Francis Goss and the Plummer tale in Bannack frontier
Francis S Goss a Galena native and early Sun River settler figures in exposing Henry Plummer’s true character. His warnings and encounters with Plummer and Cleveland shaped a perilous path toward Dearborn crossing and Bannack with Goss later marrying a Piegan woman and fathering descendants including Princess Dawn Mist who represents the Blackfeet nation in public engagements.
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Princess Dawn Mist
Montana
Henry Plummer
Plummer
Desperado
Cleveland
Goss
Sun River
Fort Benton
Dearborn Crossing
Francis Goss
Tlinois
Plegan
Blackfeet Reservation
Dawn Mist
Irene Goss
Galena
Prehistoric Montana Described as Tropical Land by Dr Siegfriedt
Dr J C F Siegfriedt of Bearcreek described Montana as a tropical region in prehistoric times on KGHL Billings. He linked fossil finds at the Eagle coal mine to revisions of mammal age theories and explained three major north American revolutions shaping the land, climate, and fossil beds.
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Montana
Siegfriedt
Ontana
J. C. F. Siegfriedt
Bearcreek
KGHL
Billings
Fort Union
Eagle
Mr. Siegfriedt
North America
Dr. Biegsriedt
Europe
Asia
Atlantic
Pacific
Arctic Circle
Earth
Rockies
Rocky Mountain District
Rocky Mountains
Smith-Hughes Course Added at Teton County High
Teton county high school will offer the Smith-Hughes vocational agriculture program this fall as a regular course. About 35 farm boys have pledged to enroll, studying crop production soil management and farm mechanics under M. E. Luther. Purebred livestock and certified seed projects involve 20 boys this summer, with three more to feed out 50 lambs each this fall after opening.
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Teton County High School
Montana
Smith-Hughes
M. E. Luther
Bitter Root Valley Crops Show Strong Outlook
Weather conditions are ideal for growing in the Bitter Root valley with cherries apples sugar beets and other vegetables excel ling. Grain is good except in the French town valley and the first strawberry crop is light with a heavy second crop moving to markets.
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Frenchtown
Skeletons Tell Tales of Montana Early Day Life
Road crews near Thompson Falls Sanders County unearthed Gary B Wilcox who died in 1930s 1883 grave while examining the old highway. Earlier finds include 1922 Bearmouth skeletons of two bandits Ohio Dan and Barber Dick hanged in 1882 and a coffin buried man shot in the head found near a river. Fire Marshal William G Brooks recalls the dig and the 20 dollar coin found by surveyor Scott.
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Thompson Falls
Sanders County
Montana
Gary B. Wilcox
Wilcox
Thompson
Bearmouth
Granite County
William G. Brooks
Brooks
Dan
Ohio Dan
Barber Dick
Bandit
Mr. Brooks
Scott
Texas Tourists Visit Glacier Park on 3000 Mile Journey
A group led by Nat Hayes from Texas toured Glacier Park after departing Waco on June 8. The party of 53 tourists, mostly school teachers with Boy Scouts, traveled in four blue buses and a baggage truck, visiting Denver Salt Lake City Yellowstone Spokane Vancouver Portland San Francisco Yosemite Los Angeles and San Diego.
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Texas
Nat Hayes
Blue Bonnets
Glacier Park
Waco
Tex
Denver
Salt Lake City
Yellowstone Park
Glacier
Spokane
Vancouver
B. C
Portland
San Francisco
Yosemite
Los Angeles
San Diego
Vet Detective Retires From Great Falls Police
Herman R. Rydell of the Great Falls police detective division retires on half pay after 22 years service under the police pension act. He is the fourth officer retired in six months by the city council.
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Herman R. Rydell
Great Falls
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M. E. Plassmann
California
United States
Idaho
Father DeSmet
St. Mary’s
Bitter Root
Hell
Heaven
Ill
Missouri
Samuel Hauser
Judge Dance
Gold Creek
Bannack
Sun River Crossing
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Resert Farm
Mr. Vail
Swift
Joe
Francis 8. Goss
George Tyler
Galena Hotel
Farnsworth
Bud
Vail
Sierra Nevada
Alaska
Panama
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Appalachians
Sierra Nevadas
J. R. Faulds
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