Pioneer Hay Camp Tales of Brown Harris and Wilkins
Al Wilkins recalls frontier work with Dave Brown and Jack Harris in Montana during the 1870s and 1880s. The account covers brown hay contracts at Fort Assinniboine, stock movements, near horse theft capture by Marshal Biedler, and camp life with hunting, wild meat, and a steamboat cook. It notes the Bear's Paw foothills meadow, rattle snakes, and daily camp routines beside the Bent on Helena road.
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Montana
Dave G. Brown
Benton and
Helena
Brown
Dave
Western Point
Weve
Westierwax Biges
Air Fort
Fort Assinniboine
Sandy Creek
Father
Thomas Coatsworth
United States
John X. Biedler
Billy Brown
Billy
Judith Basin
Biedler
Bill Brown
Broadwater & McClure
Broadwater
Sutler
Tom Coatsworth
Bear's Paw Mountains
Dave Brown
Charley Slaten
Charley
al Wilkins
Fort Benton
Old Grand Jury on Tax Warpath in Cascade County History
Readable excerpts recount Cascade County grand juries from 1888 and 1890 criticizing board actions such as permitting partial tax payments by Sun River Valley residents and urging prosecution of local officials. The piece recalls early Montana life, notable figures like Dave Brown and Judge John Tatten, and experiences of stockman Jack in the 1870s 1880s.
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Cascade
Board of Commissioners
Sun River Valley
Cascade County
Thomas C. Bach
District Court
Montana
Saeuieal County
Teton
Chouteau County
C. H. Benton
Meagher
Brown
Sun River Cattlemens Association
Sun River
Teton Ranges
Dave Brown
Dave
Fort Benton
John Tatten
Tatten
Great Commonwealth
Tingley Brothers
Shonkin Creek
May Push Back Age of Mammals at Fort Peck
Fort Peck and Havre area fossil beds studied by American Museum of Natural History scientists may push back mammal ages by thousands of years. Dar win Harbicht leads the Montana field project and lauds Fort Peck seniors for a pageant tracing local history from the dinosaur era to the present.
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Fort Peck
Havre
American Museum of Natural History
North American
Darwin Harbicht
Montana
Harbicht
American Museum
Fort Peck High School
Cascade Cattle Co
Great Dam
Helena School Considers Shorter Noon Period
The Helena high school student council proposes cutting the noon lunch from an hour to thirty minutes to enable dismissal around 3 20 pm instead of 4 00 pm. Principal Wahl says questionnaire responses will influence the decision though not by a simple majority vote.
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Helena High School
Prin. W. W. Wahl
Range Life on a Thousand Hills
The narrator recalls an encounter with a crushed rattled reptile beneath a horse and praises Jack as a sturdy, practical cowhand. He notes his regret at leaving to run his father's freight outfit and reflects on the fascination of range life during both winter and summer with a thousand cattle on a thousand hills.
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Harris
Marias River
Ireland
Jack
Missoula Man Heads Montana Liquor Dealers Group
Missoula man J H Mahoney elected president of the Montana retail liquor dealers association during a Butte convention. W E Endress of Helena named as former president, with Dick Wood of Butte as vice president and Jack Higgins of Helena as present director. Board members include H Lloyd Butte, W Steinbrenner Missoula, R Fries Great Falls, H H Kim Chinook, Curtis Beede Glasgow, Hagan Glendive, T Hanrahan Miles City, Frank J Rogers Billings, Henry Toohey Pee Sa, G J Zook Kalispell, and H C Belcher Lewistown.
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Missoula
Montana
Butte
J. H. Mahoney
Endress
Elena
Great Falls
Dick Wood
View
Jack Higgins
Helens
H. Lloyd
William Steinbrenner
R. Fries
Kim Chinook
Curtis Beede
Glasgow Hagan
Glendive
Thomas Hanrahan
Miles City
Frank J. Rogers
Billings
Henry Toohey
Pee Sa
G. J. Zook
Kalispell
H. C. Belcher
Lewistown
Prisoners Praise Cascade County Jailor in Old Letter
A rediscovered Cascade County grand jury file contains a former prisoners letter praising the current jailer William Terhune for humane treatment. The note contrasts his respectful conduct with a previous jailer who mistreated inmates, expressing gratitude for improved conditions during confinement.
Indian service to open agricultural extension office at Billings
The United States Indian Service will establish an agricultural extension office at Billings to aid management and financing of Indian agricultural projects on reservations in Montana and Wyoming. A new credit agent at large will oversee the program. Asbury, a Montana State College graduate in 1922, is mentioned in connection with the office.
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United States Indian Service
Billings
Montana
Wyoming
F. A
Indian Service
Asbury
Montana State College
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Jack Harris
A. H. Wilkins
OLD Grand Jury
St. Louis Cattle Co
Teton Valley
al H. Wilkins
Livingston
Mr. Wilkins
John Harris
Highwood Creek
Marias River Range
Early Bay Grand Jury
William Terhune
Fannie
Kentucky
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