Three Trappers Defend Camp Against Sioux in Pryor Mountains
In June 1875 three mountain men Woody Hubbell and Cocke faced about 200 Sioux near Beauvias Creek at the Pryor mountains. Despite heavy fire they fought through the day with barricades and close quarters until all escaped to safety and later reached the Old Mission.
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Hudson’s Bay
Fort Fetterman
Phil Kearney
Forsythe
Arickores
Roman Nose
Forsyth
Tazewell Cody
Lew Hubbell
Charles Cocke
Pryor Mountains
Old Mission
Livingston
John” Yancey
Yellowstone Park
John
Yancey
Woody
Hubbell
Cocke
Fter
Yellowstone Valley
Pryor’s Gap
Beauviax Creek
Little Big Horn
Old Fort
C. F. Smith
Indiana
Montana
Missouri
Yellowstone Country
Theodore Roosevelt
Wyoming Country
Boulder
Pryor Creek
Orc
Big Horn
Montana Power Eyes Polson Site for Pend d'Oreille Plant
Frank Kerr of Montana Power told Polson Kiwanis the company plans a major hydro project at the Pend d’Oreille near Flathead Lake if a Congressional bill and local agreements pass. The plan envisions 50 000 horsepower for sale with 10 000 hp for pumping, a $2 000 to $3 000 survey, and a rapid development pace once a market exists.
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Montana Company
Flathead Lake
Pend d'Oreille
Polson
Montana Power Company
United States
Flathead
Power Company
Senate
Polson Kiwanis Club
Frank Kerr
House of Representatives
Congress
Kerr
Bes
Anaconda Company
Federal Water Commission
Anaconda
Montana Power
Righ
Beautiful Flathead
Pend'Oreille River
Fisthead Lake
Pacific
Gopher DeraIls Speeder Oscar Moberg Injured Near Livingston
AnNP gasoline car in the Northern Pacific line derailed near Livingston. Oscar Moberg was painfully injured when the car left the track and overturned after striking a force on the rail. H W Wakefield and Walter Bradford were badly shaken but unharmed.
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Gopher
Oscar Moberg
Northern Pacific
H. W. Wakefield
Walter Bradford
Engineering Department of the Railways
Livingston
Moberg
Death Without Physician Aid Cited In Sacramento Claim
The Sacramento Union reports a man died without the aid of a physician, noting such instances are rare. The remark highlights limited access to medical help at the time.
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The
Sacramento Union
Romantic career of Tomaguire spans stagecoach to Yucatan
Thomas McGuire, a Montana character born in County Donegal, died at the Silver Bow county poor farm hospital. A globe trotter, he drove stage between Butte and Anaconda before rail, helped build the Marcus Daly home, and lived with H Rider Haggard during a planned Yucatan smelter project.
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Butte
Anaconda
Marcus Daly
Globe Trotter
Montana
Thomas McGuire
Silver Bow
Mr. Rider Haggard
Yucatan
Queen Victoria
Wyoming
County Donegal
Ireland
Royal Engineering Corps
William Armstrong
Armstrong
McGuire
Seven Seas
British Navy
America
Pennsylvania
Ella Parker
Alton Parker
Cheyenne
Frontier
Park Street
Broadway
Warm Springs
Hamilton
Frazier & Chalmers
Chicago
San Juan
H. Rider Haggard
Yucatan Desert
Haggard
Mexico
Naggar
Pioneer Guide Jack Brown Built Montana Stage Legend
Jack Brown, pioneer guide for Glacier park era, earned fame as Parks Saddle Norse company star guide. He never let a client be harmed in 13 years of guiding, praised for marksmanship, cooking, entertaining, and uncanny knowledge of the Bitterroot wilderness and big game. Born 1871 in Brainerd Minnesota, he moved west as a child and grew up in the Bitter Root valley.
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Jack Brown
Park Saddle Norse Company
Glacier Park
James Simpson
Marshall Field & Company of
Chicago
Brown
Jack
Chateau
Cap” Higgins
Sam Mitchell
Floweree
Sun River Crossing
Montana
Allard Line
Adams Company
Ravalli
Northern Pacific Railroad
Polson
Flathead Lake
Kalispell
Great Northern Railway
Allard
Adams
Oregon
Gittin
Brainerd
Minn
Bitter Root Valley
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Old Fort Mcginnis
Central Mentans
Lewistown
David Hilger
Dan Yancey
Yellowstone National Park Country
Mr. Kerr
United States Reclamamen
Y P. Teele
Nevartenen Kericultunes
Parker J. Preston
Bureau of Reclamation
Charles A. Engle
Indian Service
Hanna
Secretary of the Interior
Tomaguire
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