Old Timer Justifies Buffalo Slaughter to Subdue Tribes
An essay argues that buffalo slaughter near extinction was necessary to subdue hostile tribes and open western settlement. It cites historic drives, tribal pressure, lawlessness, and the role of buffalo guns, with anecdotes of 2 750 buffalo killed in one winter and Sir George Gore’s 1855 campaign.
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Seattle
New York
Alberta
Yellowstone National Park
Montana
Northwest
Northern Pacific Railway
Missouri River
Southwest
Sir George Gore
Jim Bridger
Platte
Tongue River
Sie
Miles City
Congress
Powder River Country
Yellowstone River
Yellowstone
Bill Cody
Kansas
Canadian
Plains
Pete Jackson
Pete
Elk driven crazy by cold. Pete’s 53-shot claim and wild tale
In Rosebud country Pete reportedly survived by freezing escape after the fire died. He claims to have shot 53 elk during a brutal cold spell aided by frozen hides and petamnts. The tale links to post Custer era buffalo hunting turning industrialized and driven by leather trades.
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Pete
Rosebud
Boston
Ghosts of Fur Trade Days and Buffalo Hide Blueprints
The piece recalls organized ventures by frontier traders with horses tents rifles and crews to hunt skin and ship hides down river to Louis. It notes French voyageurs poling bateaux upstream to trade beaver furs and compares early river travel to scow use by a Boston buyer whose plan aimed to cut freight costs by building two scows for buffalo hides amid June river rises.
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Sharp's
Aea
Louis
St. Louis
Missouri
Yellowstone
Miles City
Boston
Mass buffalo killing ends as river trade collapses
The narrative recalls a near start to finish collision where boats struck rocks or sandbars on the Yellowstone, dumping hides and leaving no rescues, ending buffalo hide shipments that year. Steamboats withdrew from upper rivers, and the Northern Pacific Railway opened toward the Pacific coast.
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Yellowstone
Northern Pacific Railway
Pacific Coast
Helena Jubilee Flags 75 Years Since Last Chance Gold Strike
Lions club hears of Helena history highlighting the discovery of gold in Last Chance Gulch and the 1860s rushes. Chairman Lobie notes Montana City and Old Silver City founded before Helena, with mining continuing as the 75th anniversary of the four Georgians pay dirt discovery approaches.
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Hielena
Atoll
Mona
Lobie
Lions Club
Helena
Last Chance Gulch
Montana City
Old Silver City
Ned Helena
Flo
Fox Pup Nourished by A Mother Cat
A silver fox owned by Fred Rangeman of Whitefish had four puppies that received improper nourishment. Mr and Mrs Richard Rice owned a cat that substituted for the fox pups. The mother cat cared for and fed the foxes as she did her own kittens, even washing their faces.
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Fred Rangeman
Whitefish
Richard Rice
Statue Plan Honoring First Georgia Gold Finders
Lester Loble of Helena's Diamond Jubilee committee told the Helena Lions the group aims to erect a statue near the civic center honoring the four Georgians who discovered gold in Last Chance Gulch in 1864 and sparked the diggings. Costs are not yet set. further facts will be collected.
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Last Chance Gulch
Lester Loble
Helena
For Sale Prompt Draws Neighbor Gun Purchase Mention
A Tulsa World snippet recalls a friend noting a neighbor buying a gun at a hardware store. The remark highlights concern over personal safety and nearby firearm purchases.
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Rae
OOE Secret
Tulsa World
Great Lakes Dominate Fresh Water Fish Production
About two thirds of US market fish come from the Great Lakes. The waters are the sole commercial source of lake trout lake whitefish perch chubs lake herring blue pike and sauger in the nation.
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Great Lakes
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Bussell Smith
Montana State University
Order of DeMolay
Missoula
Edward B. Dugan
Pooteuirs
Lewistown
Dugan
Raymond A. Gerber
Sidney
Sinting
Gerber
Lodge Grass
Hardin High School
Catherine Nutterville
Butte
G. D. Shallenberger
Kentucky
Pao
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
Nour
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