Crook's 1876 Winter Campaign Preludes Little Bighorn Battle
General Crook led a harsh winter expedition from Cheyenne into the Powder River region hoping a decisive victory would break plains Indian resistance. Severe cold, scarce food, and poor Dakota cooperation doomed the campaign, boosting Indian morale and foreshadowing Custer's fate at Little Bighorn.
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Crook
Little Big Horn
ELNO
Granville Stuart
Wyoming
Yellowstone
George Crook
Arizona
Department of the Platte
Omaha
Southwest
Big Horn Mountain
Cheyenne
Fort Russell
Mission
Minnesota
St. Paul
Fort Reno
Bozeman Trail
Fort Laramie
Powder River
Big Horn Mountains
J. J. Reynolds
Crazy Horse
Lodge Pole Creek
John G
Bourke
Third Cavalry
Department of Dakota
Fort Lincoln
General Custer
General Crook
United States
Pierre Chouteau and the Yellowstone First West River Steamboat
In 1831 Pierre Chouteau built a sturdy side wheel steamboat named Yellowstone to explore the upper Missouri. Rivermen laughed at the small engine and single shaft but the vessel reached Fort Pierre before shoals halted the voyage. A second voyage in 1832 reached Fort Union and spurred larger designs, leading to the Assinaboine and later Montana river trade with vessels like Chippewa and others.
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Yellowstone
Missouri
Fort Pierre
Fort Union
Assinaboine
Montana
Walter E. Taylor
Pittsburg
Pierre Chouteau
American Fur Co
Chouteau
Mississippi
Far West
North Dakota
Upper
St. Louis
South Dakota
Bennett
House
Yellowstone River
Choutens
George Catlin
Poplar Creek
Hart River
City of
Bismarck
Fort Benton
John la Barge
Missouri River
H. M. Chittenden
LaBarge
la- Barge City
Deer Lodge
Charles
Pierre
Fort McKenzie
Big Horn
Red Cloud
Helena
Prairie County Boundary War and Birth of a County
The article recalls the 25th anniversary of Prairie County, tracing the drive to form the county from parts of Dawson and Custer. It highlights E. H. McDowell’s dream, efforts by W. A. Brubaker and local chambers, bridge work across the Yellowstone, and the intense border line battles and petitions that culminated in a near unanimous vote to establish Prairie County with Terry as the county seat.
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Prairie County
Terry
E. H. McDowell
Terry Tribune
W. A. Brubaker
State Bank of
Dawson
Custer
Erry
Yellowstone River
Glendive
Miles City
B. J. Bragg
Custer County
Ismay
Prairie
Yellowstone
Fallon
Fallon Flat
One
A. O. Hewitt
L. W. Sherman
Montana Artist Illustrates Garden Book for Putman
Miss Lynette Arounis, a well known Montana artist, is illustrating Mrs. George Palmer Putman’s new gardening book at the Putman estate near Angeles. Arounis has studied at the Art Center School of Art in Los Angeles for 44 years and has displayed work at the Corcoran Gallery Seattle art museum Pomona Museum and other venues. Her recent mural designs include two 30 foot oil pieces in a Hollywood Turf Club.
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Lynette Arounis
Montana
George Palmer Putman
Putman
Angeles
Arouni
Art Center School of Art
Los Angeles
Corcoran
Washington, D. C
Seattle Museum
Volunteer Park
Pomona Museum of Art
Pomona
Calif
United States
Turf Club
Hollywood
Revenue collections rise in Montana in 1939 report says
Internal revenue receipts in Montana for 1939 totaled 6 188 559 dollars, up from 5 647 596 the previous year, per a treasury department report. Wyoming and Idaho showed declines in the same period.
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Montana
Treasury Department
Wyoming
Idaho
Prairie County Founded in Montana on February 5 1915
A historical account details the creation of Prairie county by the Montana legislature on Feb 5 1915. It notes the committee members and signatures, the county’s original $5 million evaluation, and assets including farm land stock and railroads. It lists population, towns Terry Mildred Fallon, local high schools, roadways and bridges as key infrastructure.
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Walter Nelson
A. O. Gullidge
William Flachsenhaar
C. W. Grantley
E. H. McDowell
Thomas
Alfred Wright
William Haley
Leon Clark
Williamson
Sid Souther
Ralph Norris
Lon Fluss
August Albrecht
Ira Jackson
Paul Renn
Eddie Booth
Butte
Glendive
Prairie County
Montana
Terry
Mildred
Fallon
Yellowstone
Powder
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Munn
Lower
Tongue River
C.J. Dean
N. E. Cor. E. Burmside
Grand Ave
Portland
Oregon
Clark’s Fork Valley
Pears Cerry
Percen
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Lands Department
Lynette Arouni
Great Falls
Kentucky
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