Custer’s Soldiers Had Scanty Burial Markers Across Battlefield
Dr. Marquis details scant burial practices after the 1876 Little Big Horn clash. He notes bodies were found, identified with primitive tools, lacks many grave markers, and much burial was dust to dust. The national cemetery holds few Custer era remains.
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Thomas B. Marquis
Custer
Little Big Horn River
Terry and Gibbon
Terry-Gibbon
Major Reno
Seventh Cavalry
Battle of
Little Big Horn
Custer Battlefield
Lieut
Crittenden
Custer Battlefield National Cemetery
Reno
McIntosh
Wasteful Burials After Custer Battle Revealed by Research
The article recounts improvised burials on the Custer battlefield, noting between 210 and 225 identified dead buried in shallow pits with stakes and missing spades. It covers later exhumations, transfer of General Custer and officers to Fort Leavenworth and West Point, the 1885 monument, and subsequent bone finds and reburials on the field.
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Reno
Seventh Cavalry
Custer
Custer Battle
Main Ridge
General Custer
Tom Custer
Custer Battlefield
National Cemetery
United States Army
Lieut
Crittenhom
Seventh
Little Big Horn River
Fort Keogh
Miles City
West Point
Fort Leavenworth
Custer Field
Lieut. Crittenden
Fort Custer
Little Big Horn
W. A. Allen
Billings
Military
Soaking Rain Drenches Till County Farms
Havre and Hill counties received another heavy rain, totaling nearly an inch after a 56 of an inch 24 hour period. Roads north and south of Havre were nearly impassable last week. Many acres remain to be seeded though crop progress is over 80 percent. Early planted grain is thriving.
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Till
Havre
Hill County
Ekalaka Editor J F Lewis Dies at Home
J F Lewis longtime associate editor of the Ekalaka Eagle died suddenly at his home in Ekalaka. He was nearly 75 years old and had served about 15 years in the newspaper.
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Ekalaka
J. F. Lewis
Lewis
First Conservation Corps Arrives Bound for Western Camps
The first detachment of conservation corps workers bound for Montana Oregon and Washington passed through Billings on an l car special. A second train with New York forest workers was to arrive soon for Fort Missoula. The initial train carried 278 men from New York City and nearby areas under two regular army officers and four non commissioned officers.
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First Conservation Corps
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Conservation Corps
Monatna
Billings
New York Forest
Fort Missoula
New York City
Length of day near the equator
The article notes that twelve hours and seven minutes constitute a day at the equator, the span from sunrise to sunset. It emphasizes the equal day length near the equator and marks this as the standard diurnal period for that region.
California carrot grower notes moisture balance impact
The report notes carrots prefer moderate moisture for sturdy roots and avoid drought conditions. It also states Trichogramma wasps, used to control pests, are sold in California at ten dollars per million.
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California
Poultry School Lets 36 Earn Egg Graders Licenses
Thirty six poultrymen received egg graders licenses at the recent poultry school held in Billings.
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Billings
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