Pioneer Indian scouts Clarke and LaForge remembered
Richard Watson Clarke 90, Billings pioneer and Indian trader, died from injuries after a car accident in Wenatchee. Thomas H. LaForge, the White Crow Indian, also long linked to Crow agency, died at Crow Agency hospital. Clarke and LaForge both served as scouts and interpreters in 1860s 1870s frontier campaigns.
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Thomas Laforge
White Crow
Government CD
Montana
Richard Watson Clarke
Billings
Wenatchee
Wash
Irving Beagle
Everett
Beagle
W. H. Banfill
Crow Agency
Thomas H. LaForge
Crows
LaForge
Ohio
Kansas
Buffalo
Virginia City Overland
Bozeman
Meagher
Fort Hillis
Fort Ellis
Campe Or
Mitch Buoyer
Custer
Buoyer
Cherry
Mission Creek
Livingston
Mission Stockades
Major Baker
Pryor Creek
Barney Bravo
Gibbon
Bradley
Yellowstone
Big Horn
T. B. Marquis
Curly
General Gibbons
Rosebud
Tongue
Miles
Major Brisbin
Seattle
Rip van Winkle
la Forge
Horse Rider
Tom LaForge
Magpie
F. D. Pease
Crow
Wyola
Jim Beckwourth
Jim Bridger
John Bozeman
State refinery to supply oil for Montana highways
Montana will source three to four million gallons of road oil from Yale Oil refinery in Billings at 1.26 dollars per barrel fob plant. Oregon Basin crude supplies the oil. Billings facility expands to meet demand as J. E. Murphy announces the contract and project details.
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Montana
Yale Oil Corporation
Billings
J. E. Murphy
Oregon Basin
Wyoming
mute boy regains speech amid school friendship tale
An Oregon Montana style column fragment recalls Lewis Mikota, once mute, speaking to old classmate Dwight Grist after years in a woodland cottage near Columbia Falls. The piece then surveys frontier figures like LaForge and the Crow, and previews Dr. Marquis’s Wooden Leg biography of a Cheyenne fighter.
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Dwight Grist
Lewis Mikota
John P. Mikota
Columbia Falls
Lewis
Flathead River
Reading
Big Horn Mountains
Custer
Thomas B. Marquis
Montana
Wooden Leg
Crook
Rosebud
Reno
Little Big Horn
Marquis
Thomas LaForge
Anaconda
Butte
Pes Eunentes
Midwest
Montana Stockgrowers Convention in Bozeman
Montana Stockgrowers' association or ganization schedules a three day convention in Bozeman on May 7 to 9 at Montana State College. extensive advance registration and full housing indicate strong attendance as programs include band concerts, glee clubs, athletic demonstrations, a barbecue luncheon, exhibits, and a closing banquet with tour of the Gallatin valley.
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Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Bozeman
C. L. Anceney
Baxter
163Rd Regimental Band
John Feather
J. C. Taylor
Montana Extension Service
Montana
Bobcat
F. B. Linfield
Montana Experiment Station
State College
William J. Loeffel
National Livestock and Meat Board
Mr. Loeffel
Hotel Baxter
Gallatin High School
Association
Gallatin Valley
Bank prospects emerge for Petroleum County
Officials from Northwest Bancorporation surveyed conditions in Petroleum County as a branch of the Lewistown bank or an independent institution may be established. They expressed optimism about a favorable outlook given current absence of a bank in the county.
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Petroleum County
Northwest Bancorporation
Lewistown Bank
Settlers Will Fiant Beets Near a Dozen New Families
A fragment notes that nearly a dozen new families are moving into the area as settlers prepare plots and basic services. The text hints at community growth and ongoing development without listing names or exact locations.
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R. W. Clarke
Gallatin
Mr. Clarke
Pennsylvania
Fort Leavenworth
Major Colly
Clarke
Colorado
Southwest
Bozeman Trail
Yellowstone Valley
Bil
Fort Laramie
Kit Carson
Arkansas River
Chris Yegen
George Young
London
Ashlar Lodge of Masons
R. W Clarke
Magpie Outside
Doane
Fort Custer
Washington
Little City
Carlisle
Old Agency
Stillwater
Iron Bull
Gold Creek
Boulder River
Johnson
Oregon
Yakima
West
Mecca
Mohammed
Montana State College
Rocky Mountain
Louise Vaughn
Chlloren
Rex
Royal Milling Co
Great Falls
Mont
Rocky Mountain Sandwiches
Kalispell
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