Fort Peck Forts History by Montana Librarian
State Librarian David Hilger reports on Old Fort Peck near Glasgow. The post operated as fur trade center 1867 71 and as Indian agency 1873 79, never a military fort, with Sitting Bull visiting and notable deaths linked to early settlement.
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David Hilger
Old Fort Peck
Glasgow
United States Engineer's Office
State Historical Library
Helena
Hilger
Abel Farwell
Durfee É& Peck
Missouri
Farwell
Old Fort
E. H. Durfee
Leavenworth
Kan
C. K. Peck
Keokuk
William W. Belknap
Mr. Hilger
Belknap
Chinook
Fort Peck
Big Dry
Missouri’ River
Spread Eagle Bar
People’s Creek
Fort Belknap
Bel
Mitchell
Wolf Paint
Poplar River
Arvil Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Durfee & Peck
Sitting Bull
Canada
Granville Stuart
James
James Stuart
Gold Creek
Montana
Major Simmons
Granville
Deer Lodge
Potte-has Ka
Indian Sign Language Rescued From Lost Study by Native Guide
Maj Gen Hugh L Scott famed for mastering the Sioux sign language, left more than 2000 cards and a dictionary. After his death Smithsonian seeks to finish the work with Richard Sanderville, a 70 year old Blackfeet brave, traveling to Washington to clarify the codes.
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Hugh L. Scott
Scott
Smithsonian Institution
Richard Sanderville
Washington
Billings High School Interior Alterations Planned
Necessary interior improvements at Billings High School will be completed before classes resume to minimize disruption during the addition project. The work is expected to begin early in the season, with the aim of preserving normal school operation.
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Heaven’s Peak
Glacier National Park
America
Billings High School
Lost Child Patsy Eggleston Found Sleeping in Woods
A four year old girl from Paradise wandered from her parents during a camping trip north of Plains. Forest workers and woodsmen joined the all night search, and early on the Fourth of July Patsy Eggleston was found asleep in the pines. She was cold and stiff but asked for food when awakened.
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Plains
Patsy Eggleston
Paradise
Fred Eggleston
Eggleston
Patsy
Game Commission Meets In Livingston Over Park County Preserve
The Montana fish and game commission met in Livingston on July 12 to conduct a hearing on the Park County Rod and Gun Club petition requesting creation of a game preserve near Mountain View cemetery.
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Game Commission
Montana Fish and Game Commission
Livingston
Park County
Rod and Gun Club
Mountain View Cemetery
Moisture Record Shattered in Yellowstone June
Yellowstone park saw the wettest June on record and broke the previous June 1908 precipitation mark. Meteorologist W T Lathrop commented on the unprecedented rainfall totals and the ongoing moisture trend.
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Yellowstone Park
W. T. Lathrop
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Tetons
Yanktonais
Fort Peck Reservation
Glacier Park
Great Northern Railway
General Scott
North America
Cape Cod
Southwest
Roman
Italy
Zhe
Crystal Point
Rockwell
Twe Medicine Lake