Early Day Montana Murder Trials Highlight Vigilante Era
The piece discusses early Montana murder trials and relates Jasper Jaysmith’s near church admission to Saint Peter after facing Denver style reckoning in vigilante times. It notes readings from Vigilante Days and Ways and examines social conditions of 1862 63 mining camps and the brutal road agent era led by Henry Plummer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Plummer
Jack Cleveland
Thomas Dimsdale
Captain Kidd
Iolaho
Henry Plummer
Bannack
Virginia
Jack Gallagher
Buck Stinson
Ned Ray
Moore
Reeves
Bannacks
Yankee Flat
Trials of Road Agents Rendered Farce at Virginia City
A long extract recounts trials of Lind Reeves Moore Buck Stinson Lyons Forbes and others in Virginia City for road agent murders. Jurors faced with deadly stakes choose banishment or acquittals amid political pressure, with Judge Smith and Drs Steele Rutar presiding and Dillingham’s death prompting tainted justice and grim local responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plummer
Cleveland
Flo
Mitchell
Reeves
Moore
Mr. Rheem
I. P. A. Smith
George Copley
Piranthia
Judge Hoyt
St. Paul
Hank Crawford
Crawford
Godfrey’s Canyon
N. P. Langford
R. C. Knox
A. Godfrey
Friends of
Charlie Reeves
Bill Moore
California
Dimsdale
Deer Lodge
Buck Stinson
Bannack
Ned Ray
Haze Lyons
Charles Forbes
Dillingham
Virginia City
Gallagher
Stinson
Ray
Lyons
Forbes
Reeves and Moore
Bissell
Dr. Steele
Dr. Rutar
J. R. Cutler
Jem Brown
H. P. A. Smith
Smith
Fort Benton Man Finds Fox Farming Profitable
H. A. W. Jacobi near Fort Benton has built a thriving fox farm over the past two to three years. He treats it as a side business that has become a solid investment, selling foxes at good prices. Jacobi studies fox care and predicts an early spring with shedding fur and fox pups arriving sooner than in prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper Jaysmith
Saint Veter
Saint Peter
aJysmith
Billings
Beersheba
Dan
Jaysmith
Peter
H. A. W. Jacobi
Fort Benton
Jacobi
Northern Pacifics Old Chinese Symbol Trademark Story
A historical article traces the Northern Pacific railway trade mark from its discovery at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair to its adoption as the company seal and stock symbol. It explains the Great Monad design, its Chinese origins, and the philosophy of Yin and Yang behind the emblem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Montana
Great Transportation Company
Chicago
E. H. McHenry
St. Paul
Yellowstone Park Line
W. S. Holt
Portland
Ore
China
Northern Pacific
Wans
Sheep Herder John R Conway a Noted Musselshell Figure
John R. Conway an esteemed Musselshell sheepherder and former Milwaukee road clerk died after a cancer operation in Billings. A cultured Scotch immigrant who settled about 45 years ago, he spoke Latin during anesthesia and mastered several languages. He worked various jobs before ranching near Elso and later on the Crow ceded strip east of the Big Horn, with summers on the Scott and Bird ranch near Custer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musselshell
Billings
John R. Conway
Earling
The
Milwaukee
Conway
Scotland
Old N Bar Ranch
Wolfolk & Richardson
John Neiderman
Callahan Place
Golden Creek
Elso
Crow Ceded
Big Horn
Big Horn Station
Scott & Bird
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