Hardship and Disaster of a Montana Freight Outfit Snowbound
The tale centers on L. M. White and Grace Stone Coates recounting a 1865 66 freight trek from Helena to Fort Benton led by J J Mann and Toponce. Facing severe blizzards starving terrain and river floods the crews abandoned wagons saved some goods and endured freezing conditions with Indians aiding rescue efforts.
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Grace Stone Coates
L. M. White
Gillette and King
Montana
Utah
California
Ogden
Union Pacific Railroad
Fort Union
Fort Rice
Hanouer
Helena
J. J. Mann
Fort Benton
al White
Mann
Alexander Toponce
Toponce
Missouri
Yellowstone
Alex Toponce
Asp
Mr. Toponce
Milk
Molly
Major Upton
Upton
Bird Tail Rock
Sunriver
Marias River
Hostetter
First Printing Press Brought to Montana in 1863
An 1863 introduction in Virginia City marked Montana’s press era. D. W. Tilton arrived with a small job press and fonts to print invitations, then a new paper began with Ben R. Dittes as editor in 1864. The Montana Post followed in August 1864 as the first regular Montana edition.
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Montana Post
Arly
Montana
State Historical Library
Helena
D. W. Tilton
Virginia City
J. M. Castner
Castner
Ben R. Dittes
Tilton
Wallace and
Jackson Streets
Colonel Sanders
Dittes
Sanders
Creighton
Francis M. Thompson
Beaverhead
John Buchanan
Buchanan
William Cullen Bryant
New York Evening Post
Post
Peter Rowan
Early Montana Newspapers and Pioneering Printers Timeline
The passage traces printing pioneers and early papers in Montana including Aldergulch printer turned miner, John P. Bruce of St Joseph, Rowan Morrison and Stanley who fixed a pi laden type, The Montanian launch, The Montana Radiator by T Favor ite, Robert Fisk acquiring the Radiator, the Helena Herald debut on manila paper, and the first steam press at Rocky Mountain Gazette in Helena.
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Aldergulch
John P. Bruce
St. Joseph
Old Valley
Salt Lake City
Peter Rowan
Montana
Ronan
Rowan, Morrison and
Stanley
Helena
T. J. Favorite
Walla Walla
Wash
Robert E. Fisk
E. S. Wilkinson
H. C. Wilkinson
Rocky Mountain Gazette
Gazette
Landmarks Named by Pioneer Near Augusta Area
A summary of how early settlers named surrounding mountains and features east of Augusta. Haystack Butte resembles a haystack, Old Scape Goat notes goat sightings, Saddle Seat sits in Teton county, Steamboat mountain recalls Great Lakes steamers, Table mountain is flat, Sawtooth shows worn teeth, Swallow canyon hosts swallows, Eagle Rock hosts eagles, and Crown Butte near Fort Shaw bears a square rock crown.
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Hen
Sun River
Haystack Butte
Augusta
Saddle Seat
Teton County
Dearborn
Great Lakes
Gibson Dam
Sawtooth
Swallow Canyon
Eagle Rock
Crown Butte
Fort Shaw
Jefferson County registration totals rise in general election
Dewey L. Dawson, clerk and recorder, reports 2,642 completed registrations in Jefferson County for the general election. White Hall precinct No. 4 leads with 683 registered voters, Boulder precinct No. 3 has 590, and every precinct shows a gain of two voters compared with 1928 and the year’s primary.
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Jefferson Co
Dewey L. Dawson
Jefferson County
Whitehall
Boulder Precinct
Harvest of Grain in Beaverhead Valley Hits Mixed Yield
Beaverhead valley ranchers report a second cutting of hay and harvest of grain crops. Yield is expected near average, though total acreage is smaller than normal. Parts of the valley suffered hail damage to grain during the season.
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Beaverhead Beaverhead Valley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Livingston
Omaha
Mostar
Suny
D ’An
The
New Northwest
Deer Lodge
Manila
Bridge Street
Old International Hotel
James H. Mills
Harry C. Kessler
John S. Mills
Harry J. Norton
James Hamilton Mills
Montana Territory
Henry N. Blake
Polytechnic College OF Engineering
Madison Sts
Oakland
Calif
West
Polytechnic College
Wien
W. E. Grnson
W.J. Woon
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