Andrew Dawson and the fur trade tall tale legend
Early trader Andrew Dawson of the American Pur Co is famed among Indigenous peoples for supposed powers to transform people into animals, and for fearless feats. Born 1817 in Scotland, he rose from modest start in St Louis to Fort Benton and Fort Union, earning a fierce reputation and dealings with Culbertson, river tribes, and a later perilous siege by the River Crows blessed by Mountain Crows.
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Andrew Dawson
American Pur Co
Dawson
Scotland
St. Louis
Fort Clark
Fort Union
Hudson’s Bay
Culbertson
Alexander Culbertson
Old Fort Benton
George
Emen
Fort Benton
Count Koskiosko
Count Kossuth
Koskiosko
Old Washington Hand Press Finds New Home at State University
An 1888 Washington handpress, once used by Meagher County editors and later stored, was purchased by Fred J. Ward and moved to Montana State University for the journalism building's typography lab. The relic, among the few of its kind, reflects early Montana printing history and showcases lever and screw systems dating back to the 1800s.
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Washington
Montana
Imiversity
University
Fred J. Ward
Meaghe County News
White Sulphur Springs
Alex Rhone
Meagher Countyews
M. E. Mackay
Meagher County
Fred Ward
Meagher County News
Marder Luce
Dean A. L. Stone
Labora
Jeckington
Ee Berg
Montana highway patrol dodges repeaters with diploma program
Loui C. Boedecker announced that 230 Montana traffic violators labeled repeaters were enrolled in a class system. Third offenders underwent eye and hearing tests and recited traffic regulations before a practical road test. All tested successfully and retained their permits as statewide tests continue.
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Highway Patrol
Montana
Loui C
Boedecker
Record attendance marks Montana 1940 High School Week
About 1416 students teachers and administrators from Montana high schools attended the 1940 High School Week at Montana State College April 25 26 and 27. Events included scholarship contests extemporaneous speaking agricultural contests and lectures. Dr Laurence Gould gave the keynote lecture recounting Byrd Antarctic expeditions. Gallatin County led in first places with 14 win in the pentathlon as John Dexter Bozeman won. More than 400 Future Farmers of America members attended with Edgar Spiekerman guest of honor. State officers were elected by FFA delegates from 56 chapters.
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Montana State College
Laurence Gould
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
Gould
Byrd
Gallatin County High School
John Dexter
Bozeman
Bill Weed
Townsend
Jack Waddell
Joliet
Future Farmers of America
Edgar Spiekerman
Dalles
Ore
George Stewart
Dillon
Ezra Johnson
Lewistown
Gale Billingsley
Glasgow
Paul Schuyler
Worden
James Manuel
Fairfield
Ralph Peace
Polson
Carl Barrick
Moccasin
Sentinel
Paul Holzer
Stanford
John Davidson
Miles City
Alvin Meyer
Chateau
Death of Dawson after fatal Montana accident in 1860s
Dawson suffered the severest accident known in Montana when a trap door to a cellar failed to close. He fell into the dark cellar and lay there all night paralyzed by the shock. He never recovered. He returned to Scotland in 1864 and died September 16, 1871.
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Montana
Dawson
American Fur Trading Co
Scotland
Recruits to RAF Reach Twenty Five Thousand in 1938
The Royal Air Force enrolled 25,000 recruits in 1938, reflecting expanding manpower as Britain prepared for looming military needs and strengthening its aerial defense. This figure highlights rapid recruitment growth and organizational expansion during that year.
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Royal Air Force
Creston Man Named Entomology Assistant at Corvallis Station
William R. Forsyth of Creston is appointed assistant in entomology for the Montana agricultural experiment station. He will headquarter at the horticultural branch station in Corvallis and study insects affecting tree fruits and truck crops west of the divide. Forsyth, a Flathead County high school graduate, has worked in entomology since enrolling at Montana State College and will receive his degree in June. He previously served as district supervisor in grasshopper control.
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Creston
Corvallis Station
William R. Forsyth
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
Clyde McKee
Forsyth
Horticultural
Corvallis
Divide
Flathead County
Montana State College
Cut Bank and Glasgow Race For Montana Growth Title
Sklower of Glasgow chamber bets cigars Glasgow leads in population growth. Dye of Cut Bank Lions challenges with cigars per percentage point difference. Glasgow 1930 population 2216. current estimate cited as 4500. Cut Bank grown from under 850 in 1930 due to oil.
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Cut Bank
Glasgow
Joe”. Sklower
Chamber of Commerce
Harold D. Dye
Cut Bank Lions Club
Sklower
Montana
Service Club
Dye
Spokane Group Buys Carrie Leonard Mine Near Wisdom
Spokane broker Claude Huffman and associates arranged the purchase of the Carrie Leonard gold and silver mine 35 miles southwest of Wisdom Montana from Charles Pierre of Ferry Washington. The price was not disclosed. owners once refused 150000 dollars. The ore yields from 27.50 to 500 dollars per ton.
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Spokane Group
Wisdom
Claude Huffman
Spokane
Carrie Leonard
Montana
Huffman
Charles Pierre
Ferry
Wash
Butte
Goats Fly Planned To New Home In Crazy Mountains
Project funds bolster the relocation of 16 mountain goats from Flathead National Forest to the Crazy Mountains near Big Timber this summer. The Montana Fish and Game Commission and Big Timber raise 1000 dollars, with the Forest Service and Absaroka Forest supervising, trapping, transporting, and releasing the animals at a designated site near the Brannin ranch.
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Flathead National Forest
Crazy Mountains
Big Timber
Montana Fish and Game Commission
Commission
Holbrook
Flathead
Fores Service
Big Timber Group
Brannin
Absaroka Forest
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By Eric Thane
Old Washington
State University
Charles Chouquette Sr
Chouquette
Harvey
Imada
Father DeSmet
Pierre Garreau
James Pred Gerrard
Josette
Butts
Powdeh
Laurence M. Gould
Game Board
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Pinkham
Glacier Production Company
Butte, Mont
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