Sheriff Dunn and the Red Lodge Bank Gang Pursuit
The article recounts John B. Dunn first elected sheriff of Carbon County and a famed chase in 1897 when he and a posse pursued five bank robbers from Belle Fourche across Montana to near Lavina. Dunn’s raid ended with three outlaws captured near the Musselshell river and extradited to South Dakota.
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Bozeman
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Northern Pacific
Madison Valley
Pryor Mountain
Dunn
Jeffers
Mainard
Silesia
Dick Dunn
John Dunn
Belle Fourche
S. D
Montana
Kid Currie
Powder River
Big Horn River
Pyror Mountains
Billings
Clark Fork River
Rock Creek
Roberts
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Louie Sichler
Sheriff’s Office
Byron St. Clair
Carbon County
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Pollard Hotel
Bert E. Vail
Absarokee
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Calhoun
Dick Hicks
Billy Smith
Rodney Stone
Hicks
Smith
Stone
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Musselshell River
South Dakota
Jones
Roberts Brothers
Walt Putney
Harry Lonnebaugh
John Whitcomb
Currie
Wyoming
Spofford
Pollard
Carbon County Bank
Carbon
Flash
Studo
Noted Western Sheriff John Dunn Remembered as Fearless Peace Officer
The profile recounts Sheriff Dunn of Red Lodge who captured many criminals without guns, rode long distances on trusted horses like Old Pacer and Rabbit, slept with one eye open, and executed the only man hanged in Carbon county in 1898. It covers his punctual calm demeanor, marksmanship, long rides, and his death in 1933 after a life in law enforcement and ranching.
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Red Lodge
John B. Dunn
County of
Carbon
Rocky Fork Coal Company
Bear Creek Ruich
Rock Creek
John Dunn
Thomas Hogan
Dunn
Montana
St. Louis
Franklin County
Virginia City
Missouri
Varney and Farrell
Madison River County
Henry Elling
Sam Buford
Idaho
Nellie E. Oliver
Silesia
Buford & Elling
Madison Valley
Crow Indian Reservation
Bozeman
Belle Fourche
Durm
Sidney Fox
District Court
Earl Simpson
Simpson
Meeteetse
Wyo
Columbus
Mont
Rabbit
John
Carbon County
Salmon
O’connor
C. F. Oliver
Kerrigan
Betwen Red Lodge
Joliet
Dunnn
Sam Oliver
Harry Duffield
J. H. Conrad
Frank Henry
Phil McLaughlin
George Smith
Fred Carroll
Jonas Holland
E. D. Lovegreen
Edwin D. Cooper
Earl Sirrine
Vaughn McAdams
William Holt
J. W. Plummer
Peter Marshall
Ezra Beardsley
Alderson
James Virtue
William Larkin
T. R. Austin
D. G. O'Shea
Cy Thompson
Joseph Carmony
George Creighton
Fred Willy
Rees Dans
J. Dunp
George Jones
James Dick
J. E Mushback
Wyoming
Big Sunlight
Jesse Simington
George Dilworth
Smethhurst
Frank
Mary E. Lindquist
C. J. Pelo
Canning Meat Fish and Poultry: Montana Extension Circular
Montana Extension Service releases a revised circular by Frances Smith on safe meat fish and poultry canning. It covers pre cook steps water addition jar sealing hot water bath altitude effects and includes meat fish and poultry recipes with practical preservation guidance. Copies available from Bozeman Montana Extension or local county agents.
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Montana State College
Montana Extension Service
Frances Smith
Bozeman
Stateboard to Consider Low Priced Pennsylvania Whisky
The state liquor control board plans to study buying a Pennsylvania distillery blend that could be sold for about 1.25 a quart. Current offerings at state stores cost roughly double that price, prompting the inquiry into a cheaper option.
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State Equor Control Board
Pennsylvania
White Pine Timber Sold Near Kalispell to Libby Firm
State forester Rutledge Parker announced the sale of 8,500,000 feet of white pine near Kalispell to the J Neils Lumber Company of Libby. Parker said inquiries about timber are rising and business is better than the prior year.
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Rutledge Parker
Kalispell
J. Neils Lumber Company
Libby
Parker
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Wanted Man
William O’connor
Thomas Salmon
O'Connor
REX Flour
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