Billy Hamilton: A Pioneer Mountaineer and Trapper Ethic
The article profiles Billy Hamilton of Columbus a 19th century wilderness pioneer who wrote My Sixty Years on the Plains and reflects on mountain men life. It notes Hamilton’s trapping skill his Indian sign language diplomacy and his view of wilderness justice and patriotism. It recounts camp routines trading rules battles with Hudson Bay Company and the allure of the wild.
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Rocky Mountains
Fur Company
Billy Hamilton
Columbus
The
Plains
Hamilton
Smithsonian Institution
Williams
Bill Williams
Platte River
Perkins
Vasques
East
Hudson’s Bay
Columbia River
Hudson’s Bay Company
McLaughlin
Oregon
Wiliams
Buffalo Hunter's Frontiersmen Misadventure
Billy Mitchell of Livingston travels 300 miles in 1870s Montana to buy 100 cattle and calves for ranching. At Shields Valley roundup Captain Ben Myers refuses after learning Mitchell hunted buffalo, reflecting contempt for hide hunters and a view of their impact on the noble species.
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Elno
Billy Mitchell
Livingston
Mr. Mitchell
Montana
Boulder River
Big Timber
Mitchell
Old Fort Keogh
Yellowstone
Boulder
Frank McLeod
Joe Turner
Livington
Turner
Northern Pacific
Jack Nolan
Shields’ River
Walter Grannis
Myers
Billy
Billings Becomes Key Air Mail Terminal for Northwest Route
The post office established an air mail terminal in Billings the only between St. Paul and Spokane and launched a regular east west night air mail and passenger service by Northwest Airlines Inc. Over 500 commemorative night letters were deposited at the Billings post office on opening day.
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St. Paul
Spokane
Post Office Department
Billings
Northwest Airlines, Inc
Montana Beer Profits Exceed One Million In History
The Montana state board of equalization released a report showing beer related income since legalization on May 7, 1933 totals $1,023,252.97. Through May 1, 1935 the beer department’s income reached $402,075. April receipts based on March consumption show 68 percent of beer sold inside Montana. The April tax of $1 per barrel brought in $14,705 and licenses added $11,625, totaling $26,330 for April. Warmer spring weather and Bock beer expectations hint at rising receipts.
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State Board of Equalization
Montana
Beer Department
Department
Lively Scotland Salmon Catch and Buffalo Hunter Denouement
A Glasgow street car crash leads to a chased eight pound salmon catch and a dramatic police pursuit of a suspect. Mitchell's cattle roundup tale unfolds with Western frontier references and Livingston memories of 1882 cattle grazing along the Yellowstone.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Butte Pioneer Relates 19th Century Westward Journey
Jesse B. Pruden of Butte recalls his Montana arrival in 1877 with the Maxwell party. The trek from Vermillion County to Liberty County Kansas, Fort Steele, Fort Custer, Miles City, and the Little Missouri culminated in a failed cattle ranch after a Sioux siege and loss of cattle. Pruden later worked as packer at Fort Keogh and as mail rider, hunting buffalo from 1880 to 1883, before settling in Helena, Missoula, and other Montana towns.
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Jesse B. Pruden
Butte
Montana
Pruden
Maxwell
A. J. Maxwell
Jess Pruden
George D. Boutan
Matt Elgin
Vermillies County
Liberty County
Kansas
Colorado
Puget Sound
Fort Steele
Wyo
Fort Custer
Little Missouri
Little Big Horn
Custer
Big Mount
Miles City
Tom Gray
Marwell
Penne Creek
O'Fallon Creek
Peamel Creek
Fort Ke
Fort Keogh
Baker
Cheyenne
Nelson A. Miles
Canada
Redwater
Sand Creek
Beaver Creek
Ekalaka
Grand River
North
Dakats
Helena
Tims
Missoula
Putte
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Fort Peck Dam
Government
Fort Peck
Missouri River
Army Engineers
Ellis
Great Falls Tribune
Buffalo Hunter
Trex
Mecsas
Jess B. Pruden
Butter
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