Fort Benton as Northwest Port Once Rich in Gold and Fur
The article recounts Fort Benton’s rise as a major inland port on the Missouri from 1859 to 1889, unloading vast fur and gold shipments bound for eastern mints, with riverboats, pioneers, and Gen Meagher among its notable histories. It notes the riverfront ruins now serve as a park and recalls fort origins and competing fur posts up the upper Missouri.
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Missouri River
Gulf of Mexico
St. Louis
Fort Benton
Missouri
West
Thomas Francis Meagher
Montana
Bent
Colorado
Hudson’s Bay Co
Upper River
Upper
Fort Manuel
Yellowstone River
Yellowstone
Great American Fur Co
Fort Union
Blackfeet
Fort Lewis
Alexander Culbertson
The
American Fur Co
Efficient Feeding Tactics for Milk Yield Variance
Dairy cows should be fed in proportion to milk output. Feeding a cow producing 25 pounds daily the same as one yielding 35 pounds wastes feed, reducing efficiency and increasing costs.
Turtle Skeleton Unearthed in Montana Fossil Find
Dr. C. E. Case of the University of Michigan reports a nearly complete Upper Cretaceous turtle skeleton from Montana's Fort Peck fields. Ralph Nichols, a site visitor, found the specimen about 100 feet above the beds where Michigan researchers worked, suggesting it may record water movement rather than dune deposition.
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C. E. Case
University of Michigan
Fort Peck
R. R. Clutter
Montana
Michigan
Case
Fort Benton and the Rise of a Northwest Trade Hub
The 1846 fort at Benton grew into a focal point for fur trade under Culbertson, with Blackfeet relations and a 32 inch thick adobe wall. It saw the first gold dust exchange in 1856, the Chippewa steamboat in 1859, tobacco shortages in 1862, and peak river traffic from 1864 to 1869 before decline with railroads.
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Culbertson
Major Culbertson
Missouri
American Fur Co
St. Louis
Fort Union
Assinniboine
Prince Maximilian of Wied
Kenneth McKenzie
Fort Benton
Rocky Moun
Bannack
Dakota Boundary
Northwest
Diamond R
Hudson Bay
Canada
Utah
Rocky Mountain
Atlantic Seaboard
California
America
Montanans Warn Against So-Called Defense Training Schools
Montanans incites caution over numerous defense training schools that promise guaranteed employment to graduates. Since the defense program began, many such schools have proliferated offering training in various trades to fit entrants into military work with implied job placement upon completion.
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Montanans, Inc
Haggin's Big Check Book Helped Daly Save Mine
In Anaconda the miner Marcus Daly recounts early struggles and alliances with Haggin Tevis and others who backed him with cash and support. Daly recalls leaving New York after a brief flirtation with city life and a taste for the familiar camaraderie of Anaconda and its mining community.
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Haggin
Daly
Anaconda
Marcus Daly
Nevada
Hearst
Tevis
Mark
New Freight Car Orders Reported by Railroads
The Association of American Railroads announces 39 353 new freight cars on order. On March 11 1940 total orders were 28 162. By Feb 1 this year orders stood at 41 600. As of March 1 1941 orders included 23 139 box cars 13 462 coal cars 1 372 refrigerator 995 flat 350 stock and 35 miscellaneous.
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Association of American Railroads
Montana Delegation Seeks Defense Role in Washington
Seek Defense Work R H Towle of Helena and Dr Francis A Thomson president Montana School of Mines traveled to Washington to lobby defense offices and push Montana into the national defense program. Thomson represents Montanans Inc and Towle holds credentials as a state defense council member and also represents the Federal Reserve bank and Montanans Inc. Nearly three quarters of Chinese raw silk shipped from Shanghai goes to the United States.
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R. H. Towle
Helena
Francis A. Thomson
Montana School of Mines
Washington, D. C
Production Management
Montana
Thomson
Montanans, Inc
Towle
State Defense Council
Sam C. Ford
Federal Reserve Bank and
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Orce
Anny Brook
Kentucky
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New York
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Shanghai
China
United States
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Conoco
Marchand
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