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Pioneer Ben Greenough and Calamity Jane Link in Billings Lore
The reminiscence recounts Ben Greenough, a rugged pioneer of Red Lodge country, friend of Calamity Jane, and early Billings servant who helped build fires at the Headquarters hotel. It covers his youth, cattle work, rivalries, and long ties to Crow and Sioux chiefs, plus his family of celebrated rodeo riders including Turk Greenough and daughters Vena Alice May and Margaret.
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Ben Greenough
Red Ledge
Turk” Greenough
Pendleton
Oregon
Billings
John K. Standish
Ming
Brooklyn
Greenough
Carbon County
Ben
Headquarters
Northern Pacific Railroad
Billings Hardware Company
Red Lodge
Bearcreek
Calamity Jane
Nelson Story Cattle Outfit
Willow Creek
Dan O’shea
Beartooth
Dilworth
Trail Creek
Cody
John Chapman
Bent Bar
Dilworth Cattle Company
Warm Springs
Rocky Fork Railroad Company
Frank Rob
Erts
Roberts
Stage
Joliet
Boyd
Jackson County
Sweetwater
Johnson
Billy Hamilton
Yellowstone Kelly
Kate” Maxwell
Nate Champion
Scoula
Sechaca Pesce
Hrouee
Nate Young
Rosebud
Rock Creek
Slide Rocks
Mike
Beartooth Forest Reserve
Montana
Plenty Coos
Sitting Bull
Vena
W. A. Bale
Alice
Kansas
Frank
Antler
Henrich
Turk
Greenough Boys
Madison Square Gardens
New York
May
Joe Weaver
Margaret
IXL
King Bros
Bill
Wyoming