Ryan and Kelley on Brass Deal at Great Falls
The statement by John D. Ryan and C. F. Kelley outlines the Montana mining move after the Great Falls wire mill success. It notes the shift to secure the American Brass company stake to stabilize copper and zinc production and to absorb inputs through Anaconda Copper Mining.
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Great Falls
American Brass Company
Montana
John D. Ryan
C. F. Kelley
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
United States
Thee
Anaconda Company
Board of Directors
American Brass Stock
Steamboat Josephine River Voyage to Yellowstone Feat
In 1875 the steamer Josephine piloted by Captain Grant Marsh, chartered by the U S government, navigated within 60 miles of Yellowstone Park. Lieutenant Colonel Forsyth and F D Grant reported the Yellowstone River viable for commerce to Pompey’s Pillar, braving Hell Roaring Rapids and the Narrows before turning back.
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Yellowstone Park
Montana
Josephine
Grant Marsh
United States
J. W. Forsyth
Phil Sheridan
Yellowstone River
Big Horn
F. D. Grant
Pompey
Billings
Yellowstone
Fort Buford
Missouri
Fort Benton
Pryor
Joasephine
Yellowstone National Park
Vocational Agriculture in Montana
Montana taxpayers seek tax relief by streamlining government and expanding practical vocational agriculture in high schools. The piece argues for agriculture specific training, field based learning, and a county center role run by trained agriculturists to boost farming skills and local services while keeping costs in check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Congress
Smith-Hughes
East
Middle West
Inside Capitan Plan Leaks Sway Montana Capitol Fight
Frank Trainor recounts how Helena won the Montana capitol struggle with Butte as a key battlefield. Quinn of the Butte Miner used leaked plans to boost Helena while Marcus Daly revealed the leak from a transom listening post, sowing distrust and disrupting the Anaconda committee.
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Butte
Quinn
Anaconda Committee
Marcus Daly
Frank Trainor
Montana
Helena
Silver Bow County
John M. Quinn
Anaconda Company
Beaver Block
Hunter
Miner
Keeper of infant body hid child for weeks
A Moone county man Scheie kept his dead infant for over a month stating he was busy threshing and the baby was pretty. The body was found in a blacksmith shop near the farmhouse after being frozen yet preserved. He was given three days to bury the infant.
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Scheie
Missouri River
Moone County
Near Circle
Schere
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Ryan and
Kelley
Bozeman
Josephine’s Head of
Fort
Fort Pease In Honor of the Chief of Their Expedition, F. D. Pease
Musselshell
Kerchival
Pease
Fort Pease
Fort Ellis
William Clark
The
Lewis and Clark Expedi
Wm. Clark
Explorer
Captain Clark
Joseph Millis Hanson
Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
Powell County High School
Wibaux County
Department of Agriculture
Fergus County
Lewistown
F. L. Cummings
J. W. Gray
Capitol
Daly
Tie
Santiating Tonse Bope
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