Early Day Jail in Big Timber Saga
The tale recalls Big Timber in 1879 lacking a jail and police as the Bad Swede terrorized the camp. Justice came when Green became justice of the peace and Al Stubblefield sheriff, sentencing the offender to three to ten days in a Bozeman jail, marking the first improvised correctional effort.
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Butte
George A. Bruffey
Hnea
Montana Mountains
Northern Pacific Railroad
Yellowstone
Ministerial Association
Green
al Stubblefield
Bozeman
Rocky Mountain Dick Rock the famed hunter and scout dies
Richard Rock known as Rocky Mountain Dick was a famed Army scout, hunter, and trapper who guided tourists near Henrys Lake Idaho. He died at 56 after being gored by a buffalo bull he raised, ending a life spent in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho with the Custer and Miles campaigns and comrades like Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill.
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Henry's Lake
Montana-Idaho
Idaho
Rock
New York State
Wyoming
Montana
Custer
Miles
Snake River
War Department
Rocky Mountain Dick
General Miles
Ncred
Calamity Jane
Jim Bridger
Captain Bonneville
Major Reno
General Custer
Buffalo Bill
Wild Bill
Sitting Bull
Yellowstone National Park
Monida
Riverside
Park
Targhe Pass
Rocky Mountain
Eastern Zoological Garden
Bitter Root Mountains
Lindsay
Corral
Chicago
Nelly Blyde
Bad Swede jailed in deep mine shaft tale from Big Timber
In a Montana town a notorious Bad Swede is banished to a 30 foot deep old prospect hole with almost vertical walls. He is left there for three days amid eerie sounds, fed by rope, and later hauled out with a loop. The episode ends with a warning that mining town disputes can lead to harsh measures.
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Old Prospect Hole
Bozeman
Stubblefield
Calcutta
Mr. Bruffey
Butte
California Fig Syrup Ad Promises Quick Child Relief
An advertisement urges mothers to use genuine California Fig Syrup to gently cleanse a child s bowels and restore playfulness within hours. It touts a pleasant taste and directions for babies and children of all ages printed on the bottle, warning to refuse imitations and to tell the druggist California.
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California
Oneida Indian in Glacier Park Trader Trapper Cosley
Oneida Indian Cosley lives in seclusion by Cosley Lake in Glacier National Park. A renowned Rocky Mountain trapper nicknamed Panther on Snowshoes, he travels 45 miles in a day to the post at Lake McDonald and traps 200 miles each winter. Each spring he brings 5 000 to 8 000 dollars in furs to Kalispell. He served with Canadian forces in World War I and returned with medals.
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Joe OC
Cosley
Cosley Lake
Glacier National Park
New York
Indian Department
Washington, D. C
Rocky Mountain
Kootenai
Blood
Flathead
Kalispell
Montana
The Stone Maiden Crow Legend of Gallatin Valley
A bogged legend tale from Bridger canyon near Bozeman tells of Evening Star guiding Black Eagle and the Stone Maiden turning to stone at the canyon door. The Crow story, passed from squaw to papoose, links the valley of flowers to a granite sentinel above the stream.
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Gallatin Valley
Bridger Canyon
Bozeman
Rock
Squaw
Little Eagle
Valley of Flowers
Yrearg
Black Eagle
Evening Star
Want Butte Man in Bridger Case
Daughters of Jim Bridger sue the Moving Picture Company over the film Covered Wagon alleging libel by depicting Bridger with two Indian wives. An anonymous Butte elder, acquainted with Bridger, is sought for testimony but declines to confirm polygamy, noting it was common in that era. The case hinges on historical evidence of Bridger’s wives.
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Jim Bridger
Moving Picture Concern
Butte
Montana
Kansas City
Moving Picture Company
Bridger
Northwest
Granville Stuart
Salt Lake
Cosley’s mountain markman tale gains war record backing
Montana witnesses support the claim by Cosley that his four year shooting career yielded 500 German enemies. Canadian and local war records are cited as verification, reinforcing his reputation as a sharpshooter.
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Cosley
Cuticura Soap Ad Promotes Quick Shave And Skin Health
An old advertisement claims Cuticura soap doubles razor efficiency and promotes skin purity comfort and health. It promotes one soap for shaving bathing and shampooing with no muggy soap germs waste or irritation even when shaved twice.
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BIG Timber
A. C. M. Hardware House
Mata Ot Quarts
Butte, Mont
Dick Rock
Glacier Park
Blackfeet
Flatheads
Actard
Mining City
Doan
Shellhorn
Warrison Avenue
Foster-Milbars Co. Mfg
Buffalo, NL
Montana Life Insurance Company
Enduring As the Mountains
A. C. Johnson
H. R. Cunningham
Manacer
Helena
Econ
MRA
Frank J. Carmody
New York City
the Thousand
F. A. Ironside
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