Start of Wheat Growing in Gallatin Valley in 1860s
The article recounts the first wheat crop in Gallatin valley with Penwell selling 3,000 bushels at $10 a bushel and flour at $1 per pound. It details early settler life, the 1864 to 1866 era, frontier mills, and the first county-seat move from Gallatin City to Bozeman. It includes anecdotes from H Davyis about migrations, Indian tensions, and the rise of Bozeman as county seat.
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Gallatin Valley
Virginia City
Gallatin
Penwell
Grace Stone Coates
H. Davyis
The
Pioneers Society
Gallatin County
Iowa
Oregon
Council Bluffs
Salt Lake
Utah
Bingham City
Corrinne
Montana
Ruby Valley
M. W. Pennell
Alder Gulch
Helena
Ben Eisel
Central Park
Farmington
Bozeman
Lesson
Upper East Gallatin
Joseph
Nez Perces
Madison County
Patrick Clark
Ireland
Topping
F. Fridley
Cy Mounts
Ww. W. Alderson
W. J. Davis
Bill Heffner
William Beall
Joe Merivine
Bridger
Jack Mendenhall
Missouri
Square Lilly
Tanner
Lilly
Rocky Ford
Yellowstone
Bridger Creek
Johnson Named U. S. Marshal in Great Falls District
C C Johnson appointed deputy United States marshal with headquarters at Great Falls, replacing Charles Parsons who resigned. Johnson, longtime Great Falls resident and former railroad conductor, has served as county deputy sheriff since 1927. The Great Falls district, largest in the state, covers Kalispell to the North Dakota line and includes marshals Curt Dennis and S J Perley. The blizzard delayed a Sheridan county farmers meeting on the county agent’s office, with hearing set for March 22.
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C. C. Johnson
Cascade County
United States Marshal
Great Falls
Mr. Johnson
Charles Parsons
Great Northern Railroad
Bob Gordon
Ed Shields
Johnson
Kalispell Country
North Dakota Line
Curt Dennis
S. J. Perley
Parsons
Red Cross Asked to Buy Potatoes in Montana Valley
Civic groups protest shipment of North Dakota seed potatoes to northern Montana for summer gardens. Red Cross in St Louis ships Triumph potatoes. growers report unsold stock and lack of local markets. Local agents and Havre organizations urge using U S Route 1 area stock at Dakota price, citing better fit and need.
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North Dakota
Montana
St. Louis
The
Red Cross
Mik River
Triumph
Milk River
Clyde Challey
Blaine County
O. M. Johnson
Relief Committee of the Red Cross
Havre
Ned Campbell
Dakota
Red River Valley
Last of Hack Drivers Barney Shanahan Dies in Butte
Barney Shanahan a veteran hack driver and friend of Fat Jack died in a Butte hospital at 71 after a long illness. He spent four decades in Butte and earlier earned fame as a horseflesh expert who could pick a winner during the state’s racing heyday.
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Barney Shanahan
Butte
Fat Jack
Shanahan
Missoula Pioneer Frank Keim Dies at 83
Frank Keim a Missoula printer and Montana State University employee died at his home after more than five decades in western Montana. Born in 1858 in California he came to Missoula in 1871 and was the first printer for the Daily Missoulian. He later worked as a janitor at the state university since 1917.
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Frank Keim
Missoula
State University
Montana
California
Mr. Keim
Missoulian
Clinton
Keim
The
Bearmouth
McKay
Fort Missoula
Wallace
Clearwater River
Havre Officials Urge Minneapolis Gas Franchise
Dan O'Neill Havre mayor and city engineer E Sanquist forward a formal request to Minneapolis leaders urging favorable action on granting a franchise. They seek approval for piping Montana gas to the Twin Cities.
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Dan O'Neill
Havre
E. Sanquist
Minneapolis
Montana
Twin Cities
Bitter Root Pioneer Marion Overturf Dies at 82
Marion J. Overturf, 82, a Bitter Root pioneer who moved to the Bitter Root valley from Deer Lodge in the early eighties, died at his home near the foothills west of Darby. He had lived in the valley nearly 50 years. his wife had died in 1926.
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Marion J. Overturf
Bitter Root Mountains
Darby
Bitter Root Valley
Deer Lodge
Restful Sleep for Fe r tful Child Warns of Digestive Discomfort
An advertisement urges that a fussy child’s sleep signals discomfort from waste buildup and promotes Castoria as a gentle vegetable remedy. It claims Castoria stimulates bowel movement, contains no narcotics, and aids rest for both child and parent.
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Castoria
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West Gallatin
Reid
East Gallatin
Charlie Cole
Cole
Flathead Pass
Musselshell
Fort Benton
Shepherd
Nixon
Daniel E
John W. Bozeman
U. S. Marshal
Falls
Sheridan County
Jack Edmondson
Tion
Des Moines
New Mexico
Edmondson
Conoco
Mining City
State
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