Ramsdell and Bonee Flour Race in Montana Gold Rush
James R. Ramsdell reportedly won a flour wager in 1865 by racing his pack saddle horse Buck against Bonee's horse near Deer Lodge. Ramsdell later became a prominent Butte resident, building an early cabin and staking mines with Porter and Harrison, including the Parrot claim and Ramsdell-Parrot development.
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James R. Ramsdell
James B. Ramsdell
Deerneane Valley
Ramsdell
Nevada City
Stuart
Northern Pacific
Butte
Warm Springs
Bonee
Mee
Deer Lodge
Renee
Smithers
Bones
Ell
Plueggi
Buck
T Butte
Quartz Street
Silver Bow Coal Co
Ohio
Illinois
Missouri
Plains
Pike’s Eee
Old Mexico
Montana
Alder Guich
Madison County
Tom Porter
Nathan Harrison
Big Hole
Divide
Dublin Gulch
Silver Bow
Silver Bow Creek
Ollie Hiephreye
William Allison
Humphreys
Allison
Porter
Harrison
Aldergulch
James A. Talbot
Vitamines Are Vicious and Old-Time Grocer Speaks
Dave Wallace of Helena denounces vitamins and calories as a fad in favor of old-style victuals. He urges housewives to cook with flour sugar salt meat and simple staples, while noting his long career serving ranch hands and miners.
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Helena
Dave Wallace
Pennsylvania State College
Pauline Beery Mack
Last Chance Gulch
Detroit
Dave
Miss Mack
Mack
Ramsdell Family Moves Across Montana and Utah in Early Prospecting Days
The Ramsdell family left 60 horses at Nevada City then trekked with haycuts to Anaconda hill. They wintered in Dublin gulch and later moved to Stuart while Ramsdell prospected German and Washington gulches. In 1865 they spent winter in Salt Lake City for schooling, and by 1866 returned to Montana freighting supplies to Blackfoot and French Gulch camps.
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Butte
Dublin Gulch
Silver Bow
Ramsdell
Ottman
Bill Owsley
Black Hawk
Wage
Ramsdells
Alice
Walkerville
Jack Harris
Howell
Thomas
Chelsea
Wales
Silver Bow Creek
Gilmer & Salisary
Meade
Little Blackfoot
Meade Station
Deer Lodge
Gilmer &Isbury
Dillon
Butte House
Gilmer & Salisbury
Nevada City
Anaconda
Porter
Humphreys
Allison
Stuart
Washington
Salt Lake City
James A. Talbot
Montana
Utah
Blackfoot
French Gulch
Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Were Best of Friends
Red Lodge hunter Ben Greenough recounts a letter from G R Hickok asserting Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok were not close friends. Greenough says Jane told him she was fond of Wild Bill and saw him often, with burial side by side at Deadwood. The piece also notes Sam Taggart’s death and Hickok’s family ties to the plainsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calamity Jane
Wild Bill
Avers Red Lodge
Wild Bill Hickok
G. R. Hickok
Lakin
Kan
Ben
Calamity
Jane
Red Lodge
Bridger
Deadwood
S. C
Sam Taggart
Sam
Hickok
Cimarron
Dodge City
Wyatt Barr
Bat Masterson
Ed Prather
Cae Largent
News Hawks to Visit Montana for Vacation and Stories
Four prominent newspapermen Tod Powell George Greenfield Bob Becker and Ray Trullinger will arrive in Helena around July 15 for a fortnight. They will file daily reports to their papers, promoting Montana tourism as they fish Montana streams and take a ten day wilderness trip on the Flathead south fork using forest short wave radio.
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Tod Powell
San Francisco Chronicle
George Greenfield
The
New York Times
Bob Becker
Chicago Tribune
Ray Trullinger
New York World-Telegram
Helena
Montana
Tom Allen
Mons, Inc
Allen
South Fork
Flathead
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Gallen
Bozeman, Mont
Missoula
C. O
Lefty” Hoagland
Montana State University
George Finlay Simmons
Douglas A. Fessenden
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota Gophers
Hec Edmundson
Doc Hohm
Washington State
University
Fessenden
W. E. Schreiber
Harry Adams
A. J. Lewandoswki
Highland
Northwest
Roundup Coal Mining Co
Roundup
News Hawks
Billings
Butte — Helena
Miles City
Northwest Airlines
Broadway
Ees
East Broadway
Montana Life Insurance CO
Helena, Montana
U. S
Ccc
Legal Reserve
Total Resources
Montana Life
Carl Rasch
R. B. Richardson
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