Journey Westward From Minnesota to Fort Benton
A family recounts a 160 wagons trek from Red Lake Minnesota to Fort Benton with 400 women and many children. They describe guides, Red River carts, Indian encounters, crossing the Big Muddy, scavenged medicines, and self reliant travel with improvised remedies and tasks assigned to every member.
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Prairie
Faribault
Minn
Fort Benton
Helens
North
Aver
Holmes
Red River
Red Lake
Minnesota
Mother
Therses
Little Brown Gingerbread Man Remembered in Montana
The Great Falls Leader first printed The Littl Brown Gingerbread Man on Christmas Eve 1929, by Edward H. Cooney editor of the Great Falls Leader. Cooney’s life in Montana shaped a beloved Yuletide poem and memory of his family endures in the state’s newspaper lore.
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Great Falls
Montana
Treasure State
Edward H. Cooney
Leader
Highland Cemetery
Cooney
Mr. Cooney
Atkinson
Aldergulch
Youn Coon
Meagher County
Rocky Mountain
R. N. Sutherlin
Montana Territory
Butte
Montana Spector
Anaconda Standard
Taft
Ed Cooney
R. W. Stevens
Fanny Cory Cooney
Ahoro
Hain
Little Brown Gingerbread Man
A nostalgic poem recalls a Christmas morning in a long ago time with stockings, a gingerbread man baked by love, and festive treats. Bright eyes and prune mouth add whimsy as Santy arrives in a van and memory returns to a wooden shack.
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Santy
L’envoi
ED Cooney
Descent Into Montana Frontier Trails and Indian Encounters
A first-person account recalls buffalo stampedes near the Missouri River, crossing rivers, and Fort Benton in 1866. The party encounters Sioux camps, trading posts, conflicts, and village life as they trek through Little Prickly Pear, Bird Creek, and Helena era sites.
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Missouri River
Fort Wadsworth
Milk River
Marias
Teton
Old Fort Benton
Fort Benton
Little Sun River
Sun River
Bird Creek
le Rock
Bird Tail Divide
Flat Creek
Dearborn
Dead Man’s Coulee
Rock Creek
Wolf Creek
Canyon Creek
Prickly Pear Creek
Malcolm Clark
Clark
Helen
Sam Ford
Lewis and Clark County
James Fergus
Clark Place
Fergus Ranch
Fergus County
Sherman
General Sherman
West Point
Hudson's Base
Mart Mitchell Place
Little Prickly Pear Canyon
Billy Jones
Silver City
Ville
Last Chance Gulch
Helena
Is There a Santa Claus
A nostalgic note asserts belief in Santa Claus, arguing that unseen wonders and faith sustain childhood joy. The text celebrates Santa as real and enduring, meant to comfort and inspire belief in young readers.
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Santa Claus
New
Virginia
Radio and Carrying Roms in Handbags
Fragmentary note describes compact radios sold by Lord and Taylor in New York and the trend of carrying small radio sets in handbags. Mentions Marjorie Davies and Sonae abpagg in unclear context.
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Marjorie Davies
Lord A & Taylor
New York
Helena Baby Escapes From Under Car
Four year old Karen Pendland sprinted from behind a parked car in Helena and was struck by W E Anderson’s auto. The bumper knocked her down but the wheels did not pass over her as she suffered only a forehead bump and dirt on her nose. Police stated the child darted into the street.
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Grant
Old Fort Elm
Fisk
Minnesota Helens
Karen Pendland
Helena
W. E. Anderson
Anderson
Karen
Helena to attend school and Marysville marriage tale
A reminiscence outlines a life moving from Helena to Marysville then Lewistown. The narrator recalls schooling at St. Vincent's academy, marrying Timothey E. Crowley on May 7 1882 with Thomas Cruse as best man, and building a Montana family of 14 children while avoiding doctors. Cuba is noted as 90 miles from Florida.
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Sennack
Fort Benton
St. Louis
Bannack
Last Chance
Diamond City
Orapena
Unionville
Helena
Trinity Gulch
Lord Melan
Father
Silver City
Buffalo Bill
Sam Ford
Sam
Fred Beby
Trinity
Lincoln
McClean
Bacon
Corinne
Georgetown
Canyon Creek
Morrow
Canyon
Virginia
Negus
Whitehead
Little Prickly Pear
Montana
Marysville
Silver Creek
Mount Pleasant
Emma Miller
Emily Miller
Idasville
Hershfield Bank
Nate Vestel
Arrastra
Thomas Cruse
Timothey E. Crowley
Ann Maloney
St. Vincent's Academy
Ann Malaney
Maryavine
Missouri Valley
Townsend
Lewistown
Crowley
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Ammene
Radio N
Helena Baby
Cuba
Florida
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