Road To Alder Gulch Shaped Early Montana Trails
A historic Salt Lake City to Alder Gulch route opened in 1863 to 1864, drawing thousands of prospectors and diverse travelers. The road passed Cahill’s ranch and Williams’ Creek, with the first Montana telegraph line following it. Early travelers included bullwhackers, muleskinners, agents, preachers, traders, and families in varied conveyances, from prairie schooners to high-wheeled wagons. The line later hosted trotting horses and cattle herds before modern automobiles revived the old route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Bennetts
Virginia City
Montana
Cahill
Williams’ Creek
Alder Gulch
Swort
Belmont Park
Rothschild
Kentucky
Road to Alder Gulch and the Salt Lake Trail Legend
The piece describes the Salt Lake Virginia City road used by gold seekers in 1863 1865 from Eagle Rock to Beav er Canyon and Sugarloaf areas, noting campsites toll bridges and a vigilante murder at Sweetwater creek, plus toll gate operations and the Big Hole bridge acts and rates. It mentions Virginia City toll gates and a 1865 legislative act authorizing the Beaverhead and Big Hole Bridge company with specific tolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew L. Callaway
Alderguich
Salt Lake- Virginia City
Eagle Rock
Idaho Falls
Market Lake
Beaver Canyon
Pleasant Valley
Idaho
Continental Divide
Monida
Red Rock River
Lima
Red Rock Valley
Little Sage Creek
Big Sage Creek
Price’s Canyon
Blacktail Deer Creek
Big Hill
Sweetwater Park
Old Belmont Park
Blacktail
Sweetwater Creek
Salt Lake
Virginia City
Sweetwater
Salt Lake Road
Ruby River
Alder Gulch
First
Legislative Assembly
Beaverhead and Big Hole Bridge Company
John
Baptiste Laurin
Toussaint Kensler
Big Hole River
Madison County
Towit
Gary Cooper Ranch To Open Air Service Near Hardy
Cooper ranch management announces a modern airport nearby to welcome summer plane visits. Earl Vance of Vance Air Service says he will make the first landing and inspect the field at the Gary Cooper ranch near Hardy, signaling a shift from isolation in dude ranch lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rport
Cooper Dude Ranch
Gary Cooper
Earl Vance
Vance Air Service
Vance
Age Makeups of Cooke City Residents
Cooke City residents average 56 years with 50 inhabitants counted only two children under 10. The 1920 population stood at 48.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooke City
Pioneer Montana doctor J V Carroll dies after 76 years
Dr John V Carroll 76 longtime northern Montana physician and cattleman died in Great Falls. He arrived in Montana as a private in 1879, later became agency surgeon, banker vice president of Stockmen's National Bank Fort Benton, and moved to Great Falls in 1914 to head a mortgage company while continuing medical practice. Survived by two sons and a daughter.
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John V. Carroll
Montana
Old Stockmen’s National Bank
Fort Benton
Great Falls
Carroll
United States Army
Fort Assinniboine
Fort Belknap Indian Agency
Dr. Carroll
New York City
Washington and Lee University
St. Francis Xavier College
Yaes and
Mass
University of Newark
John V. Carroll, Jr
Cat Creek
Fergus County
Missouri River
Stockmen’s National Bank of
First Mortgage Loan Company
J. M. Carroll
Fourth Avenue North
Charles S. Carroll
Detroit
Co. W. Houck
First Avenue South
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Salt Lake City
Raymond Brothers
Tru-Blu
Tru-Blu Biscuit Company
John Neubert
Don Kohrs
M. H. Lott
Granville Stuart
Frank Woody
John F. Work
E. M. French
Ed A. Lewis
W. F. Bartlett
James H. Gallop
Lou P. Smith
A. E. Graeter
J. Mansfield
Charles McDermott
A. B. Davis
Narcisse LeDoux
James McGovern
OP ‘Flour
Montana Flour Mills CO
J. V. Carroll
Falls
Havre
18Th
U. S. Infantry Medical Corps
Virgille
Fort Ellis
Galla Valley
University of New York
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