August E Anderson the Oldest Yellowstone Conductor Killed
August E Anderson longtime Montana railroad conductor died after stepping in front of a Yellowstone park special at Cato near Terry while his train waited on a siding. The 46 year career included service from Northern Pacific days, encounters with Indians, unions unrest, and notable passengers like Theodore Roosevelt Buffalo Bill Sitting Bull and Calamity Jane.
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W. H. Banfill
Northern Pacific Railway
Montana
Cato
Terry
August E. Anderson
Yellowstone
Yellowstone Park
Glendive
Billings
Gust” Anderson
Society of Pioneers of
Eastern
Sweden
Jim Hill
Minneapolis
Rocky Fork
Anderson
Hampshire
Mr. Anderson
Hogan
Coxey
Tom Hogan
House of Representatives
Washington
Forsyth
Fort Keogh
American Railway Union
Debs
Finn
Northern Pacific
General Grant
Theodore Roosevelt
Miles City
Marquis de Mores of
Medora
Buffalo Bill
Johnson
Billy Hamilton
Nelson A. Miles
Calamity Jane
Sitting Bull
E. Anderson
Society of Eastern Montana Pioneers
Mont
Northern Pacific Railroad
Parmelee Billings Memorial Library
Montana Pioneer Tales From the Early Railroad Era
A Montana reminiscence recounts a dozen anecdotes from early railroad days. Stories include green Swedes voting with a Scotch bagpipe escort, Democratic ballot gains in Dawson county, and the Gravel train nickname linking to politics. Also described are local pranks in Livingston, trout for supper from Yellowstone floodplain grass, and Anderson’s varied railroad jobs from brakeman to conductor along Glendive to Forsyth routes and geese nesting in cottonwood trees along the Yellowstone River.
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Glendive
Northern Pacific
Montana
Dawson County
James Ferguson
Yellowstone County
Anderson
Bozeman
Livingston
Yellowstone Valley
Yellowston Park
Yellowstone
Forsyth
Billings
Red Lodge
Yellowstone River
Yellowstone Park Chief Ranger Meets Wheezie the Pet Deer
Chief Ranger Sam Woodring of Yellowstone and his favorite deer Wheezie share a friendly moment twenty miles from Mammoth Hot Springs. Wheezie, renowned for annual antler shedding, interacts with his human ally while two companion bucks watch, hoping for food.
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Yellowstone Park
Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstone National Park
Sam Woodring
Snake River
Grain Laboratory chosen for Harlowton by chamber talk
Fred Bullock told the chamber of commerce Harlowton is one of four Montana towns to host a state grain laboratory. He cited strong rail service linking wheat belt farmers to terminal markets and noted federal state oversight. The lab will aid farmers and shippers with grain quality and car inspection estimates reach 700 to 800 cars annually.
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Fred Bullock
Chamber of Commerce
Harlowton
Indian Depredations Move Soldiers Across Eastern Montana
In the early 1880 period, Sioux bands ambushed settlers between the Rosebud and Powder rivers south of the Yellowstone. Fort Keogh and multiple cavalry detachments pursued raiders, leading to several skirmishes, captures, and the eventual dispersal of hostile bands as Lt. Miller, Capt. Baldwin, and others hampered Sioux operations and protected immigration.
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Montana
Grill
Tongue
Little Big Horn
Sergeant Glover
Fort Keogh
Powder River
Mizpah
Sandy
Glover
Douglas
Gurnsey
Catfish
Sam Doherty
Doherty
Deadwood
Tom McCauly
Duffy
Yellowstone
Tongue River
Ewers
Fifth Infantry
Dadlands
Miller
Baldwin
Porcupine
Hamilton
Clark
Beaver Creek
Mir River
Second Cavalry
Sunday Creek
Miles City
Borden
Rosebud
Frank D. Baldwin
Fifth United States Infantry
Freshman Week Opens at State University Schedule
Freshman Week at the state university begins Tuesday September 25 and runs through Sunday September 30. The program has been completed and mailed to prospective students to familiarize newcomers with the campus and proper equipment use before classes start.
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the State University
Wrestler Faces Bear in a Fateful Montana Stunt
In Butte era lore a Cornish wrestler Tim Harrington rival Thomas faced a staged bear challenge in Silver Bow saloon. The bear Rizzo, muzzled and chained, overwhelmed the wrestler who fled, vowing to boast no more. The bear and performers vanished days later after a firecracker prank and a chase led toward Helena.
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UTTE
John McCloskey
Butte
St. Louis
Thomas
Harrington
Montana
Rizzo
Rizzo Jassie
Bears
Centerville
Jack
Jack Hawke
Montana Auto Garage
Rassle
Silver Bow
Clark’s Bank
Damme
Little Bear
Marysville
Nick
Tom Bailey
Way
Alaska
Bailey
Helena
Early McIntosh Apples Forecast In Bitter Root Valley
R G Ostergren, manager of McIntosh Morello orchards, predicts an early Apple crop in the upper Bitter Root valley. Picking begins around Sept 15 and fruit will be rushed to markets, with high grade apples fetching strong New York prices.
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Bitter Root
R. G. Ostergren
McIntosh-Morello Ochards
New York
Ostergren
Pulp Inquiry Sparks Forest Survey Near Missoula
Inquiries from several concerns about pulp north of Missoula in the Blackfeet forest prompt a thorough survey by the forest service. Elers Koch, assistant district forester, says the service will present prospects to interstate parties who wish to enter the field if conditions prove feasible.
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Missoula
Blackfeet
Elers Koch
Forest Service
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Lewis and Clark
Montana Plains
Piegans
United States
Mizpah River
Rosebud River
Miles
Plains
Bear
Walter I. Shay
Green
Rizz
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