Gold Stampede to Little Rockies in 1884 Prospectors Story
George A. Ottawa recalls the 1884 stampede toward the Little Rockies after a whispered tip of a new gold find 150 miles away on Gros Ventre reservation. Four men chase the diggings, suffer gumbo roads, reach Ruby gulch, find small gold, and hire teams for Fort Benton supplies amid cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rockies
George A. Ottawa
Libby
Mr. Ottawa
Alder Gulch
Fort Benton
Dennis Halpin
Bob Orman
Sam Cook
Bob
Gros Ventres
Assinniboines
Government Coulee
Bill Embertson
Fess
Mose Solomon
Bear’s Paw Mountains
Cow Creek
Slippery Ann Hot Springs
Rocky Point
Little Rocky Mountains
Alder Flat
Murray Nicholson
Diggings
Zortman
Pike Sandusky
Dutch Louie Meyers
Ruby Gulch
Bedrock
Ben Johnston
Charlie Walker
Gold Rush Tales From Ruby Gulch and Sandusky's End
The narrative recalls a Montana gold frenzy where fortunes rose and fell in Ruby Gulch. Curtis leads mining claims while Pike Sandusky and Dutch Louie raid bedrock for $5,000 in gold. The stampede draws lawyers, preachers, teachers, and gamblers before Sandusky is killed by Kid Curry and Dutch Louie dies at Coal Banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Gulch
Curtis
Little Alder Gulch
Pike Sandusky
Dutch Louie
Zortman
Johnny Brown
Ike Sandusky
Bedrock
Rocky Point
F. M. Marsh
Ritchie
Sandusky
Kid Curry
Flathead
Naturalists Begin 1935 Glacier Park Tour Season
Naturalists start the 1935 season at Many Glacier and Lake McDonald hotels in Glacier National Park. They will guide visitors on daily field trips and deliver nature lectures, with stations at Going to the Sun chalets, Two Medicine chalets, Sprague creek, and Avalanche creek campgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glacier Park National Park
Glacier and Lake MacDonald
Medicine Chalets
Sprague Creek
Avalanche Creek
Logan Pass
Clements Glacier
Hidden Lake
Two Medicine
Rees Creek
Glacier
Granite Park
Garden Wall
Lake MacDonald
Fish Lake
Avalanche Basin
Lake McDonald
Johns Lake
Dizzy Dean Winners Club Offer for Grape-Nuts
A 1930s promotion invites boys and girls to mail a full-size Grape-Nuts package top with name and address to Battle Creek Michigan. Recipients receive a membership pin, club manual Win with Dizzy Dean, and a list of 37 prizes plus the Dizzy Dean Winners Ring. The offer expires December 31, 1935 and is not valid in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
Dizzy Dean
Canada
Woman Burned When Gas Explodes at Home
Mrs. Adram Nadeau aged 52 suffered grave chest and shoulder burns when gasoline used for cleaning ignited and showered her body. Neighbors tore burning garments away as she fled her home in Butte. The incident follows a recent clean up campaign in Amoy, China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adram Nadeau
Butte
St. James’ Hospital
Dillon Editor Clara Adams Dies After Brief Illness
Clara E. Adams 47 editor and owner of the Dil lon Examiner died following a brief illness from pneumonia. Born June 29 1888 in Dillon she began her newspaper career 25 years ago and in 1915 gained controlling interest in the Examiner. Survived by her mother four sisters and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara E. Adams
Dillon Examiner
Miss Adams
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Examiner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Montana Highway Patrol
Walter Peck
Missoula
Donald Mercer
Sidney
Ralph W. Everett
Townsend
George T. Berg
Miles City
Ray E. Bryan
Kalispell
Charles F. Waines
Lewistown
L. J. Croonenberghs
State Highway Commission
Highway Patrol Board
Frank H. Cooney
Shelby
John W. Johnson
Drummond
Hugh K. Potter
Helena
Forest H. Currens
Glendive
John J. Gilligan
Newtor
Cummings
Malta
Gordon K. McDermid
Billings
L. C. Boedecker
Deer Lodge
E. B. Donohue
Croonenberghs
Roy W. Forrester
Irwin Rickert
Livingsteen
Albert
Fousek
Great Falls
Robert Wright
Polson
William J. Holdorf
Havre
John Flanagan
Forsyth
Wilford W. Beckwith
Livingston
Alex J. Simpson
Culbertson
Rudy Schmoke
California
William A. McLain
Wayne M. Sexton
Bozeman
Clarence E. Berkner
Crocerif
Gee, Dizzy
Oiz
MIT
Gosh
Dizzy
Membarchis
Oedeches
Baiurero Ask
Ceres
General Foods
Amoy
China
de Fis Lemony
Feyue
O. C. Seltzer
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