Cavanaugh Arrives in Virginia City Itinerant Frontier Tale
Miles Cavanaugh arrives in 1863 Virginia City under outlaw rule. He recounts clashes with Forbes a feared desperado over his team, and guidance from Sam Livingston and Nicholas Ford. Livingston warns of Forbes and advises carrying a gun for protection in the volatile camp.
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Miles Cavanaugh
Virginia City
Forbes
Nicholas Ford
Sam Livingston
Ireland
Livingston
Ford
Grace Stone Coates
Robinson
Vigilance Committee
Tom Ford
Hugh Daly
Colorado
Mr. Cavanaugh
Dennis Sullivan
Denver
Morgan
Desperado Forbes
Sam
Bounty Hunters and Road Agents Stir Virginia City Legacy
A first person recounting a perilous trek from Alder Gulch to Salt Lake with Daly and partners. The narrator details horse theft schemes, arrests, violent encounters with Boone Helm, and looming road agent danger as they push toward Dempsy’s ranch and the Salt Lake route.
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Forbes
Ford
Hugh Daly
John
Colorado
Virginia City
George Ives
Leroy Southmaid
Daly
Salt Lake
Alder Gulch
Livingston
Tom McNamara
Bob Dempsy
Dempsy’s
Valley-ton
Dempsy
Dempsy Place
McNamara
Dempsy's
John Gibbons
Boone Helm
Grey John
Dan
Black Deer Creek
Dillon
Point of Rock
Beaverhead
Snake River
Samuel Patterson
Blacktail Deer Creek
Patterson
Indians jailed over hunting licenses in Havre incident
Ed Belgard and Louis Trotchie presented 1933 hunting permits to a warden in Havre and were jailed for 15 days with firearms confiscated. The case underscores stricter licensing enforcement for Native hunters.
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Ed Belgard
Louis Trotchie
Havre
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