Butte Melting Pot: Europe and Asia Represented in Mining City
The Butte region shows a polyglot population from 1930 census, with large European and Asian communities. Chinese life in Butte’s early days included racketeering tales, and the Jugoslav and Finnish traditions thrive with the Mesopust festival and Christmas on Jan 7. German and Irish legacies persist through clubs and local notes, while Italy and Meaderville’s cuisine and fraternal lodges illustrate diverse immigrant echoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Marsh
Butte
Europe
Asia
Silver Bow County
Ireland
China
English Midlands
Finland
Italy
Nevada
Arizona
California
Silver Bow Junction
al Capone
Ah Sing
Waterville
Butte Chinese
Six Companies
San Francisco
Chinatown
Lun Han Tong
Walkerville
Kim Lum
Gong Sing
You Kim
Garfield
Jim Hong
China Alley
Butte Jugo Slav
New Orleans
United States
Idaho
Porphyry
Christ
Liederkranz
Samuel H. Speck
Turnverein
Richard Thierman
Jugoslavia
Romania
Butte Miner
Cornwall
Montana
Union Pacific
Utah
Broadway
Valston
D’acheul
Dussaud
Dusseau
Henault
Nadeau
Gagnon
Dublin Gulch
Dublin
Meaderville
Olio di Oliva
Christoforo Colombo
Order of Hibernia
Sons of St. George
Jugoslavian
Narodjni Dom
Trobinica
Sons of
Herman
St. Jean Baptiste Society
Baron de Hirsh Lodge
Sons of Norway
Bing Kong Tong
Robert Burns Society
Branding the West Aids Identity and Ownership Through History
The article traces cattle branding from ancient Egypt and Spain to Mexico and the American frontier, stressing brands as a rancher’s signature and proof of ownership. It notes brand falsification, range vigilantes, and the rise of trucks, while marking brands as integral to cattle markets and Western lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville Stuart
Montana
Stuart
Missouri
Musselshell
Spain
Mexico
Texas
California
Cen Luis Terrazas
Chihuahua
Burk Burnett
Burk
Oklahoma
Texas Christian University
Midwest
Plains
Intermountain
Pacific Coast States
America
Rations System Shaped Cheyenne Food Insecurity and Controversy
The article recounts how U S policy in Montana in the 1890s aimed to feed Cheyenne Indians via rations after buffalo decline. It details debates over cash payments vs in kind rations, cattle theft rumors, and attempts to improve Indian welfare while addressing stockmen’s losses and law enforcement concerns.
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Montana
Fort Keogh Reservation
Pine Ridge Agency
Wounded Knee
Ewers
5Th Infantry
Cheeyennes
Lame Deer Agency
Yellowstone
Fort Keogh
Billings
Washington
Senator Power
Crow Agency
Wyman
Commissioner of Indians Affairs
Northwest
Standing Rock Agency
Pine Ridge
Rosebud
Crow Creeks
Lower Brules
Santees
Flandreau Reservation
Poncas
John Tully
Lame Deer
Indian Department
Interior Department
Indian Bureau
Woodard Named Fair Chairman for Montana 1939 Exposition
James E. Weedtre of Metals Bank and Trust in Butte was named chairman of Montana's New York World's Fair 1939 advisory unit. He will act as liaison between the fair corporation and 100 Montana citizens shaping state participation and the state display. The Montana group includes J. E. Dawson Lee M. Ford E O Jenkins George H. Shanley and others from Helena Great Falls Anaconda Billings and Kalispell coordinating the $125000000 exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Weedtre
Metals Bank and Trust Company
Butte
Montana
Woodard
New York Fair Corporation
Mouinain
Grover Glen
Fair Corporation
E. Dawson
Lee M. Ford
E. O. Jenkins
George H. Shanley
Warden
Great Falls
A. Saerson
A. Saerson Anaconda; A. R. Mebermore Elroy H Westbrook
John R. Y. Billings
F. W. Wire
Paul Huddloff
A. E. Butte
Hammond
A. T. Hibbard
Norman B. Holter
Helena
Leland Tansel
Kalispell
C. Rittenour
Plains
D. Mountain
Shelby
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White Bull
Meena
Powder River
Glacier Park
Trick Falls
Glacier National Park