Blizzard Crisis Tests Range Cattle Across Montana
A mid winter blizzard of 1886 87 hits the Montana southeast ranches. Telegraph reports of cattle losses conflict as foremen battle cold wind and deep snow while cowboys corral horses and seek shelter in Milestown and St Paul.
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Montana
LOU” Grill
St. Paul
Milestown
Whit Kennedy
Slim Greer
Kennedy
Mark Scobey
Whit
A. J. Campbell
Campbell
First Montana Lawsuit In Hellgate Ends With $40 Verdict
The 1860s civil case in Hellgate pitted Cornelius C. O Keefe against Tincup Joe over a horse injury. A jury verdict awarded $40 to the plaintiff, but no collection occurred due to an absent sheriff. The era’s coroner’s inquest followed a deadly shootout between Big Nick and Overlander, resulting in a blunt verdict of Damn good shootin.
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Davidson
McKay
Colorado
Campbell
Hellgate
Missoula
Montana
Cornelius C
Baron” O'Keefe
Tincup Joe
Baron O’keefe
Dave
O'Keefe
Baron O'Keefe
Dave O'Keefe
General Mullan
Idaho
O’keefes
Mullan
O’keefe Brothers
Joe
Frank Woody
Woody
Henry Brooks
Brooks
O’keefe
Big Nick
Overlander
Cornelius C. “Baron” O'Keefe
Too Many Foreigners in U S Placer Chinaman's Complaint
A historical column recounts Jimmy July a Montana resident of Last Chance gulch near Helena who praised Chinese exclusion and criticized foreigners while noting his past as a placer miner and eating house operator. It also profiles Billy Kee a Lombard hotelier who married twice and returned to Hongkong with his American children.
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Davidson
McKay
Campbell
St. Paul
Milestown
The
Eagle
Eagle Billiard Parlor
U. S
Placer
Jimmy July
Silver Bow
Last Chance Gulch
Helena
Green Horn
Jimmy
California
Butte
United
Billy Kee
Montana
Lombard
Richard Harlow
Harlowton
Northern Pacific
Lewistown
America
China
Hongkong
Billy
Deadman's Creek Named After Sheep Camp Tragedy
In 1887 John Rock, a herder for Doc Byal on Sheep creek near Custer County, died during a drunken spree. The camp tentatively named the site Deadman's creek after his death, a name that stuck on maps as roundup crews later worked the North Sunday creek area.
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Sunday Creek
Deadman Creek
Sheep Creek
Custer County
Byal
John Rock
Rock
Miles City
Jim Stillwell
R. G. Redd
Miles
City
Waddy Peacock
The
LA Tar
Red Lodge Airport Expanded to Remove Hazard
After a long effort to remove a power line danger at Red Lodge airport the field is larger and safer. The WPA and city sponsored the project which moved lines and installed inverted trough markers extending 300 yards beyond each runway. Pilots nationwide will be informed there is no longer a hazard at Red Lodge landing field.
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Red Lodge
WPA
State Bonds Called For Payment By Treasurer Brett
State Treasurer James J. Brett has issued a call for payment of 248000 of a 5 million 1921 educational bond issue scheduled for January 1. Retirement will reduce outstanding bonds on the issue to 31 566 000.
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James J. Brett
Nuts to the Car: Motorist Abandons Wrecked 1928 Chrysler
Highway Patrolman Hugh Potter recounts a wreck atop MacDonald pass where a 1928 Chrysler plunged from a bank. The driver, with a head bump, chose to ride a maintenance truck west, leaving the demolished car behind, possibly fleeing a hot vehicle. The auto was later traced to a Spokane dealer.
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Hugh Potter
MacDonald Pass
Potter
Spokane
Montana
Washington
Seven Up Card Game Favored by Sharpers for Cheating Ease
The line notes that seven up is the card sharp’s favorite game due to its ease of cheating, highlighting a cautionary observation about gambling practices and game vulnerabilities.
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Sharp
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Miles Pool Hall
Badlands
Karesuando
Sweden
Bismarck
Northern Pacific Railway
Northwest
Miletown
Teeeey
D. J
O'Malley
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