Albert Gallatin A Swiss Born Founding Figure in Early America
A portrait of Albert Gallatin highlighting his Swiss birth in Geneva in 1761, guardianship by Madamoiselle Pictet, and education via a family fund. The piece notes his social ties with Voltaire, Frederick of Hesse Kassel, and Ben Franklin’s grandson peers, underscoring Gallatin’s prominent role in U.S. government and finance.
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Gallatin
LaFayette
Washington
Baron Steuben
Alexander Hamilton
Albert Gallatin
Geneva
Gallatinus
Madamoiselle Pictet
Gallatins
Geneva Academy
Benjamin Franklin
Susanne Gallatin
Viciiiity
Farney
Voltaire
Frederick
Landgrave of
Hesse-Cassel
Albert Gallatin Early Dreams Of Independence
The article recounts Albert Gallatin at nineteen leaving Geneva for America with a friend, seeking a government aligned with natural justice. They sail to Boston, travel toward Philadelphia but land in Machias Maine, encounter Yankee curiosity over his Swiss origin, and begin a life of exploration among forests and tribes, learning languages and earning a future political vision.
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Albert
Academy
Gallatin
America
Pennsylvania
Frederick of
Hesse-Cassel
George III
Serre
New World
Albert Gallatin
New England
Boston
Arnold
Philadelphia
Bartlett
France
England
Spain
Germany
Maine
Machias
American Ethnological Society
Massachusettes
la Perouse
Fort Albany
Hudson’s Bay
Samuel Hearne
Arctic
Harvard
New York
Hermit of the Yellowstone Pioneer Life and Legends
Dan Yancey recalls Uncle John Yancey a Montana figure near Gardiner and Roosevelt Camp. He knew Custer era scouts, traded a sawn off shotgun, and shared tales of Sioux battles on Prior Creek with Wood and Cox. The piece ties Yancey to early frontier life, exploration, and Gallatin Serre in Maine and Boston.
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Dan Yancey
Park County
Montana
Ohn F. Yancey
John
Yellowstone River
Yellowstone Park
Gardiner
Cooke City
Roosevelt Camp
Congress
Senator West
Penrose
The
Little Big Horn
Custer
Reno
Yancey
X. Beidler
Beidler
United States
Joe Keeney
Oregon
Keeney
Taswell Woody
Cox
Hubbard
Prior Creek
Woody
John Yancey
John” Yancey
New West
Yellowstone
Poorly Balanced Breakfasts Emphasized by Quaker Oats Appeal
An advertisement urges a complete breakfast to avoid morning fatigue. It praises Quaker Oats for its 16 percent protein 58 percent carbohydrate content and essential vitamins, claiming it provides long lasting energy and laxative support, with quick 3 to 5 minute preparation.
Romance Reunited After Fifty Years Ends in Spokane Wedding
E G Faires age 77 of Retsil Washington and Mrs Sarah E Funk age 75 of Kalispell Montana wed in Spokane after decades apart since the Civil War. He served in the Ohio volunteers and later lived in Missouri she in Ohio Montana Washington. They met first time in 50 years and plan to reside in Kalispell after a Spokane honeymoon.
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Spokane
Er. G. Faires
Retsil
Wash
Sarah E. Funk
Kalispell
Montana
Faires
Ohio Volunteers
Missouri
Ohio
Great Northern to Install New Gas-Electric Trains
The Great Northern Railway announces heavier freight on Montana lines. Gas electric trains No. 229 and 230, 175 horsepower motors, will run Havre to Bainville and Colum bia Falls to Kalispell plus Cut Bank to Havre, replacing existing trains. Each unit carries a motor compartment and freight express seating 64 passengers in rebuilt coaches.
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Great Falls
Great Northern Railway Company
Great Northern
Montana
Havre
Bainville
Columbia Falls
Kalispell
Cut Bank
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Gallatin River
M. E. Plassmann
Yellowstone Park District
Bozeman
State Nursery and Seed Co
Helena
Tru-Blu Biscuit CO
Portland
Seattle
Tru-Blu
G. N
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