Inmates Wed Themselves in Jail Marriage by Statute
An inmate couple L T McLaughlin and Marjorie Beck in Missoula county jail entered a self styled marriage by statute while held on liquor charges. They pledged fealty before friends and an attorney and signed a marriage contract, though sheriff refused ceremony per county attorney guidance. Bail set at 1500 and 1000 dollars respectively. neither could meet bail.
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L. &. McLaughlin
Marjorie Beck
Missoula
District Court
L. T. McLaughlin
Frenchtown
McLaughlin
Rice
McLaughan
Gold Stampede Pioneer James Wills Dies at 80
James Wills, a 1863 Alder Gulch gold stampede pioneer, died in a Butte hospital aged 80 after months as an invalid. He joined Bill Fairweather’s party in Idaho in 1862 and helped reach Alder Gulch near Bannack, with 200 men following the strike.
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Alder Gulch
Bill Fairweather
Butte
James Wills
Idaho
Big Horn Mountains
Shield’s River
Wills
Bannack
Fairweather
Peter Rowan
Discoverers
Remains of Thompson's Saleesh House Located Near Thompson Falls
A special Missoulian correspondent identifies a rock cliff and river bay along Clark's Fork near Thompson Falls as the probable site of David Thompson's Saleesh House built in late 1809. Local settlers recall a chimney and burnt stones. surveyors narrow the bay and cliff to a single location.
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Montana
Thompson
Prairie
David Thompson
Eliott Coues
T. C. Eliott
Will Cave
Society of Montana Pioneers
Missoulian
Saleesh House
Kootenai Falls
Actu
Manuel
McDonald
Northwest Territory
United States
Canada
Kootenai
Bonner
Flat Heads
Flat Head
Clark’s Fork
Pack Creek
Kullyspell
Pend d’Oreille
Saleesh
Duncan McDonald
Mousseau
Forcier
Boulard
Lagasse
Crepaud
Beaulieu
Delcor
Buonaparte
McMillan
South Fork
Missoula
Revais Creek
Dixon
Finan McDonald
Kallyspell House
Portage
Howse Pass
Frank B. Linderman
Helena
Kalispell
Manuel Lisa
St. Louis
Fort Manuel
Big Horn
Yellowstone
Thompson’s Prairie
J. H. T. Ryman
Thompson Falls
T. C. Elliot
Elliott
Mr. Ryman
Mr. Elliott
London
England
Hudson’s Bay Company
Hudson’s Bay
Hudson's Bay Company
Northwest Fur Company
Columbia River
Saskatchewan River
Continental Divide
Columbia
Tobey Creek
Mt. Nelson
Mt. Hammond
Windemere Lake
Hodgkin's Point
Sand Point
Idaho
Priest River
Washington
Clark's Fork
Buffalo
Kootenae
Thompson River
Fisher
Jennings
Kootenai River
Plat Heads
Lake Indian Road
Sponner
Rocky Mountains
Rainy Lakes
Athabasca
Astor
Astoria
Oregon Territory
Northwest Company
Longuel
Montreal
Flathead Lake
Coue
Flatheads
Harness Theater
T. C. Eliot
Walla Walla, Wash
Frank A
Brown
G. C. Hallowell
Mr. Brown
Hallowell
Edmond Taylor
Calgary
Taylor
Historical Library
David Hilger
Forestry
David
K. Wolfe
Lessor
Bay
Section
Range
W. Nippert
W. 8. McCurdy
George Fox
McCurdy
Davidson
C. H
Big Horn River
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