Pioneering Fort Benton firm shaped Montana trade
Joseph A. Baker of Fort Benton and New Haven dies at 74. A nephew of I G Baker founder, he helped build I G Baker & Co, wartime freighting, steamboats on the Missouri, and a 3500 acre Highwood ranch. The firm, once the Northwest’s largest trader, influenced commerce, banking, and government supply, with branches across Canada and Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Baker
Montanua
G. Baker ‘& Co
Missouri River
St. Louia
Fort
Beaton
Montana
Northwest
J. A. Baker
Highwood
F. J. Mitchell
New Haven
Baker
St. Louis
Territory
I. G. Baker & Co
Fort Benton
J. A. O'Grady
Great Falle
Dan R. Conway
Grim Reaper
Chouteau County
Old West
Warner Beers & Company
C. E. Conrad
C. B. Conrad
C. EB. Conrad
W. G. Conrad
Ing
Conrad Se
Ordeo
Conrad
Gee. A. Baker
G. Baker & Co
Aetry
Fort McLeoud
Fort Calgary
Canadian ‘Pacific
Lrgely
With
I.G. Baker & Co
W. G
I. G
Baker and Co. EB
J. H.conrad
Fort Ben
Northwesterritory
Wackerlin & Co
T. J. Todd & Co
Alsa
First National Bank of
Conn
James T. Stanford
Conrad Banking Co
Great Falls
Stanford
Missouri
Red Cloud
Benton
Colonel McLeoud
Yellowstone
Union Pacific Railway
Mounted Police
Canadian Northwest Territories
United States
Royal Northwest Mounted Police of
Canada
Fort Walsh
Fort McLeod
Calary
Old Blackfeet Agency
Teton River
Fort Conrad
Henesty
J. G. Baker
I. @. Baker & Co
Murphy-Neel Co
Helena
Deer Lodge
W. H. Todd
Todd
Murphy, Neel & Co
Northwest Mounted Police
Mad Wolves and the Rabies Plot in Early Western Trappers
A reminiscence recalls a harebrained plan to use hydrophobia-infected wolves to decimate wildlife in the Pacific Northwest. The tale links lupa packs, siege-like camps, and guard routines with Larpenteur's account of Fontenelle’s rendezvous and a mad wolf biting men and cattle, leading to a tragic collapse as Holmes vanishes. The piece ends noting Michigan’s Presque Isle County stone quarry.
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M. E. Plassmann
Washington
British Columbia
Larpenteur
Pierre’s Hole
Gros Ventres
Campbell
Fort William
Sublette
Missouri
Yellowstone
Fort Union
Robert Campbell
Pierre
Fontenelle
George Holmes
Bighorn River
Holmes
Mr. Fontenelle
Devon Drill Plans for Test Well Edge of North Devon Dome
L C Stevenson head of Stevenson Sunburst oil interests announced plans to drill a test well on the North Devon dome east and south of the Kevii Sunburst field. The center is northeast quarter section 1885-2 about miles north of Devon near the Great Ni railway main line.
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Devon
L. C. Stevenson
Stevenson-Sunburst Oil Interests
Great Ni Railway
Pony Definition: Horse Height Under Thirteen Hands
A pony is defined as a horse measuring under 13 hands high. The term distinguishes small horses from larger breeds based on height.
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Messie Harrin, & Co
Merrow , Bros
Bane
Manice
I. G. Baker, & Co
W. ‘G. Conrad
Col
Mont. National Guard
Valhalla
Presque Isle County
Michigan