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Grasshoppers and a Montana booster General Brisbin
The article profiles General James Shanks Brisbin known as Grasshopper Jim for his enthusiasm about Montana’s agriculture and cattle. It covers his Civil War service, Indian campaigns, posts at Fort Ellis and Fort Keogh, role in the Custer battle context, writings including The Beef Bonanza, and his efforts to promote settlement and development in Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Nt. Banfill
Army
Montana
Nelson A. Miles
James Shanks Brisbir
Jim
Miles
Pennsylvania
Bull Run
Fort Ellis
Bozeman
Second Cavalry
Fort Pease
Big Horn River
Brisbin
Custer
John Gibbon
Yellowstone
Rosebud
Seventh Cavalry
Bismarck
Terry
L. A. Huffman
Fort Keogh
Brisin
Herry
Gibbon
Big Horn
Little Big Horn
Far West
Grant Marsh
Curley
Reno
Major Brisbin
Bismarck Shane
CC. A
Lounsbury
Mark Kellogg
Kellogg
Grant
Colfax
Billings
Coulson Post
Keogh
Clark's Fork Bottom
General Brisbin
Philadephia
Livingston
F. D. Pease
Gardiner Branch
Miles City
Tongue River
Pumpkin Creek