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Captain James Williams and the Alder Gulch Vigilantes Tale
A 1907 Montana commemoration recalls Captain James Williams leader of early Vigilantes. The eight installment in Judge Lew L. Callaway’s Fragments covers Williams youth on the Kansas border 1857 58 his role in Alder Gulch against road agents and Plummer era, the capture and execution of Ives Yager Brown and Slade Keene, later Williams politics ranching and partnership with Col. Callaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew L. Callaway
Montana Supreme Court
James Williams
Vigilantes
Henry Plummer
Judge Callaway
D. H. Dillingham
Plummer
Thalt
Dempsey’s Inn
Captain Williams
Slade
Last Chance Gulch
Keene
Hosmer
Gland
Williams
Board of
Col. Callaway
State Association of Montas= Pioneers
Virginia City
Yesteryear
Sterling
Maria Virginia Slade
Cyrano de Bergerac
Alder Gulch Times
Tenth Legislative Assembly
House
Capitol
Frank B. Linderman
Yoder
Montana
Northwest
James
Elizabeth Ledford Williams