Henry Sibley and the Sioux Power Built From Provisions
Henry Sibley rose from a clerk at a Michigan fur post to Minnesota's first congressman and governor. His storehouse and provisions gave him leverage over the Sioux, shaping frontier power, hospitality, and leadership in early Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hastings Sibley
Detroit
Hull
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Henry Sibley
Sibley
Daughters of the Revolution
Minnesota
Franklin Steele
St. Anthony
Sibleys
Wilderness
Astor
Sibley House
Minnesota Wilds
Mississippi
Captain Marryat
Fur Company
Gabriel Renville
Napoleon
Congress
United States
Clayton County
Iowa
Mendota
St. Paul
Henry Sibley Sought as Astor Agent in Fort Snelling Era
The Astor interests forming the American Fur Company sought Henry Sibley as agent for a new post near Fort Snelling in 1828. Sibley established headquarters at Mendo where Jean Barbault had aided Zebulon Pike in 1805 to negotiate a treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astor Interests
American Fur Co
Henry Sibley
Fort Snelling
Mendo
Jean Faribault
Zebulon Pike
Seachriest’s Hanging by Montana Vigilantes
The Vigilantes in Montana executed Jake Silvie alias Jacob Seachriest, a long‑time road agent robber and murderer who confessed to killing a man and burying him in a willow coffin. He claimed twelve years in crime and boasted a notch for every year. Seachriest was arrested at Diamond City after months of depredation.
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Buffalo Bill
Army
Bill Cody
Uncle Sam
Young Bill
Detroit
Montana
Jake Silvie
Jacob Seachriest
Seachriest
Pennsylvania
Diamond City
Mittee
Confederate Gulch
Helena
Missouri River
Salt Lake City
Virginia City
Snake River
Rockies
Frazer Journal Item From May 30 1921
A historical note from the Frazer Journal dated May 30 1921 recaps a past Montana event. The item reflects local memory and preserves a paragraph of town life from twenty years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frazer Journal
Prominent Montana Republicans Acquire Fergus County Argus
E M Mosher of Great Falls and A A Franzke of Lewistown purchase the Fergus County Argus from J A Gilluly. The firm opens a job printing plant and office supply and binding department. Franzke becomes editor. D Royce remains superintendent after Gilluly’s move to a land office post in Lewistown.
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E. M. Mosher
Great Falls
Tribune Printing & Supply Co
A. A .Pranzke
Lewistown
Ae Co
Montana
J. A. Gillaly
Fergus County Argus
Argus
Cids Publishing Co
Gilluly
Franzke
The
Argus, Co
D. Royce
Montana Names Sheridan as Highway Patrol Supervisor
The Montana highway commission named Charles L. Sheridan Helena police chief to succeed Lou Boedecker as highway patrol supervisor, with Boedecker to serve until Sheridan takes office January 31. Howard Holmes of Alameda California was chosen as acting state highway engineer to succeed D A McKinnon.
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Bam C. Ford
Howard H. Holmes
Alameda
Calif
D. A. McKinnon
State Highway Commission
Holmes
Ford
Charles L. Sheridan
Helena
Lou Boedecker
Lee Ford
Boedecker
Sheridan
Howard Holmes
Montana
Oregon
Oregon Highway Commission
City of
Portland
Montana Highway Department
Louisiana
Southern States
California Commission
Charles Sheridan
Great Falls
Highway Patrol
McKinnon
Joseph Dixon
John Erickson
California
Highway Department
Don McKinnon
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Lincoln
Denmark
Europe
General Sibley
France
Alfred B. Sibley
Anne Broadwater Thompson
Col
Charles A. Broadwater
Great Northern
Havre
Butte
Lydia HE Pinkham
Beckman Bros
A. A. Franzke
Fis
Sunny Brook
Kentucky
National Distillers Products Corporation
New York
New Highway Patrol
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