Be wary of famine and flour prices in Alder Gulch history
The piece recalls 1864 65 Montana flour famines and a Christmas turkey at $50, detailing how miners in Alder Gulch faced open shortages. It covers vigilante style flour seizures, price controls $30 $27 per sack, and sagas of Beauvais Laurin Lott and Portneuf canyon massacre victim Dinan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Senegal
Plummer
Salt Lake City
Rth Rhee
Vidlanten
Ned
Buck Stinson
Bannack
Wilbur F. Sanders
Henry Edgar
Alder Gulch
Edgar
William Fairweather
Yon
Pleasant Valley
Beauvais
Nevada City
Virginia City
St. Louis
Salt Lake
James Gormley
Nevada
Gormley
J. B. Laurin
Ruby Valey
Laurin
Load
John Lott
Territorial
M. H. Lott
Stinking Water Valley
John
Lott
Deep Blue Sea
John Sharp
Bishop Sharp
Farmington
Utah
Howard & Livingston
Snake River
W. S. Godbe & Co
City
David Dinan
Portneuf Canyon
Dinan
Montana capitals shift from Biloxi to Helena over time
A historical note outlines Montana’s changing capitals from Biloxi and other early seats through New Orleans, Vincennes, St. Louis, Shampoeg, Oregon City, Salem, Bellevue, Omaha, Yankton, Olympia, Lewiston, Bannack, Virginia City, to Helena in 1875 as state government centers moved across territories and years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Elena
Louisiana Territory
Biloxi
Miss
Bannack
Virginia City
Helena
Prospectors Move South With Birds As Winter Comes
Montana prospectors led by Charles Partington of Helena plan southward for winter in California. They abandon donkeys for motorcars and seek gold near Sacramento, after a season of panning near Helena. They intend to return to Montana in the spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Windsor
Conn
Lawrence Tenney Stevens
Bowling Green Plaza
Paley
New England
Montana
Treasure State
West
Charles Partington
Helena
California
Sacramento
Warns Against Home Accidents in Cold Months
Fire Chief Fred Martin of Butte warns residents to prevent winter home injuries caused by heating appliances, gas leaks and related hazards. A study of 1935 37 deaths shows burns from home fires, gas poisoning, and garage asphyxiation spike December through March, with children and the elderly most at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Martin
Butte
Inverness Boy Dragged by Cow Dies of Injuries
John Holzer aged 10 son of Mr and Mrs Adam Holzer of Inverness died from a fractured skull after a cow dragged him through the streets while leading the animal home from pasture. The accident occurred when the boy became entangled by a lead rope around his waist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Holzer
Adam Holzer
Inverness
Woman Pioneer Dies at 87 in Montana
Mrs. Vitaline Dion Grennon, 87, who traveled to Montana by wagon train in 1874, died at the Grennon ranch in Chouteau county after two years of poor health. Born in St Eustache Canada, she lived in Chicago for 22 years and witnessed the 1871 fire. She married Joseph Grennon in 1868 and moved to Deer Lodge, then to Chouteau county in 1915. Survived by two daughters Delia Grennon and Mrs. George Dickens, and two sons A. R. Grennon of Butte and George Grennon at the family ranch. Funeral and burial were in Fort Benton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitaline Dion Grennon
Montana
Grennon
Egly
Chouteau County
St. Eustache
Canada
Chicago
Joseph Grennon
Corrine
Utah
Paul Grennon
Chimney Rock Coulee
Deer Lodge
Fort Benton
A. R. Grennon
Butte
George Grennon
Infant Safe Sleep Practices Highlighted For Winter Months
A newspaper note cites December through March as high risk for infant deaths due to excessive bed clothing and co sleeping with adults. It urges caregivers to use safer sleep arrangements and monitor infants closely to reduce fatalities.
Government wheat loans for Flathead farmers total 179
More than 55000 has been loaned by the government to Flathead farmers on wheat this fall, per County Agent Stanley Halvorson. About 135000 bushels are stored under government supervision. Of 179 loans, 49 cover on farm stored wheat and the rest cover wheat stored in local elevators.
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Stanley Halvorson
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Edward B. Reynolds
Bozeman
Snake Valley
Wyoming
Wah Enya Iyi
New York Fair
Martin
Vitaline Greenon
Republic
James E
Capr
Schoniey
Weissman
Carl Weissman & Company
4Th St. Loe
Great Falls
Ment
For All
Martha West
Montana Flour Mills Co
Household Hint Book
Great Falls, Montana
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