Meagher's Turbulent Life as Montana's Second Acting Governor
The article recalls Thomas Meagher, Montana Territory’s second acting governor, an Irish-born Democrat and Civil War veteran, who faced intense frontier politics, led sessions in Bannack, and died by drowning on July 1, 1867 at Fort Benton. Rumors of murder and vigilante vengeance surrounded his death, though investigations favored accidental drowning.
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Glendolin
Damon Wagner Homas
Francis Meaghe
Tana Territory
Sidneyton
Lincoln
Montana Territory
Green Clay Smith
Edgerton
East
Smith
Thomas Meagher
Republican
Union
Democratic
Democratic Party
Eagher
Meagher
Congress
Bannack
Munson
Hosmer
Territory
Virginia City
Pioneer
Missoula
Deer Lodge
Chouteau
Beaverhead
West
Fort Benton
Missouri
Montana
G. A. Thompson
Granville Stuart
Stuart
General Meagher
Frank Diamond
Diamond
Cow Island
Avid Mack
Anaconda Standard
Daniels
Mack
Wichia
Helena
Abe
Judge Munson
W. FF. Sanders
Dillon and Simms Youths Win Showmanship Awards
Joseph Hermann of Dillon, a sophomore at Montana State College, won the grand championship in the Hampshire Ram class at the International Livestock Exposition staged on campus. George Loomis of Simms took the reserve beef cattle championship, while two women students marked a first for the Little International by placing. The event featured prize stock from college herds and was judged by H. W. Vaughan with awards given across beef cattle, sheep, hogs, and other divisions.
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Joseph Hermann
Dillon
Montana State College
The
Agricultural Club
Hermann
Hampshire
George Loomis
Simms
Little International
Vinke
William Denecke
Bozeman
Bozeman Kiwanis Club
Dewey Street
Bozeman Club
H. W. Vaughan
College
Doroth Pherson
Orr
Madison County
Jim Roan
Manhattan
Ed Fallan
Ecest
Bobcat
F. B. Linfield
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
William Otten
Lewistown
O Neill
Dan Havre
Alton Mclhattan
Lester Thompson
Conda
Sherman Smith
Edouard Deschamps
Missoula
George Woolley
Gall
Bill Lodman
Moore
Lowell Hutton
Jeffers
Dan Merrams
Oe Hermann
Hampshire Dillon
Arnold Bergland
Grass Range
Jack Otten
Dell. Shorthornson
Moccasin
Floyd Kenison
Heifers
Gordon Thomp
Robert Lee
Patricli
Don Hunter
Holstein Heifers
Dorothy MacPherson
Great Falls
Bill Jamsen
Coalwood
Joe Gaab
Great Prize Fight Between Don Orem and Patsey Marley Recapped
Recalled Montana prize fight near Helena on November 5 1865 between Don Orem and Patsey Marley for a $1000 purse. Marley won after 90 plus rounds. night fell and the contest resumed next morning as Orem’s right hand failed. crowd reported at 2500 spectators paying $5 each.
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Louis Schmeling
Montana
Helena
Don Orem
Patsey Marley
Marley
Montana Post
Orem
Con Orem
Clear Creek
Colorado
Enoch Davis
Central City
Denver Daily News
Colo
Charley Switz
People's Theater
Jack Langrishe
Buckskin Joe
Fairplay
Georgia Gulch
Colorado Mountains
Switz
George W. Harrison
Harrison
National Theater
Central
The
National
Mystery of longtime Butte news vendor Shorty Davidson revealed
Court papers disclose Axel L Arvidson born March 15 1869 in Norrkoping Sweden and Alec Shorty Davidson naturalized in Boston in 1894. He died August 11 1936 leaving a estate of 3130 54 with sister Maria Sofia Nilsson and brother Karl Gustav Arvidson listed as survivors. The case notes his long life selling papers at Broadway and Main near a street lamp and the local nurses and neighbor Frank Ericcson attended the funeral.
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Shorty
Broadway
Main Street
Butte
Rhea
District Court
Davidson
Seven Seas
Alaska
Axel L. Arvidson
Norrkoping
Ostergotland
Sweden
Maria Sofia Nilsson
Karl Gustav Arvidson
Alec “Shorty
United States
Boston
Arvidson
St. James
New Cruiser Bus Coaches Named for Helena Butte
At ceremonies in Helena and Butte new Wa Motor Coach Co cruisers were christened City of Helena and City of Butte. Miss Caroline Schwarzhans and Miss Minnie Howard led the dedications with city officials and highway patrol on hand.
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Helena
Butte
Wa Motor Coach Co
Northwest
Placer
Finlen
Caroline Schwarzhans
Albert J. Roberts
Amos M. Shellady
E. G. Toomey Ofelena
Paul Farlan
Idaho
Oregon
Montana
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Thomas F. Meagher
England
Aders
Horace Greeley
Tagedy
Ave Vy
Iena
Thomas Francis Meagher
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Lands Department
Dillon and
Ing
Yellowstone
Midland Canning Corp
Billings, Montana
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