Burnt Creek Bar Massacre and Montana Gold Mystery
An 1863 burning massacre at Burnt Creek Bar on the Missouri River links Montana miners to a buried treasure mystery. The old man in black, the French Canadian passenger, and possible white involvement swirl as stories of gold dust and a sunken boat unfold through Sioux accounts and later Arikara testimony.
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Edna Lamoore Waldo
Montana
Burnt Creek Bar
Missouri River
Chicago
Bismarck
Dakota
Missouri
Sibley
Plains of
Yankton
Yellowstone
Montana Diggings
Burnt Creek
Fort Benton
States
Bannack Diggings
Fort Berthold Landing
Fort Berthold
F. FP. Girard
Painted Woods
Emrore
American Fur Company
Fort
St. Louis
Benton
Rees
Hudson’s Bay Company
Winnipeg
Joseph Henry Taylor
Taylor
Red Blanket
Mary
Whistling Bear
Girard
Raw Elected Montana State Press Association President
Lloyd C Raw of the Lewistown Democrat News was elected president of the Montana State Press Association at the 45th annual convention. W B Vennard Terry Tribune editor was named first vice president Karl Martinson Whitehall editor second vice president Mrs W W Cheely Great Falls president third vice president and Henry Weare Helena secretary treasurer for 12th year Ed Dugan Missoula assistant secretary.
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Lloyd C. Raw
Lewistown Democrat News
Montana State Press Association
W. B. Vennard
Terry Tribune
Karl Martinson
Whitehall
Jefferson Valley News
W. W. Cheely
Great Falls
Montana Newspaper Association
Henry Weare
Helena
Ed Dugan
Missoula
Boulder Monitor
Pondera County News
Glasgow Courier
Bozeman Courier
Dawson County Review of
Glendive
Raw
Montana
Ray Ruhle
Butte
J. F. M. Travis
Havre
J. H. Dickey Jr
W. O. Ensign
Deer Lodge
Frank Whetstone
Cut Bank
C. J. Dougherty
J. D. Scanlan
Miles City
Will A. Campbell
William J. MacHaffie
William C. Kester
Chinook
W. M. Jones
Melstone
Herbert Hoover
Roy EK. Ayers
C. L. Young
Montana Record-Herald
W. Gail
Billings
Billings Gazette
Placer Hotel
Mystery of the Burnt Creek treasure boat remains unsolved
The article recalls the Berthold aftermath where Sioux bodies lay after a battle and a trader received gold from Bees. It notes about 40000 in dust recovered, with larger sums hidden in stanchions, reportedly exciting investigators in 1886 and prompting questions if the treasure boat is still buried in Burnt Creek bar.
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Berthold
Whistling Bear
Taylor
Rees
Benton
Bismarck Tribune
Chicago
Fort Benton River
Montana
Burnt Creek Bar
1938 Program Soil Practices In Montana
Under the 1938 agricultural adjustment administration program Montana farmers carried out soil conserving practices on 1,983,353 acres, with 994,366 acres devoted to soil conserving crops. Strip cropping protected summer fallow on 1,560,415 acres of wheat, aided by basin and contour listing. Legumes and perennial grasses were seeded on 401,370 acres, with 67,000 acres renovated to grass legumes and 3,573 acres planted to annual sweet clover. Fertilizer applications included 117,765 pounds of superphosphate and 57,819 pounds of gypsum and sulfur fertilizer. weed control covered 3,433 acres and contour seeding and intertilled crops covered 1,599 and 1,919 acres respectively. Earthwork totaled 496,776 cubic yards. Soil-conserving plantings included 255 acres of forest trees, 1,912 acres of timothy and redtop, and 85,386 pounds of pasture grass seed.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Montana
AAA
Bozeman
Montana's Iron Man of Sport Teaches Tennis at 81
D. D. McLaughlin known as Little Mack, Montanas famed Iron Man, remains active at 81 teaching tennis in San Diego and giving three to four lessons weekly. He recently visited Butte to see his son William, his first trip to the state in nine years, while his niece Margaret McLaughlin Baxter carries on his teaching legacy.
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Montanas
D. D. McLaughlin
Richard Baxter
Margaret McLaughlin
Butte
Mack
Hepel Ae
McLaughlin
Wyoming
Williams
Cody
Te Plains
Buffalo Bill
Montana
California
Little Mack
San Diego
Billings
Whey
Donegal
Ireland
Butte Mont
Kenneth Simmons
Matt Canning
Simmons
Pipestone Springs
United States
Nebraska
Colorado
Historical area plan aims to mark pioneer sites in Montana
The Vigilance club in Virginia City and partners push a three year plan to create a major historical attraction in Madison County. Markers would honor Robbers Roost Aldergulch and other sites including Boothill and Adams town with roads and a museum by linking to the new highway and marking the Davis grave. The effort involves the Butte Chamber of Commerce, Twin Bridges and Sheridan with state highway officials to launch preparations next month.
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Butte
Madison County
Montana
Andrew Davis
Boothill
Henry Plummer
Thomas Dimsdale
Adobetown
Captain Williams
Vigiantes
Nevada City
Giant Indian race found in Texas hills and plains
Archeologist E. F. Poh reported discoveries at Cold Springs Texas showing evidence of a large warrior Indian people roaming Texas hills and plains nearly a thousand years ago.
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Texas
E. F. Poh
Cold Springs
Tex
How Women in Their 40s Can Attract Men
Women in their forties facing menopause concerns are urged to seek vitality through more fresh air and sleep. The ad promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a general tonic to improve physical resistance and calm nervous symptoms during the change.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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