Last White Survivor Recalls Poplar River Expedition 1879
John Truscott recalls the Poplar River expedition led by General Miles to chase Chief Gall after the Custer defeat. The 1879 campaign traversed Montana from Fort Keogh to Red Water and Fort Union, ending with the surrender and capture of Gall's Brule Sioux, amid extreme cold and heavy marching hardships.
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A. A
Poplar River
John
TU Scott
Tyes
Fort Keogh
Chief Gall
Fort Union
Sitting Bull
States
Canada
Brule
Missouri River
Red Water
Fort Buford
Fort McGinnis
Bismarck-Fort Keogh
Terry
U. S
Custer
Indian Agency
Miles City
Sheridan
Montana
Chicago
Miles
Ilges
Waldorf Astoria
New York City
Gall
Poplar
Tongue River
United States
Fort Peck Dam to Irrigate Indian Lands on Reservation
Surveys by Frank Bogart show about 580000 acres of the Fort Peck Indian reservation could be irrigated by the dam and storage reservoir. The reservation spans 330 square miles between Nashua and Culbertson with whites owning about one fifth of the land. much is government or individually held.
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Fort Peck
Frank Bogart
Nashua
Culbertson
Hollanders’ 40 Year Struggle Builds Montana Holland Settlement
The Manhattan Holland settlement in Gallatin valley rose from frontier hardship to a thriving community. Dutch pioneers from Friesland and Groningen faced irrigation failures, drought, and tax changes while forging homes near Manhattan. They rebuilt after Volstead and drought, built a church, cultivated barley for global malt, and now sustain 135 families with strong faith and temperate living.
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Friesland
Groningeen
Netherlands
Michigan
Montana
Holland
Manhattan
Gallatin Valley
Holland Settlement
West
J. R. Kimm
Herman Klugkist
John and
Jacob Braaksma
Peter Alberda
New Era
Grand Rapids
Mich
Sam
Henry Heeb
Hamilton
Heeb
William Stuart
Christian Reformed Church of
Recitation Club
Bozeman
Mississippi
Record Blast Unseals Vast Limestone in Llys Faen Quarry
In a notable quarry blast at Llys Faen Wales nearly 70000 tonnes of limestone were dislodged using about 10 tons of black powder. The event marks one of the largest explosions in quarrying history.
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Llysfaen
Wales
Heat Waves in England Shorter Than Four Days
New statistics show heat waves in England last under four days on average. The data highlights rapid onset and brief peak periods, with regional variation.
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England
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John Truscott
Shirley
Yellowstone River
Fallon
Red Water Creek
X. Biedler
Helena
Sidney
Dakota Territory
O. C. Seltzer
Charles M. Russell
Seltzer
Great Falls
Bayer
N.R.A
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