Indians Show Loyalty To White Soldiers At Little Dry Creek
Sergt H C Thompson accompanied a buffalo hunting party to Little Dry Creek during Chief Joseph era. Thompson noted the Mandan Gros Ventres party did not threaten and affirmed Indians' loyalty after surrendering and choosing peace, aiding white soldiers in winter 1876 to 1877.
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Sergt
H. C. Thompson
Buffalo
Little Dry Creek
Joseph
Gros Ventres
Thompson
Indian War Scout recalls miles of pursuit and buffalo hunt
Sergeant H C Thompson recalls accompanying White Elk and a small Cheyenne Sioux hunting party on the Yellowstone across a ferry near Seventh Street bridge. Miles warned Thompson to guard the Indians as Chief Joseph's forces moved west. Thompson freed Indian hunters by distributing ammunition and described buffalo hunting customs amid winter marches and clashes with Sitting Bull.
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Sitting Bull
Little Dry Creek
Garfield County
White Elk
Joseph
Thompson
Miles
Bearpaw Mountains
Nez Perces
Sergt
H. C. Thompson
Company E
Ewers
Yellowstone River
Fort Keogh
Sunday Creek
Blunt
Little Chief
Ahls
Montana to let nearly two million in public works contracts
Montana Public Works Administration plans contracts totaling about 1.839 million dollars in nine cities by March 1. Projects include Missoula grade school work, Kalispell high school and Billings senior high school, a dormitory at Billings normal, Galen tuberculosis hospital, and other state and local facilities. State institutions contracts to be let in Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Public Works Administration
D. A. McKinnon
Montana
Missoula
Galen
Kalispell
Flathead County
Billings
Billings Normal School
Eureka
Bozeman
Gallatin County
Laurel
Miles City
Havre
Normal School
McKinnon
Public Works Administration
Congress
Helena
Permit system near extinction in Montana library hold
A historic Montana liquor permit from January 2 1934, No 1730, donated by Gov. F H Cooney, now resides in the state historical library. The note marks early distributor controls and suggests the permit clause may be repealed by March 7 if lawmakers agree.
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Montana
F. H. Cooney
Warrants Drawn by State Auditor Total Nearly 13 Million
Warrants for the second half of 1934 issued by state auditor John J. Holmes total 12 727 332 48 with monthly amounts of July 1 361 192 33 August 2 762 232 06 September 2 411 345 80 October 2 311 556 69 November 1 820 629 39 and December 2 060 376 21. Elizabeth Miller of Perthshire Scotland celebrating her 104th birthday lives in the house where she was born and tends a holly tree planted on her birth day.
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John J. Holmes
Elizabeth Miller
Perthshire
Scotland
Indians prove loyalty in frontier battle at surrender
An expedition shows elderly Indians aided by removing meat from the back bone with stone tools and roasting it. Dried meat was taken from larders as needed. Younger hunters joined Miles toward the west and later helped in the battle leading to Chief surrender.
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Miles
Red Lodge Whiskey Distillery Moves Toward Operation
Yellowstone Distillers Inc stockholders report Red Lodge whisky distillery ready for operation awaiting final federal inspection. John G. Skinner elected president succeeding E B Shelley. Ben J Knudson named vice president and H W Roberts secretary treasurer. Directors include O H P Shelley Skinner and Knudson. A Feb 9 stockholders meeting will vote on expanding to five directors and amending articles to permit bonded warehouses and government receipts. A crew of 25 started fire prevention work in Helena National Forest.
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Yellowstone Distillers, Inc
Red Lodge
John G. Skinner
Mr. Skinner
E. B. Shelley
Ben J. Knudson
H. W. Roberts
Billings
O. H. P. Shelley
Skinner
Mr. Knudson
Helena National Forest
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Montanalou” Grill
Northwest
Nelson A. Miles
Port Keogh
Spotted Horse
Wolf Mountain
Oming
Tongue River
Lame Deer
Sheep Mountain Range
Mr. Thompson
PWA
Historical
Red Lodge Whiskey Distillery
Montana Flour Mills Co
Great Falls
Harlowton
Lewistown
Montana Experiment Station
Prof. Harrington
A. H. Small
Anaconda
Anaconda, Mont
Dept. C
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