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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1928
Page
7
A Rosebud County reporting fragment recalls General Liggett Fifth Infantry and Sioux forces in a spring 1880 skirmish. A West Point officer known as a shovetail officer led a scouting party under fire for the first time in the encounter.
In early spring 1880 eastern Montana saw Captain Ewers of the Fifth Infantry pursuing a Sioux war party near Sweeney creek. Hunter Liggett earned his first fire baptism in a bloody skirmish at Smith creek while civilians led by James Ballow Hawkins watched and aided, signaling a tense collaboration between military and frontier civilians amid the Yellowstone frontier warfare.
Narrative chronicles Perry McAdow a founder figure in early Montana development. It notes his role in war with Sioux and Cheyenne groups, his travel to telegraph General Miles, encounters with West Point officers, and a harsh winter at Porcupine Creek. It highlights frontier mining, the McAdow family’s move to Bozeman, and early sawmill ventures.
A grand national air tour sails into Montana this month with a diverse fleet from single seaters to trans oceanic planes. The party leaves Detroit June 28 and travels through Spokane to Missoula for lunch on July 21 before heading to Great Falls for an overnight stay. Organizing effort credited to Earl Vance, noted Montana aviator.
The article recounts Pery McAdow a Kentucky native who arrived in 1861 seeking fortune in Montana. He joined Major Owen’s expedition, prospected Gold Creek, built a sawmill near Lewistown and developed the Spotted Horse mine later sold to Jay Gould Mining. He retired to Florida where he died at eighty after contributing to Montana and Florida development.
James Looney son of Mr and Mrs C Looney of Chateau recently graduates from Montana State College and accepts a junior engineer position with the United Fruit Company of Boston. He will be sent to Jamaica in the West Indies and sail from New York on the S S Santa Maria about July 4.
Frank LaPter an Indian thought to be 100 years old died in the Indian encampment west of Great Falls. Little is known of his personal history and his tribe was not definitively identified. He had lived in the west side encampment for several years.
C P Fickes and J B Halm constructed the first of a new model lookout system on Sheep Mountain near Superior. The ready cut structure uses tarpaper and shingles with logs for lower sections when available. A cupola on top aids fire spotting across forests.
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