Bullwhackers and the vanished bull team era in Montana
The author recalls 1880s frontier freighting with bull teams on the Montana plains. He details bullwhacker duties, team sizes, gear, vulnerabilities, and living conditions, plus a note on crossing rivers and camp routines before moving on to a profile of Gabriel Dumont and a chilly anecdote about making ice cream in brutally cold winter.
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John R. Barrows
Alder Gulch
Last Chance
Rocky Mountain
Misselshell
White Sulphur
Fort Benton
Ubet
Lewistown
England
Riel
Dumont
Wisconsin
Gabriel Dumont
Tana
Electra delivers for Northwest Airlines in record first flight
The Lockheed Electra 10 passenger transport was delivered to Northwest Airlines in St Paul after a record cross country flight from Burbank. It boasts fast speeds 221 mph top, 850 mile range, 20,000 foot ceiling and advanced safety features by Western Electric.
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Northwest Airlines
St. Paul
Burbank
Calif
Croil Hunter
Ford
Electra
Western Electric
Twin Cities-Chicago
Chicago
Twin Cities
Spokane
Seattle
Hunter
Gibbonsville Pass Reopens for Motor Traffic
The Gibbonsville Pass, linking the Bitter Root valley with Salmon Idaho, has been cleared of snow and graded into good condition allowing resumed motor traffic. Opened after closures since last fall, the pass is already reported as passable with other regional routes, including the Skalkaho highway, still blocked but expected soon.
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Montana
Snowy
Gibbonsville Pass
Salmon District
Idaho
Information Bureau
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Bitter Root
Butte
Hamilton
Gibbons Pass
Big Hole
Salmon
Howitzer Company of Livingston Wins Guard Rifle Shoot
The Howitzer Company of Livingston won the fourth annual Southern District National Guard rifle shoot with 1 112 of 1 250. L Lewistown’s K Company placed second 1 092 and Billings’ L Company third 1 062. Bozeman and Whitehall also competed. Individual honors went to Seret Fred White of the Howitzer Company with 233. Captain Charles H. Perkins of Bozeman supervised the event.
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Howitzer Company
Livingston
Southern District National Guard
K Company
Lewistown
L Company
Billings
Company H
Bozeman
Whitehall
Seret
Fred White
Charles H. Perkins
National Guard
Montana
Deserts Begin with Dust Storms Says Forester
B A Sherman associate forester of the United States forest service notes that deserts start with dust storms. He explains recent dust clouds swept across nearly half the nation and formed largely from overgrazed semiarid lands and former cattle ranges now farmed for wheat east of the Rocky Mountains.
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B. A. Sherman
United States Forest Service
United States
Rocky Mountains
Will Oil Polson Streets Initiate Downtown Oiling Plan
Street Commissioner Claffey of Polson said oiling of principal downtown streets would start soon. The targeted routes include main downtown streets.
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Polson
Claffey of
Coach Lamp Misconception Clears With 19th Century Lanterns
John R. Barrows explains that Concord stagecoach lamps were small three quarter inch candles in metal boxes attached to the coach sides. The lamps lit the land beside the leaders on clear nights, not the road ahead, aiding navigation while drivers followed the known track.
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John R. Barrows
Concord
Blacksnake Whip Feared by Men in Barroom Feud
In a Portman tale retold by C. B. Big Foot Sturman a Billings bar brawl ends with Sandy drawing a blacksnake whip and Buck fleeing through swinging doors. The blow misses, but the whip’s report sends Buck scrambling into the street amid scattered patrons and shock.
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C. B
Big Foot
Sturman
Portman
Lewistown
Billings
Great Falls
Fort Benton
Buck
Sandy
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Uber
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Wale Disney Enterprises
G. F. Cors
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