Theodore Roosevelt Westward Origin and Ranching Rise
The article portrays Theodore Roosevelt arriving in the northwest as a young rancher, statesman, and leader among Montana Stockgrowers. It details his early ties to the cowboys and Rough Riders concept, his 1886 mayoral bid, and his influence on ranching, defense, and westward development in Miles City and the Little Missouri Yellowstone region.
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Montana
Lou” Grill
Arquis de Mores
Northwest
Little
Missouri
Yellowstone River
Theodore Roosevelt
Y—-Cross
Marquis de Mores
Miles City
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Montana Territory
Dakota Territory
Bayard
Mexico
A. K. Cutting
New Mexico
United States
Washington
New York
Roosevelt
New York City
Missouri River
Mandan
Bismarck
Rough Riders
San Juan Hill
Cuba
Dakota
Wyomine
Hungary
Europe
Great West
Little Missouri
Pacific Northwest Finance Corporation Formed in Great Falls
Great Falls based Pacific Northwest Finance Corporation organized under Montana law with headquarters in Great Falls. The firm finances Pacific Northwest Life Insurance Company and will operate a Morris Plan style money loan program with authorized capital stock of 100000 dollars in shares of 100 dollars each. Reservations for up to ten shares are invited with cash payment or installments. No salesmen commissions are paid and explanations are available from officers or by correspondence.
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Montana
Secretary of State
Great Falls
Pacific Northwest Finance Corporation
Pacific Northwest Life Insurance Company
The
Finance Corporation
Morris Plan
United States
Pacific Pimance Corporation
Powder River Kid tied to historic Miles City shooting
A recent report links Sam Russell the Powder River Kid to an 1892 shooting in Miles City. Harry Turner, a Miles City cowboy, was killed after Russell intervened to rescue a beaten woman. Russell fled, was captured, and sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary after a Billings trial led by Judge O F Goddard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Turner
Miles City
Sam Russell
Helena
Powder River
Russell
Billings
O. F. Goddard
Howver
Billings Gazette
Lottie Miller
Turner
J. W. Vaughn
William Crenshaw
Whco
Goddard
Andrew Campbell
Middleton & Light
Montana
James R. Goss
George R. Milburn
Quarrel Over Race Horse Ends in Saloon Shootout
Testimony places Charles firing one shot that felled Henry as he toppled near beer cases. witnesses say Henry collapsed. The Helena Sam Russell, a diminutive figure, was known for carrying a weapon and favored being armed for self protection. He lived by the rule to keep guns loaded.
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Henry
Charles
Gran UE
Sam Russell
Helena
Russell
Billings
Helena Sam Russell
University Plans Indian Museum on Montana Campus
Prof. Harry Turney-High, chair of economics, says a Museum of the American Indian will preserve Montana’s fading native culture. Two courses in anthropology and ethnology support the museum, described as a means to sustain Indian arts and industry for posterity and foster racial contact with aboriginal culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Turney- High
Department of Economics
The
State University
Montana
Indian Museum
Turney-High
Museum of
Northern Pacific to add huge engines on Yellowstone division
A dozen new engines, each 125 feet long, will operate on the Yellowstone division east of Glendive next spring. Heavy power will shift to other divisions, aiding a planned through freight train from Seattle to St Paul. The move aims to haul 4 000 ton trains without splitting and will progressively replace smaller locomotives.
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Yellowstone
Glendive
T. P. Lowry
Central District
Northern Pacific
Rocky Mountain
Seattle
St. Paul
Russell Studio Preservation Progress in Great Falls
Interior work on Charles M. Russell’s log cabin studio advances toward public memorial status in Great Falls. Rustic twisted pine showcases and ornate detailing by M. C. Schwerdt preserve the artist’s belongings, with completion sought by year’s start and a caretaker plan for visitor access.
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Charles M. Russell
Great Falls
M. C. Schwerdt
J. L. Rude Construction Company
Russell Memorial Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Eagle Creek
Schwerdt
Russell
Old Faithful Inn
Yellowstone Park
George Calvert
Fourth Avenue North
Great Falls Men Run Mink Farm
In Great Falls a small mink operation operates from two neighbors C A Shelton and Fred Wuerl both electricians. Three years in, they raise dark skinned cross breed minks in back yard pens with 43 animals today. They feed them fish chicken heads horse meat and oatmeal mush and plan to expand the herd for autumn marketing later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
C. A. Shelton
Second Avenue North
Fred Wuerl
Wuerl
Shelton Minkery
British Columbia
Shelton
Mr. Shelton
Montana Second in Road Building
Montana ranks second in the nation for road construction extent with 507.7 miles under way costing 6 million plus and 3.96 million in federal aid. It is also second in miles approved for construction 129.1 miles costing 1.23 million with 0.695 million federal aid. Federal funds available for matching total 3.645 million plus past-year allotments and new authorizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Missoula
Bureau of Public Roads
Texas
Treasure State
Reed Rotary adjustable school seat to be made in Montana
A western factory owned by Helena mining man C. L. Hewitt will manufacture the Reed Rotary adjustable school seats. Invented by Jack Reed of Corvallis, the seat aims for Hamilton schools with Bitter Root valley investors in the six year old company. Hewitt met Reed while Reed was a cook at one of Hewitt's mining camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Hewitt
Helena
Jack Reed
Corvallis
Hamilton
Reed
Hewitt
Moscow's crowding hits six and a half per room
In Moscow Russia the most over crowded city in the world there are an average of six and one half people to every room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
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Dakota Border
Stockgrowers Association
Plains
Mr. Roosevelt
Western Dakota
Eastern
Rissons
West
Chicago Tribune
Montana-Dakota
Free Range
Pacific Northwest Finance Corp
Mont
Post Office
Countryman
Charles H. Countryman
Henry Countryman
Stillwater
University
N. P
Mr. Russell
Mink Farm
Hamburg
Germany
Des Moines
Ian
Montanerite
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