Reed's Fort a frontier trading post in Montana history
Reed's Fort near present Lewistown founded in the 1870s by Major Reed and Jim Bowles served as a hub for Indian traders trappers and outlaws. The block house stockade fort stood by Spring Creek near Crow territory and experienced clashes with Blackfeet and Crow traders. Bowles famed frontier figure traded with the Crow and joined the tribe after a sensational marriage ceremony.
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Reed
Major Reed
Jim Bowles
Lewistown
John K. Standish
Lewis
Spring Creek
Reed’s Fort
Montana
Plummer and Ives
Judith
Musselshell
Reed's Fort
Judith Basin
Idaho Territory
Wyoming
Jim Bridger
Judith Country
Bowles
Long Horse
Crows
Yellowstone
Convict Held for Arkansas Murder Escaped Lifer Returned
Arkansas authorities captured Raymond Cole alias Roy Nix, an escaped lifer from the Arkansas penitentiary, after he held up inmates at a Wolf Point location and fired during his escape. He had a long escape history dating to 1927 and had lived in Plentywood Roosevelt County.
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Arkansas
Wolf Point
Raymond Cole
Arkansas Penitentiary
Roy Nix
Cole
Plentywood
Roosevelt County
Brockton
Ford Monroe
Poplar
Nix
Henry Lowe
Montana History Shaped by Paxsons Western Paintings
The article honors Edgar S. Paxson as a Montana painter who visualized frontier history. It traces his life from East Hamburg New York to Montana, notes his roles as hunter scout and soldier, and highlights works like Custer’s Last Stand. Paxson’s murals hang in Missoula Helena and at the state capitol.
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Montana
Edgar S. Paxson
Edgar Samuel Paxson
Paxson
Charles M. Russell
Russell
Buffalo
Frontier
Edgar
East Hamburg
N. Y
Missoula
Pao
Friends College
Michigan
Millicent Johnson
West
Territory
Ryan’s Canyon
Hunter
Iron Rod
Deer Lodge
Butte
Anaconda Hill
Custer
Natural Science Hall
State Aniversary
United States
Indian fighter Dan O Reilly dies at 88 in Great Falls
Daniel O Reilly, 88, longtime member of Company B, Seventh United States Infantry, died in a Great Falls hospital. Born in Ireland in August 1843, he came to Montana in 1870 and witnessed frontier clashes at Fort Benton and Fort Shaw. He recounted a brutal blizzard fight on Nov 17–18, 1871 that left Jim Person severely frostbitten.
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Seventh United States Infantry
Fort Shaw
Daniel O'Reilly
Great Falls
Mr. O’reilly
Montana
Mr. O'Reilly
Ireland
Fort Benton
Oreilly
Milk River
Jim Person
Fort
Valuation of Sheridan County Land Reduced
The Sheridan County Taxpayers Association protests a zoning based land valuation rise. The county commissioners ordered a downward revision of farm land values by one dollar per acre after a prior increase exceeding one million dollars under the new appraisal.
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Sheridan County
Sheridan County Taxpayers Association
Sheridan County Real Estate Taxes Past Half Collected
Real estate taxes totaling 167000 dollars were collected by Sheridan County Treasurer A. J. Kollman up to December 1, exceeding half of the amount due. The county faced two consecutive crop failures, making it unlikely that more than 30 percent of the first half would be paid.
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Sheridan
Sheridan County
A. J. Kollman
Teton County School Census Figures
The census reports 1,917 children aged 6 to 21 in Teton County, 62 fewer than in 1930, including 1,005 boys and 912 girls. Children under 6 total 503, with 253 boys and 250 girls.
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Teton County
O'Reilly Remembered by Cascade County Old Timers
Mr. O'Reilly served in frontier warfare and moved to Great Falls in 1894 living 12 years in the Electric City. He belonged to the Cascade County Old Timers. survivors include son Charles and four daughters Mrs. Brown Mrs. McDonald Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Ragland.
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F. L. Kennedy
Great Falls
Roland Ragland
Geraldine
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John K, Standis
London
Wolfers
Jes
Alaska
Manna
Old Fort Peck Reservation
Nez Perce
First
Montana Infantry
United States Volunteers
Erican
Montana National Guard
Dan O'Reilly
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