Prickly Pear
I. G. Baker & Company
White Sulphur Springs
C. W. Cook
Cascade
Beaver Flats
Joe Stevens
Fort Logan
Rock Creek
Hound Creek
Lennard
Paris Gibson
Beach
Geneseo
Whitewater
Wisc
Bismarck
Pioneer cattleman Henry Sieben’s Montana story spans cattle drives to aviation
Henry Sieben recounts early Montana cattle trails from Flatwillow and Chestnut valley to Culbertson and Helena. He rode with Don Kohrs, survived the Flatwillow disaster, moved to Little Rockies, and later managed partnerships and a broad ranch portfolio. He helped found the Sieben Livestock company and supported Montana charities, banks, and civic groups.
Vast Coal Reserves in Carbon County Promise Revival
Geologists report one of the USA's largest coal preserves lies in Carbon County in the Red Lodge Bearcreek Washoe area. High quality, low ash coal has been mined for decades but remains largely untapped with millions of tons still undiscovered. Market demand waned recently due to natural gas and petroleum competition, yet outlook brightens as new uses and marketing plans emerge.
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United States
Mississippi
Carbon County
Red Lodge
Bearcreek-Washoe
Scienae
Homestake Mine Begins Ore Shipment to East Helena
W B Walters receives ore from Homestake mine on Mill Creek east of Sheridan destined for East Helena smelter. Walters plans winter development work while Ted Marsh hauls ore from mine to the station.
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W. B. Walters
Homestake
Middle Fork
Mill Creek
Sheridan
East Helena
Mr. Walters
Ted Marsh
New Zealand Hull Direct Service Begins With Butter and Cheese
In the inaugural voyage between New Zealand and Hull England 5000 boxes of New Zealand butter and 600 crates of cheese were loaded aboard the first ship. The 1935 Montana cherry crop is expected to surpass 1934 according to George L Knight state horticulturist.
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Montana
George L. Knight
New Zealand
Hull
England
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Robert W. Grafton
Montana Woolgrowers’ Association
West
Conrad Kohlers
Mr. Kohrs
Mr. Seiben
Flatwillow
Chestnut
Shonkin
Joe Cobell
Big Sag
Joe Lepley
Governor Brook
T. C. Power
Granville Stuart
Pioneer Cattle Company
Len McFarland
Montana Sheep Company
Mr. McFarland
McGinnis
Governor Brooks
Blankenbaker’s
Box Elder
Henry Austin
Bob Coburn
John Leply
Ogden
Union Pacific
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Rocky Point
Charlie Russell
Stadler & Kaufman
Sweetgrass County
Culbertson
F. G. Arnett
Hendrix
Oregon
Jim Hill
Mart Mitchell
Prickly Pear Creek
Thomas A. Grimes
Grimes
Judith Basin
Charles W. Cannon
Henry Cannon
Cannon Sheep Company
Adel
Cascade County
George Mullery
Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy
Jis
Washington
Conrad Kabra
John T. Murphy
Cleveland
National Park Airways
Great Falls
Terra Firma
A. W. Stephenson
Sieben Ranch
Bertie Gordon
Alfred T. Hibbard
Fred B. Sheriff
Hibbard
Union Bank and Trust Company
Montana Livestock Loan Company
Sheriff
Sieben Livestock Company
State of
Jessie Dean Green
Harrison Avenue
Montana Children’s Home Society
Citiens
Union Bank and Trust Company of
Helens
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Masonic Blue Lodge
Scottish Rite
Shrine and Elk
Montana Club
Rotary Club of
Rexsking
Lovise Vaughn
Committee On Foods
The
American Medical Association
Carbon
Homestake Mine
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