Miles Cavanaugh Recounts Vigilante Era in Virginia City
In 1864 Miles Cavanaugh describes a perilous journey to Alder Gulch and the rise of vigilante justice. He recalls Slade’s drunken spree and execution, the sheriff’s limits, and the harsh winter that caused flour shortages. He details trading freedoms for order as mining towns stabilized under new rules.
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Miles Cavanaugh
Virginia City
Slade
Grace Stone Coates
Salt Lake City
Portniff Canyon
Mr. Cavanaugh
Snake River
Beaver Dick
Alder Gulch
America
Livingston
Tom Ford
Robinson
Andy O'Connell
Boone Helm
George Ives
Jack Gallagher
Patterson
Wilbur F. Sanders
Bannack
Jim Slade
Golden Boot Treasure Legend Haunts Cooke City Region
The legend of an 1880 buried boot stuffed with gold persists near Cooke City two and a half miles east, where a carved stump and cryptogram lure treasure seekers. Despite years of digging led by guides like Sam Launchberry, the prize remains elusive as locals recount a bloody past and a stakeholding landowner, George Ogden, awaits a share if found.
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Cook City
Yellowstone Park
Virginia City
Cooke City
Sam Launchberry
Eagle’s Nest Ranch
Cody
Wyo
George Ogden
High Court Hears Oil Royalty Case
The Montana supreme court hears the Toole county oil royalties dispute between Marias River syndicate and C P Nash versus Lucy A Thelen and others. The case concerns 12 percent royalty on oil gas or minerals developed on land deeded to the Thelens and later developed at a cost of 56000.
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Montana Supreme Court
Toole County
Marias River
C. P. Nash
Lucy A. Thelen
John N. Thelen
Transcript
Supreme Court
Powell Building and Loan Association
Larable Brothers, Bankers, Inc
Deer Lodge
Frank Johnson
Helena
Digestive ease links fish to brain food claim
The text notes that fish are only brain food in the sense of easy digestion reducing blood flow strain on the brain during digestion. It also mentions salt lakes in Tibet as remnants of ancient glacial lake shrinkage and drying.
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Tibet
Fossils May Be Sought at Fort Peck Dam Area
Paleontologists led by Darwin Harbicht and Dr. Barnum Brown plan next summer’s dig in the Fort Peck dam region to rescue late Mesozoic dinosaur remains before the flooded area. The team notes the Hell Creek beds yielded the tyrannosaurus rex and other species.
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Montana
Fort Peck
Darwin Harbicht
Barnum Brown
American Museum of Natural History
Great Pool
Harbicht
Army Engineer
Havre
Dr. Brown
Wyoming
Hell Creek
Garfield County
Brown
Paty
Chicago
Glasgow
Seed Shortage Report From Sheridan County Drouth Survey
A preliminary summary of a Sheridan County drouth survey shows shortages of oats barley and other forage crop seed with some wheat seed available. Questionnaires seek farmer data on seed and feed needs as the federal seed stock committee plans shipments to cover shortages. The government will not enter the feed business but will indicate where to buy feed at the lowest price.
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Drouth
Sheridan
Federal
Four Applications for Truck Routes Filed in Montana
Gale D Whitney of Billings filed four applications with the Montana board of railroad and public service commissioners to truck petroleum products in various directions from Billings and for unlimited distances within the state. Hearings were scheduled for December 6 at Ratings. The board also heard Octaff Codenys of Hardin seeking authority to truck in Hardin and vicinity, with Edgar E John of Laurel set for a Laurel hearing on transportation in that area.
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Gale D. Whitney
Billings
Montana Board of Railroad and Public Service Commissioners
Helena
Hamilton to Build 800-Seat Theater in Montana
Excavation for a 40 000 dollar theater began in Hamilton Montana announced by W J Hartwig of Helena a theater operator for 15 years. The site adjoins Citizens Bank. With good weather the building should be completed in three months and will feature modern sound and stage equipment. L H Sutton Jr Hartwig's grandson and manager will run the new theater.
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Hamilton
W. J. Hartwig
Helena
Montana
Citizens’ Bank
Hartwig
L. H. Sutton Jr
Dozes of Does and Fawns Feed at Tevendale Orchards
Daily at Tevendale orchards near Santa Rosa California a herd of ten to twenty does and their fawns forage for apple peelings fed into the fruit drier.
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Tevendale
Santa Rosa
Calif
Native tribes in Africa form Girl Guide companies
Indigenous African communities establish Girl Guide companies inviting girl members to participate. The moves aim to provide leadership training and community service opportunities under youth organization programs.
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Africa
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Grace Stone
Costes
Milk River
Madison
Alex Davis
Nevada
Nailer Thompson
James Kiscadine
William Fleming
Colorado
Fred
Fairweather
Hughes
Miles
Fred Cooke
John Creighton
Cooke ¢ City
Anaconda
High Court
Marie
Sheridan County
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