Remembering Captain Brown and the Wounded Knee era
An anecdotal reminiscence from southern Montana recounts Fort Keogh Captain Brown and his troopers visiting an Ogallala Sioux camp at Willow Creek in 1890. It recalls Ghost Dances and the December 15 Standing Rock clash, the Wounded Knee surrender, and a veteran Pete Thompson’s reflections on the later massacre with stark, nongraphic details.
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Arthur J. Jordan
Montana
Captain Brown
Fort Keogh
Badlands
Pine Ridge Agency
Willow Creek
John
Wyoming
Standing Rock
Sitting Bull
Maj
James McLaughlin
Red Tomahawk
Bull Head
Crow Foot
McLaughlin
Big Foot
Wounded Knee Creek
Seventh Cavalry
Little Big Horn
Thompson Ranch
Alzada
Pete
Pete Thompson
Little Big Horn River
Thomas Custer
Reno
Peter Thompson
Reminiscences of Wounded Knee and Pine Ridge Tale
The narrative recalls F F A leaders trips for water during the war wounded and a Medal of Honor for Pete. It recounts orders to move Cheyenne from Pine Ridge to Fort Keogh in 1891, pony trading with a young Cheyenne mare exchanged for a Marlin rifle, and identifies Two Moons and Willis Rowland as scouts and interpreter. It notes a white wagon boy who witnessed Wounded Knee fighting and bears scars from bayonet wounds, with later investigations killing colored troopers and the former boy teamster farming near Jordan.
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Pine Ridge Agency
Fort Keogh
Powder River
Willis Rowland
Two Moons
Jordan
Tools Needed in Forestry Work
The Forest Service procurement branch in Missoula bids for field equipment worth over 700000 to equip the entire service and CCC camps. Supplies include axes, shovels, picks, mattocks, awls, hammers, sleeping bags, and handles across nine zones with rapid 10 day delivery after award.
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Forest Service
United States
Missoula
Aer
CCC
Aioe Service
United Es
Youth Created Comic Series by Tailspin Tommy's Originator
Glenn Chaffin, creator of Tailspin Tommy, partners with Hal Forrest on the air adventure strip since 1928. He later launched Rusty Rawlins, Cowboy with Irvin Shope, a widely syndicated feature moving into Canada, Mexico, and the Philippines. Both creators now reside in Los Angeles, with Chaffin's early life and Navy service noted.
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Glenn Chaffin
Chaffin
M. L. Chaffin
Corvallis
Hal Forrest
Forrest
Rusty Rawlins
Cowboy
Montana
Wyoming Range
Irvin Shope
Missoula
McClure Syndicate
New York
California
Miner Finds Gold Charm Hidden in 18-Inch Log
Byron Nay, Beaverhead County resident, found a one-ounce gold medallion inside an 18 inch log while cutting timber. He speculated the cache dates to Vigilante days and may have been placed by someone riding a horse. Nay plans another inspection trip hoping to locate more evidence.
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Byron Nay
Beaverhead County
Nay
Loans Set March Record For Farm Credit Associations
Production Credit Associations loaned to over 51,200 farmers in March amounting to 23,896,000 dollars. The daily lending rate neared one million dollars, surpassing all prior records for number and value of loans to farmers.
Seed pea shipment reaches Fairfield two full carloads
Two cars of seed peas consigned by Associated Seed Growers of Bozeman arrived in Fairfield and were delivered by M. M. Moore of Chateau to protect farmers contracted to grow peas for 1935. Moore said Teton county requires 17 cars in total and that number will be shipped in. Local farmers last year did exceptionally well on their seed pea crops.
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Bozeman
Fairfield
M. M. Moore
Chateau
Moore
Teton County
Court awards poor boys 27800 in gold found
A court rules that two impoverished youths must receive 27800 dollars worth of gold they located. The decision confirms ownership and directs transfer to the families. The case highlights social welfare and property rights among minors.
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Court
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Wounded Knee
Don Valiton
Future Farmers of America
Valiton
Deer Lodge
Rex
Dizzy Dear
Dity Dees
Sota
Sedenna Peck
Dizzy Dean
Battle Creek
Mich
General Foods
Dizzy
Tommy
Glenn Citappin
Hamilton
Chief Sweeney
Willard James Sweeney
Montana Plains
Wilard James
Big Chief) Sweeney
Poplar
Utah State Agricultural College
Logan
Big Chief
F Plantone
Anaconda Copper Mining CO
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