The Stranglers in Montana Vigilante Legend
An exposé of the Montana Vigilantes origin in Bannack and Virginia City era. It recounts Henry Plummer’s sheriffship and the rise of the Stranglers led by Granville Stewart, Sam McKinzie’s hanging, and the river raid down the Missouri with the DHS and Marshall Ritchie outfits surrounding Fort McGinnis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Gabriel
Montana
Bannack
Virginia City
Henry Plummer
Outlaw
Wilbur F. Sanders
Sanders
Fort McGinnis
Lewistown
Mont
Malta
Missouri
Fort Benton
Boata
Rocky Point
Marshall and Ritchie
Sam McKinzie
DHS Ranch
DHS
Danzer
Houser
Stewart
Granville Stewart
McKinzie
Sally Doney
Sally
Marshall
Missouri River
John Ebaugh
Malta, Mont
Smith Brothers
Jean Stillman
Ebaugh
John
George Plummer
Great Gulf
Catharine LaSanta
Plummer
Sam Faver
LaFaver
Sam
Charlie
Paul McCormick's Ride to Fort Ellis for Help
The 1872 tale recalls Paul McCormick racing from Benson's landing on the Yellowstone to Fort Ellis near Bozeman to summon aid against a Sioux-Crow siege. He rode a swift horse through mountains and streams, escaping Indian danger, reaching General Buford's HQ to report. His hair turned white after the perilous mission and remained so until his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aul Revere
Paul McCormick
Benson
Yellowstone River
Livingston
Fort Ellis
Bozeman
Paul
Billings
Mont
United States
T. C. Power
Roosevelt
Helena
Kohn Kohrs
Montana
Teddy
Medora
Miles City
Grandon Hotel
McCormick
Charles Higginbotham
Butte Miner
Nelson Story, &R
Mr. Story
Senator Powell
Crow Indian
Charlie
Charley
Benson's Landing
Fort Ells
Buford
Barty Day
Fort Keogh culture station contract bid set at 15465
The Montana Game and Fish Commission awarded the construction bid for the Fort Keogh culture station to Prah and Sawtelle of Miles City for 15465 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Fish and Game Commission
Prah & Sawtelle
Miles City
Fort Keoghe
Pioneer of Park Leader Moses Harris Dead in Rochester
News comes from Rochester New York of Maj. Moses Harris aged 88 former first military superintendent of Yellowstone Park. Harris served as acting superintendent from 1886 to 1889 and earned the Medal of Honor for gallantry at Smithfield West Virginia in 1864. He spearheaded park road improvements and hotel camps, enforced game laws, and guarded geysers and hot springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Rochester
N. Y
Maj
Moses Harris
Yellowstone Park
New Hampshire
United States Army
David Year
Harris
Smithfield
W. Va
Southwest
Yellowstone
Bozeman
Montana
Idaho
Son of Pioneer Merchant Dies in Great Falls
Herbert A. Nathan, 41, son of a prominent pioneer merchant, died at Columbus hospital Great Falls after complications from an appendectomy operation. Born January 2 1886 in Fort Benton he grew to manhood in Great Falls and became a leading local merchant. The metal in war neither contracts or expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert A. Nathan
Great Falls
Columbus Hospital
Mr. Nathan
Montana
Fort Benton
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Charlie Gibbs
Frank Belgrade
Belgrade
Northern
Charles M. Russell
Granville Stuart
C. C. Newman
Dillon
East
Major Harris
New York
Carnation Milk Products CO
Metals Bank
Butte
Carnation Milk
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