Bridger Creek tale links early trapper to many Montana features
The article recounts how Jim Bridger’s name lent itself to Bridger Creek near Big Timber and other Montana Wyoming features. It cites Lieut. Bradley’s diaries on 1876 Yellowstone maneuvers and a Blood Indian massacre story tied to Bridger and Emmitt’s party, shaping local toponymy and legend.
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Elno
Old Jim Bridger
Montana
Wyoming
Bridger Creek
Big Timber
James H. Bradley
United States
Bradley
Fort Benton
St Ellis
Yellowstone Valley
Little Big Horn
Missouri Co
St. Louis
Missouri
Yellowstone
Emmitt and Jones
Culbertson
American Fur Co
Emmitt’s Creek
Indus
Bridger
Longest Day Tale Of Alex Fairgrieve In Montana House
In the Montana house, former representative Alex Fairgrieve of Carbon was introduced amid a 60th day event. He recalled shaving five times and eating 15 meals during one day as the session went five days past deadline, with Byrne of Toole relaying the anecdote.
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Montana House of Representatives
Alex Fairgrieve
Carbon
24Th
Legislative Assembly
Fairgrieve
Byrne of
Toole
Fatal ambush on Bridger creek frontier trail in 1868
An old man and his son, trusting fate after escaping earlier perils, were killed by a Sioux ambush near Emmitts or Bridger creek at Yellow Stone junction. Emigrant trains found their bodies and state highway markers now commemorate the fatal miscalculation of fate vs. danger.
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Bozeman Trail
This Creek
Phil Kearne
C. F. Smith
Fort Phil
Fort
Phil Kearney
Fort C. F. Smith
Fort Ellis
Bozeman
Emmitt’s
Bridger—creek
Father
Emmitt
Yellowstone
Stateway Commission
Pioneer Notes Honor J F Leighton on 90th Birthday
J F Leighton of Livingston Montana observed his 90th birthday as a longtime resident who came to Montana in 1881 after being born in Corinth Maine in 1849. He moved through the Black Hills and Washington Territory before settling in Boulder then Bozeman and Livingston, with a wholesale and retail meat business and a marriage to Mrs Leighton in 1888.
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J. F. Leighton
Livingston
Mr. Leighton
Montana
Corinth
Maine
Black Hills
South Dakota
Washington Territo
Boulder
Leighton
Francis Scott Key
Ohio
Leightons
Bozeman
December coyote and bobcat harvest reported by survey office
The Biological Survey Office at Billin reports hunters bagged 201 coyotes and 6 bobcats in December. Ted Johnson of Gallat County led with 21 coyotes. Hunters report four deer killed by lions and damage to livestock and game. More than 900 languages are spoken in Asia.
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Biological Survey
Billin
Ted Johnson
Gallat County
Montana Fair Dates Set by Rocky Mountain Fairs Group
At Havre meeting of the Rocky Mountain Fairs association officers were elected J H Bohling Miles City president Iri Watson Havre vice president and Jack Suckstorff Sidney secretary Miles City chosen as 1940 meeting site Dates for A B and D circuits fairs were set with listings in Helena Great Falls Bil lings Havre Sidney Miles City Forsyth Baker Powell Riverton Toole County Chinook Fort Benton etc for August through September along with the 1940 meeting host.
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Rocky Mountain Fairs Association
Havre
J. H. Bohling
Miles City
Iri Watson
Jack Suckstorff
Sidney
Lewis and Clark County Racing Association
Helena
North Montana
Billings
Hill County
Phillips County
Richland
Rosebud
Forsyth
Eastern Montana
Dawson County
Fallon
Baker
Ravalli County
Big Horn
Hamilton Woman Celebrates 100th Birthday
Mrs. Gertrude Peterson of Hamilton marked her centennial celebration amid family. She lives with daughter Mrs. V. O. Blood and previously spent 52 years in Oregon before moving to Hamilton 12 years ago.
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Gertrude Peterson
Hamilton
Lions Killed Near Libby In Winter Rampage
Several mountain lions were slain near Libby this winter. William Baenen killed two on Wolf creek, William Decloser of Warland killed two, and Fred Astair of Warland killed one. Astair’s lion was the largest known in Lincoln county to date.
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Libby
Wolf Creek
William Baenen
William Decloser
Warland
Fred Astair
Astair
Lincoln County
Montana Cold Record of 65 Below Zero in 1893
The weather bureau confirms Montana’s official record low is 65 degrees below zero set in 1893 at the state coldest point. An unofficial reading of 65 below occurred at Trask atop the continental divide near Butte. Thermometers in use only go to 75 below zero.
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Montana
Weather Bureau
Arthur Standemeyer
Fort Harrison Veterans’ Hospital
Siberia
Trask
Butte
Fairfield Co operative selects board for Greenfields line
At a Fairfield cooperative meeting a board of trustees was elected to perfect the organization. Plans call for 110 miles of telephone line to cover the Greenfields project with long distance connections likely at Fairfield. Over 100 memberships have already been secured.
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Fairfield Cooperative Telephone Co
Fairfield
Snowed In Branagan Mine Workers Tunnel Between Buildings
Two workers from the Branagan mine near Libby report 15 feet of snow on site. They say it is necessary to tunnel between the buildings and the mine to move around.
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Branagan
Libby
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