Roosevelt Hunting Adventures in the West with Willis
The article recalls Theodore Roosevelt’s Montana and Wyoming hunts with John Willis of Glasgow as his guide and a trusted mountain man. It recounts Roosevelt’s elk and white goat hunts, his pack-train challenges, and his philosophy of mountain hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teddy Roosevelt
Montana
John Willis
Glasgow
North Dakota
Montana Andary
Roosevelt
West
Wyoming
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Willis
Belt
Pee
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Willis
Bitter Root Mountains
Yellowstone Park
Two Ocean Pass
United States
Shoshone Mountains
Hoodoo
Absaroka
Shoshones
Woody
otmMers
Central Asia
Asia
Europe
Theodore Roosevelt
Badlands
Rocky Mountain
Horse Revolutionized Life of Indians on Plains
The piece traces how horses altered plains life from Spanish introduction to modern times. It discusses Mustang origins debate, Indian horse theft, Nez Perces and Crow raids, reliance on oxen for safety, and the shift to automobiles ending the era of the horse on the range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Plassmann
Great Western Ranges
New Mexico
Missouri
Coronado
Texas Panhandle
Kansas
Spain
Will C. Barnes
Montana
Yellowstone
Nez Perces
Scout Leader Plans Eagle Trail From Glacier to Canadian Parks
Edgar Maclay of Great Falls, Boy Scout commissioner, proposes an Eagle Scout trail from Glacier Park across the border to Canadian parks with a border marker as a symbol of peace. He cites youth virtue, notes previous Yellowstone work, and says annual Blackfeet visits will foster Indian appreciation and repair national debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Maclay
Great Falls
International Trail Project
Eagle Rank
Glacier Park
Canadian Parks
Maclay
Scott Leavitt
Stephen Mather
Yellowstone Park
Glacier
Mr. Maclay
Montana Man Returns to Butte From Panama Planter Life
Walt Staton, a Montana old-timer now a Panama planter, reports 2500 acres in hay cattle bananas rice and citrus with a coffee brand. He highlights irrigation, Banana land growth, wages rising, and Panama’s climate and transport as key factors. Staton plans visits to California Texas and New Orleans before returning to Panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Staton
Montana
Deer Lodge Valley
Panama
Mr. Staton
United Fruit Company
Staton
California
Texas
Louisiana
Seattle
Sacramento Valley
New Orleans
New York
Hunters Bring Back Elk From Lochsa Country Idaho
Missoula group Phillip Neff Melvin Bradner and Roy Phillips returned from the Lochsa country Idaho with an elk each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Phillip Neff
Melvin Bradner
Roy Phillips
Lochsa Country
Idaho
Neilan Transferred to Missoula as Assistant Engineer
Robert H. Neilan of the Northern Pacific engineering department in Livingston is reassigned to Missoula to assume duties as assistant engineer of maintenance.
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Salt Lake
Bitter Root
Marcus Daly
Lochinvar
Mazeppa
Montanan
Panama Planter
Central America
Lumbago
Bayer
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