Ghost City Sits Silent as Glendive Emerges from Fort Hargons Era
In 1879 a temporary U S Army fort protected Northern Pacific crews and nearby settlers. Troops clashed with Sitting Bull and Gall era hostiles while engineers charted routes through Cedar Creek and the Yellowstone valley. By autumn 1880 Glendive formed as rails shifted, the fort’s camp moved, and the town built its first supply shack and beginnings of a real town.
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United States Army
Glendive
Montana
Lou" Grill
Cedar Creek
Fort Keogh
Fifth Infantry
2Nd
United States Cavalry
Northern Pacific Railroad
Yellowstone Valley
Yellowstone River
Hargons
Tongue River
John S. Truscott
Fallon
Yellowstone
Mr. Truscott
Sitting Bull
Aren
Miles
Custer Creek
Sheep Mountain Bluffs
Whistler
Iron Horse
Gall
Missouri River
Poplar Creek
Milk River
Jordan Hotel
Northern Pacific Land Company
Camp
Glendive Creek
Hargous
Hargens
Iice
Camp Hargons
Old Fort Whoop Up remembered as a memory of frontier trade
The article recalls Old Fort Whoop Up built in 1871 by John Dealy as a trading center for Indians and whites in Canada and northwestern Montana. It notes the death of Kootenai elder Tomah Red Sky known as Blind Tom at 77, recounts 1881 battles and relocations, and traces Glendive and Northern Pacific railroad growth shaping eastern Montana.
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John Dealy
Canada
Montana
Blind Tom
Flagstone
B. C
St. Mary’s Lake
C. E. Conrad
Kalispell
Spotted Cap
Tomah
Cleveland Cousin of Grover Cleveland Veteran Dies in Montana
Henry 8 Neal at 86, Confederate Army veteran and cousin of Grover Cleveland, died at his Anaconda home where he lived since 1890. A former Deer Lodge county assessor for 16 years, he was born in Baltimore and enlisted at 17. He moved west after the war, helped mine Virginia City, and served in Montana militia. Survived by three sons A H Neal Philipsburg Paul R Neal and Harry C Neal and daughter Mrs Lawrence McPherson of Anaconda.
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Henry 8
Neal
Grover Cleveland
Anaconda
Deer Lodge County
Montana
Baltimore
Atchison
Kan
Julesburg
Colo
Salt Lake City
Yeans Mountains
Virginia City
Helena
Neil Howe
Yellowstone National Park
Joan
Pioneer
A. H. Neal
Philipsburg
Paul R. Neal
Sand Point
Ida
Harry C. Neal
Lawrence McPherson
Lucky Mother Bay Miberts With Betty Jean
Mrs D H Keating of 1318 Hays San Antonio says the child escaped illness by using California Syrup of Figs at first signs of cold or upset. She notes the remedy is gentle and effective without strong laxative effects.
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Bay
Betty Jean
D. H. Keating
Hays
San Antonio
California
State Mines Production Value Jumps 20 Million in 1929
A federal report shows Montana mine output rose to about 75.05 million dollars in 1929 from 55.37 million in 1928. Copper led gains with output near 298.6 million pounds valued around 53.45 million, driven by high copper prices. Gold declined while silver rose to about 13.65 million ounces, and major producers included Anaconda Copper Mining Company and Butte properties.
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Montana
C. N. Gerry
United States Bureau of Mines
Department of Commerce
Butte
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte & Superior Mining Company
Butte Copper and Zinc Company
East Butte Copper Mining Company
Commonwealth Lead Mining Company
Anaconda
Spring Hill
Liberty Montana
Butte & Superior
St. Louis
New Gould
Butte Copper
Helena
Gould
Wilborn
Liberty Montana Mines Company
Jefferson
Drumlummon
Marysville
Oes
Anaconpper Mining Company
Block P
Hughesville
North Butte
Trout
Philipsburg
Flathead
Kiln
East Butte
Butte Copper and Zinc
Ardsley Butte
Ardsley
Silver Dyke
Comet
Anselmo
Emma
St. Joseph Lead Company
Clark Properties
Butte & So
Butte Copper Consolidated
Radersburg
East Helena
Commonwealth
Hecla
Idaho
Great Falls
Utah
Black P
Butte and Superior
Silver Prince
Granite County
Basin
Jefferson County
Timber Butte
Elm Orlu
Poser
Moulton
Anaconda Group
Clark
Pie, Aeenanas
Late Sanford Moore A Musselshell Settler Dies At 84
Sanford Moore 84 Montana pioneer who crossed the plains in 1865 and built a cattle business in Musselshell country died at his Bozeman home. Born December 28 1845 in Missouri he arrived in Montana in 1865, worked near Virginia City and Diamond City with brothers Perry J and John. The Moore clan operated timbering hauling a sawmill and furnished lumber for Fort Logan before Sanford moved to Bozeman twenty years ago. Surviving: wife, son Sanford Jr of Bozeman daughters Inez Eleanor in Tacoma sister in law Mrs P J Moore Sr Twodot nephews P J and George Moore Twodot nieces Mrs Ralph Good Harlowton and Marguerite Moore Twodot.
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Sanford Moore
Montana
Plains
Musselshell
Bozeman
Missouri
Virginia City
Diamond City
Perry J
John
Fort Logan
Perry J. Moore
Twedot
Perry
Little Elk
Sanford
Big Elk
P. J. Moore
Ralph Good
Harlowton
Marguerite Moore
Twodot
Teamster Killed by Sand Bank Collapse Near Butte
Otis Cogdill a 40 year old teamster was suffocated when a seven foot sand bank collapsed as he shoveled the last load into his wagon south of Butte. The accident occurred during the loading at the scene.
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Otis Cogdill
Butte
Cogdill
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Largous
Men
Tana Lee” Grill
Old Fort
Tomah Red Sky
Tobacco Plains
Boston
United States
Crowfoot
Kiges
Poplar River
Company
Truscott
Fort Buford
Diamond R Transportation Company
Miles City
Northern Pacific
Cleveland
Teamster
Montana Flour Mills CO
Mills Et Greet Falls
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