Free Trappers of the Far West Roamed Great Plains to Montana
An English explorer George Ruxton chronicles the free trappers of 1830 to 1840 who hunted beaver across immense stretches from Mexico to the Arctic. They answered to no master, valued self reliance, and shaped western routes, with St. Louis as a fur trade hub and the Rocky Mountain House a center of frontier revelry.
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Ruxton
Blackfeet
Yellowstone River
Montana
Lewis and Clark
Upper
Missouri
Hudson’s Bay Co
Far West
Yellowstone Park
West
At West
George Erick Ruxton
89Th Regiment
Blackstone's
Pat
Kit Carson
Jim Bridger
Bill Willams
William Bent
Manuel Lisa
Sublettes
Joe Meek
St. Vrain
Fitzpatrick
Killbuck
la Bonte
Central Africa
Central America
Mexico
Rocky Mountains
St. Louis
Forties
Rocky Mountain House
Cenhorn
John
Meek
Arkansas River
Colorado
Hyar
Dar
Hawken
Mississippi
Conestoga
Pittsburgh
Greenhorn
Powder River Let er Buck War Cry T
The Powder River cry traced from cow towns to politics and war, becoming the Montana punchers banner in the 163rd Infantry and spreading to the 91st division in France. The piece notes the river’s geography and the cry’s adoption by Montana Oregon California and Washington troops. A new anesthetic is mentioned unrelated to the main tale.
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Powder River
91St
Wild West Division
Montana
Washington
Oregon
California
Argonne
Rio Grande
Wyoming
Montana Line
Graham
Custer
Prairie
Yellowstone
Blatchford
Kamm
Plateau
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Butte
Pershing
163Rd United States Infantry
163Rd
France
Lewis
Letters Wanted for Camp Murray Recruits in Montana
Clinton M. Ross reports Montana boys at Camp Murray crave letters and morale support. He notes the damp, foggy Puget Sound setting and contrasts current draftees with 1917 volunteers while urging organizations and individuals to write to the soldiers.
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Montana
Camp Murray
Uncle Sam
Clinton M. Ross
Helena
West Coast
Ross
Sons of the American Revolution
Puget Sound
All Time High Reported by State Tax Board
The state board of equalization reports record license tax revenue for the year ending June 30. Total collections reached 8,556,840 dollars, the highest in the board’s history, with record corporate taxes, gasoline taxes, and individual income tax funds in the subdivisions.
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State Board of Equalization
Retail Trade Shows Seasonal Rise in Minneapolis Fed Report
Retail trade rose 11 percent in the past month according to figures reported to the Federal Reserve Bank at Minneapolis. The gain reflects the usual seasonal uptick in activity across the district's retail sector.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Minneapolis
Colored waiter Ridley returns south after 50 Montana years
Louis R. Ridley, son of a slave and longtime headwaiter at the Montana hotel in Anaconda and later at the Silver Bow club in Butte, leaves for Birmingham Alabama with relatives. He recalled meeting Marcus Daly in Utica and taking the headwaiter post 50 years ago. Ridley, who loved horse racing, spoke of Tammany and Ogden and Daly’s respect for the horse. He was born near Atlanta and his wife recently died in Butte.
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Louis R. Ridley
Old Silver Bow Club
Butte
Sunny
South
Montana
Birmingham
Ala
Ridley
Marcus Daly
Anaconda
Deby Track
Tammany and
Ogden
Daly
Tammany
Montana Blind Youth Near Top
Floyd McDowell, educated at Montana’s blind school, attends Gonzaga University as a music major. He belongs to the Gonzaga Glee Club and has performed in several concerts and readings, excelling in pipe organ work. Born in Whitefish, he entered the state school through the Charles Young family’s help.
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Carl Walters
Spokane
Floyd McDowell
School For the Blind
Montana
Gonzaga University
Gonzaga Glee Club
McDowell
Whitefish
Charles Young
Origins of the Yellowstone Name Through Native and Explorer History
The article traces how the Yellowstone River and Valley were named Mi tsi a da zi by Siouan speakers meaning Yellow Rock River before French traders called it Roche Jaune. Lewis and Clark popularized the English version Yellowstone, with earlier Anglo influence by David Thompson and others. It notes the canyon’s yellow rock coloration noted by Doane and Hayden.
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Yellowstone Valley
Lewis and Clark
Milnetree
Yellow Rock River
Roche Jaune
Yellow Stone
Mandan
Missouri River
Bismarck
Thomas Jefferson
Big West
Yellowstone
David Thompson
Hudsoneer Company
West
Yellowstone River
Thompson
Louisiana
Missouri
Grand Canyon
Lieu Doane
Dr. Hayden
Can
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Jean Batiste
Falls
Grand River
Wrenae
Taos
Caltorain
Jean and
Gaunt
C. M. Russell
George Frederick Ruxton
Board
Sunny South
Treasure State
Gonzaga
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