Stolen Springfield Carbine and Early U S Court in Miles City
The article recounts the 1877 Springfield carbine disappearance from Fort Keogh and the first U S commissioner Miles County hearings. It details the creation of law in eastern Montana, the Miles family’s role, and early cases including John Colwell and John Clary with witnesses and bail set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Miles City
U. S
Beidler
First Law Court of
Eastern Montana
George
Montana
Lou” Grill
United States
Fort Keogh
War Department
Little Big Horn
Yellowstone River
Nelson A. Miles
Fort Leavenworth
Tongue River
Terry
Rosebud
Powder Rivers
Custer
Bismarck
Old Fort Buford
Territory of
Virginia City
X. Biedler
Mr. Miles
Beicher
General Miles
Marshal Beidler
John Colwell
Charles Peagles
Patrick Hickey
J. Colwell
Grand Jury
Bale
Montans
Custer County
Nough
Prac
Patrick McGanley
John Clary
Jacob Richley
Richley
P. McGanley
Thomas M. Woods
Edward Hamilton
E. Hamilton
L. B. Lancaster
Charles Keel
Daniel Leighey
Keel
State's oldest home town named in Deer Lodge talk
Former Senator C. H. Williams, addressing the Kiwanis club at Deer Lodge, called Deer Lodge the state’s oldest home town. He traced its names from La Barge to Cottonwood and finally Deer Lodge, and highlighted mining beginnings, Whiteside’s Bearmouth ranch, and agriculture as the future pillar. He praised Frank Conley and urged reliance on local people for growth, noting favorable climate and soil fertility.
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Eer Lodge
C. H. Williams
Powell County
Kiwanis Club
la Barge
Garrison
Deer Lodge
Cottonwood
State Hospital
Gold Creek
Stewart Brothers
Andrew Whiteside
Bearmouth
Montana
Wiliams
Deer Lodge Valley
Yaeger Montanan Advances to Deputy Governor Post
Harry Yaeger, longtime Montana figure in banking and journalism, is promoted from assistant deputy governor to deputy governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Yaeger began as assistant cashier in Lewistown in 1905, later served as vice president of the Great Falls National, joined the Fed in 1919, and rose through the ranks to this new position.
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Arry Yaeger
Montana
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Minneapolis
Mr. Yaeger
First National Bank of
Lewistown
Great Falls National Bank
National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Harry Yaeger
Kansas
Helena
Ogden
Englehorn
William Wallace, Jr
New York
Charles Donnelly
Northern Pacific Railroad
crat-News
Yaeger
Record
Federal Bank Examiner
Great Falls National
Great Falls Woman Helps Nab Paris Pickpocket Queen
Melina Maitre renowned as the queen of Paris pickpockets was arrested during the American Legion convention in Paris thanks to the quick action of Mrs. Walter McCallum of Great Falls. McCallum felt a hand in her purse in a department store and seized it, revealing the 41 year old thief who had been banished from the city for 20 years. The couple had traveled from Quebec to Antwerp and toured Italy Switzerland Holland and Monaco before returning home via Southampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melina Maitre
Paris
France
American Legion
Walter McCallum
Great Falls
McCallum
American Legion Auxiliary
Avenue Kleber
Quebec
Antwerp
Belgium
Italy
Switzerland
Holland
Monaco
Monte Carlo
United States
South Hampton
When Stars and Stripes First Floated at Bannack Montana
In bright windy Great Falls the Stars and Stripes fluttered above the post office. The writer recalls Bannack 1863 when Captain James Fiske’s men carried the first U S flag there. The flagstaff stories, Civil War colors, and later wartime displays show Montana’s evolving patriotism.
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Stars and Stripes
Bannack
Montana
M. E. Plassmann
Great Falls
United States
James Fiske
Union
Falonony
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George M. Miles
50Th Infantry
Quartermaster’s Department
X. Beidler
D. K. Fields
Wallace
Montana Daily Record
Montana Record- Herald
Helena Herald
Montana Record
Albert Hawkins
Portland Oregonian
Frank B. Moore
New York Commercial
Frank Farrar
San Francisco Bulletin
John C. Derks
Salt Lake City Tribune
Hollywood Baseball
Pacific Coast League
Fred Bechdelt
Pete Snelson
Great Falls Tribune
Leon Shaw
Billings Gazette
The
W. W. Cheery
Montana Newspaper Association
Butte
J. A. Gilluly
Montana Banker
Billings
E. H. Cooney
Record Office
Helena Independent
Associated Press Telegraph
Shaw
Associated Press
Independent
Independent Telegraph
Harry Ywaeger
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
Arkansas
Colorado
Idaho
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Toy
Confederacy
Federal Union
Plains
Fortuie
North Platte
Lander
Goodby
Copley
Po Pizanthia
Piranthia
Henry Plummer
Abraham Lincoln
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