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The Blacktail Roundup and Captain Williams Life
Judge Lew Callaway recounts Williams the Vigilante leader’s early life in Alder Gulch and his ranching partnership with Callaway. The story covers cattle drives from Poindexter Orr to Bow River, camp life with cowboys and English investors, and the 1880s ranch expansion, including irrigation, hunting trips, and family dynamics at the Callaway and Williams ranches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Williams
Colonel Callaway
Ruby Valley
Lew. L. Callaway
Montana Supreme Court
Ent
James Willams
Vigilantes
Judge Callaway
Williams
Kansas
Alder Gulch
Henry Plummer
George Ives
Yager and Brown
Plummer
Roughs
Slade
Last Chance Gulch
Keene
Hosmer
Col. Callaway
Captain Williams
Callaway
Jimmy
Johnny
Blacktail
Ruby
Poindexter & Orr
Blacktail Valley
Canada
Major Walker
Cochrane Cattle Company
Dillon Tribune
Montana
Cochrane Company
Bow River
Fort McLeod
Poindexter& Orr
Salt Lake Road
Sweetwater
Big Hill
Tim Finnigan
Walker Street
Odd
Pennsylvania
Amanda
Williams & Callaway
J. H. Davis
Charley Pendavis
Virginia City
Sumer
Callaway Ranch