Silver Bow Dominates Montana Mineral Output in 12 Months
State board of equalization reports Montana’s total ore value at $55,333,259.66 for the year ending May 31 with Silver Bow County leading in copper, silver, gold and zinc. Other counties such as Judith Basin Beaverhead Cascade and Jefferson show notable production, while Granite and Deer Lodge contribute in sapphires and iron.
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Montana
State Board of Equalization
Silver Bow
State Board
Judith Basin
Beaverhead
Silver Bow County
Phillips
Park
Lewis and Clark
Jefferson
Madison
Deer Lodge
Cascade
Granite
Granite County
Ita
Battle of Pierre's Hole in the 1832 fur trade clash
An account of the 1832 Battle of Pierre's Hole in Montana between Rocky Mountain and American Fur Company trappers and Grosventre Indians. Sublette led the whites, initial skirmishes, breaching the Indian breastworks, a late retreat, and aftereffects including deaths in Wyeth and accompanying parties.
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Teton Range
Rocky Mountain
American
Teton Pass
Rocky Mountain Company
Fontenelle
American Fur Company
Big Horn
William L. Sublette
Wyeth
Blackwell
Arapahoes
Pierre’s Hole
Sublette
Fitzpatrick
Campbell
Sinclair
Alfred K. Stephens
Mr. More
Boston
Mr. Foy
Mississippi
Daniel Boone
East
Jackson’s Hole
More
Foy
Stephens
Snake River
Bonneville
Wind River
Antoine Godin
Bird
Godin
McAdow Built Early Bozeman Flour Mill in 1864
In early Montana days Perry W McAdow and partners began erecting a mill on the hillside east of Bozeman completed in 1865 and known as the McAdow mill. The effort marked the first east of the Rockies and reflected the shift to local flour production amid a gold rush era.
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Perry Maddow
Bozeman
Montana
Perry W. McAdow
Dakota
Rocky Mountains
McAdow
William B. McAdow
Thomas Coover
H. H. Moodmiller
Gallatin County
Pony
Willow Creek
Coover
California
P. W. McAdow
Punta Gorda
Florida
W. A. Clark
St. Mary’s Mission
Fort Benton
Plains
Washington Territory
Utah
Snake River
Virginia City
Perry McAdow
St. Mary's Mission
Flathead Country
Woman shoots niece after pursuit over 10 year marriage split
Mrs. Senie Jones, pursuing her husband R. P. Jones from Newport Tennessee to Malta Montana, allegedly shot Nance Spence three times at the Jones ranch four miles southwest of Malta. Spence, hospitalized with doubtful recovery, is Jones's niece and the reputed housekeeper for Jones. Jones fled. no arrest made yet as authorities await prognosis.
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R. P. Jones
Malta
Newport
Tenn
Senie Jones
Nance Spence
Jones Ranch
Miss Spence
Havre
Jones
Phillips County
Mrs. Jones
Miss Nance
Indian plot ends in back shot and scalping deed
The passage describes Bird accepting an invitation and signaling an Indian attack on Godin. Bird fired to wound him in the back, then scalped him and carved the initials N. J. W. Wyeth on his forehead.
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Bird
Godin
Wyeth
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Radium
Mme. Curie
France
Pyradium Company
Helena, Montana
Prairie
Great Falls
Missouri
Yellowstone
Falls
Teton Basin
Martha Edgerton Plassmann
Governor Edgerton
Milton G. Sublette
Hudson Bay
Grosventres
Flathead
William Graham
John Owen
Bitterroot
St. Joseph
LaBarge
Bill Massey
Fort Union
Charles Chouteau
Andy Dawson
Malcolm Clark
Chas. Lemon
al. Clark
St. Louis
John Brown
Kentucky
Frank Worden
Col. Fisk
Mr. Fuqua
Oregon
Fort McKenzie
Dawson
Graham
Fisk
Brown
Jim Chambers
Great Northern
Fort
Hell Gate
Fort Owen
Tennessee
Nancy Spence
Oultry
Montazse Meat and Commission Co
Butte
Miles City Saddlery Co
Miles City
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Milwaukee
Win
Sam
Goza
Gen
Helena
Ment
Acoma
Ie Kreuma
Arthur Berry
East Broadway
Wyoming Street
Shambra Hot Springs
M. J. Sullivan
Alhambes Hot Springs
WM. B. Finlay
C. P. A. Public Accountant
First National Bank
Sunburst Refining Company
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