Buffalo Hunting 1883 Marks Decline of Miles City Herds
A Montana Lew Grill reminiscence outlines how eastern Montana buffalo herds collapsed by 1883 as Fort Keogh was built after Custer's defeat, Miles City moved, and traders shifted to hides. Gotlob Schmalsle recounts vast herds, market centers like Dodge City and Miles City, and prices from 75 cents to 3.50 per hide before extinction.
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Miles City
Montana
Lou” Grill
Tongue River Valley
Tongue
Yellowstone River
Fort Keogh
Tongue River
Custer
Little Big Horn
Plains
Port Keogh
Mr. Schmalsle
Solomon River
Dodge City
Kans
Kansas
Schmalsle
Texas
Jasper West
Blanco River
Captain Linn
Sweetwater
Fort Elliott
Panhandle
Wyoming
California
Joe
Texas Jack
Calamity Jane
Black Hills
Fort Pierre
Yankton
Dakota
Miles
South
Missouri
Union Pacific
South Sunday Creek
Gotlob Schmalsle
Souch Sunday Creek
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Even Educated Indians Criticise Civilization As Brought by White Race
A 1919 essay surveys Native leaders and figures like Red Fox Sitting Bull Conestoga Run ning Bird and Chief Hiamovi to critique Western civilization. It cites Indian views on freedom land ownership and the costs of modern industry while contrasting white and Native life paths.
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M. E. Plassmann
Red Fox
New York City
Francis E. Leupp
U. S
Sitting Bull
Earth
Fort Yates
Weil
Conestoga
Onondagas
James H. Tucker Pioneer of Montana Dies at 86
James H. Tucker 86, longtime Montana pioneer who came to the state 65 years ago, died in Anaconda. Born July 20, 1842 in Westchester Ohio, he journeyed via Missouri river to Fort Benton and later prospected with Perry Evans, enduring deep snows and a winter where both feet were frozen and amputated. He later ranched near Fishtrap, his wife Jenny dying in 1910. He lived with Mrs. Benz in Anaconda in recent years, survived by five nieces and a half sister in Ohio.
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Lewis and Clark
Yellowstone
Tongue River
Montana
Chisholm
Texas
Gotlob Schmassle
Miles City
America
Atlantic
New York
Fort Riley
Kans
Clyde County
Kansas
Republican River
White Rock Creek
Fred
Washita
Custer
Oklahoma
James H. Tucker
Anaconda
James Henry Tucker
Ohio
Mr. Tucker
Westchester
Missouri River
American Fur Company
Yankton, N. D
Cow Island
Fort Benton
Virginia City
Red Mountain
Highland District
H. G. Mansfield
Sallor
John Sallor
Rocker
Tucker
Perry Evans
Arkansas
Evans
Saller
Ing
Canyon Creek
Big Hole
Fishtrap
John Benz
Washoe Park District
Benz
H. V. Munn
T. H. Burgess
Nellie, Marie
Alma Tucker
G. W. Gray
Urichville
Improvements Begin At Terry Park Under City Plan
Under the park committee for the commercial club the Terry city park is undergoing reseeding landscape changes and irrigation with water from the Northern Pacific pipeline authorized. Trees and shrubs have been ordered from Montana nursery and a new municipal band stand is planned for construction this summer.
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Terry Park
Commercial Club
Terry
Northern Pacific
Montana Nursery
Rock Flung Glasses Break Eye Injury at Local Play
Harry Kellog son of Mr and Mrs Dor man Kellog of Big Timber narrowly escaped losing an eye after a rock from a nigger shooter struck him in the eye breaking his glasses and embedding glass in the eyeball Medical aid was given and it is believed he will recover without serious results
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Harry Kellog
Dorman Kellog
Big Timber
Neighbors Plow 100 Acres For Farmer Curren
In Rosebud county near Bascom, neighbors rallied with tractors plows harrows seeders and teams to plow harrow and seed 100 acres for Carl Curren who was eight weeks behind due to tending his ill wife who died The act underscored early settler neighborliness.
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Montana
Rosebud County
Carl Curren
Bascom
Curren
Calf roper injured at Belgrade ranch
Ralph Biggs assisting in calf branding near Belgrade was badly injured when a rope caught his right hand. He was taken to Bozeman for care and is staying at Deaconess hospital for special treatment.
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Ralph Biggs
Belgrade
Bozeman
Deaconess Hospital
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Northwest
Lew” Grill
Keogh
Running Bird
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