Trade that saved a steer on the Overland Trail 1864
Charles W. Cook recounts a 1864 encounter where his party faced an Indian siege while driving a stock train toward Virginia City. A bold trade for a single steer, arranged during the raid near the Green River and Bear River crossings, secured their lives and freed them to reach Fort Bridger and Virginia City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Cook
Bull Whackers
Overland Trail
Mr. Floyd
Tom Hendershot
Jim Grubb
J. E. Hall
Heath
Denver
Virginia
Ohio
Maine
Missouri
Virginia City
Bitter Creek Valley
Rock Springs
Camp XI
Green River Crossing
Amd
Fort Bridger
Bear River
Utah
Ranch buys 34 Hereford bulls from Drummond herd
Nay brothers and the Harrison ranch in Grasshopper valley near Dilton purchased 17 head of purebred Hereford bulls from the J. E. Hill ranch at Drummond. John Albers also shipped in 17 Hereford bulls from the same Drummond ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nay Brothers
Harrison
Grasshopper Valley
Dilton
J. E. Hill
Drummond
John Albers
Western Girl Made Happy
Ada of Oklahoma City reports her child Christine improved after using California Fig Syrup. The note claims the syrup relieves constipation feverishness fretfulness and colds promotes appetite cleanses breath and aids digestion and assimilation. It emphasizes a branded product and warns to seek the genuine article with the California name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
West 1St Street
Oklahoma City
Okla
Christine
California
Indians Seek Jobs at Flathead Dam Work Site
Supt. Forrest R. Stone of Browning returned from Polson where he sought employment for Blackfeet reservation Indians. Many seek work and reports indicate positions may be found for several at the Polson dam site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest R. Stone
Browning
Polson
Blackfeet Reservation
Polson Dam
Glacier Park to Have New Chief
E. T. Scoyen will become superintendent of Glacier Park effective January 1 and resigns from Springdale Utah. He previously led Zion and Bryce Canyon parks and succeeds J. Ross Eakin who moves to Great Smokies park in North Carolina and Tennessee. Scoyen, born October 16 1896 at Mammoth Hot Springs Yellowstone, has long served in national parks and held roles from water boy to chief ranger at Yellowstone and Grand Canyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Scoyen
Glacier Park
Springdale
Utah
Mr. Scoyen
Zion and Bryce Canyon
J. Ross Eakin
Great Smokies Park
North Carolina
Tennessee
Mr. Scoven
National Parks
Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstone Park
Park
Park Service
Havre Man Digging Well Is Hurt By Dynamite Blast
J. Fred Williams, 38, of Havre, was injured when his pick struck an unexploded dynamite charge while digging a well on a ranch near Havre. He fainted during a 80-foot ascent after regaining consciousness and suffered serious head and side injuries but has a fair chance to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Fred Wiliams
Havre
Williams
Thomson elected president of Butte Kiwanis club
Dr Francis A Thomson head of Montana School of Mines was unanimously chosen as president of the Butte Kiwanis Club at its annual election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. Thomson
Montana School of Mines
Butte Kiwanis Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe Hanlon
Joseph Hanlon
Billings
Republican State Central Committee
Hanlon
Montana
Grace Stone Coates
Mont
White Sulphur Springs
Cook
Central
Territory
Oscar O. Mueller
Lewistown
Mueller
Providence
Rhode Island
New York Tribune
Colonel Fisk
Bannack
Omaha
Iowa
Bellis
Pt Iaee
Fort Benton Levee
North Country
Eels
Syru
Childred
Flathead Dam
Ase Company ‘Revers
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