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Fireman on 1892 Dalton Gang Train Robbery Identified
The piece recalls Livingston resident Billy Mitchell as town marshal in 1892 and describes the Grey Cliff train robbery by Dalton gang members from Kansas and Oklahoma. Engineer John Brown and Fireman Alex Wilson were held at gunpoint, loot varied, and a large posse pursued through Musselshell and Great Northern routes, ending with a siege near Two Medicine Creek and a fatality for Indian guide Captain Little Dog.
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Livingston
Dalton Gang
John Brown
Alex Wilson
Big Timber
Grey Cliff
John Conrow
Sam Jackson
Tom Gruden
al Harrison
Ramsey
Billings
Musselshell River
Oka
Northern Pacific
Conron
Jackson
Palmer Brothers
Jack Chipman
Shields Valley
Ben Schermer
Mattock
Holliday
Charley Jones
Montana
Jack White
Dalton
Chipman
Jones
Texas
Supt
J. D. Finn
Finn
Augusta
Crouse
Piegan Indian Agency
Captain Cook
Blackfoot
Whisky Gap
Henry Schubert
Schubert
Captain Little Dog
Two Medicine Creek
Midvale
McCabe
Great Northern
Eet
Mr. Wilson