Wild Bill Hickok Killed Ten Desperadoes Single Handed
A long account details the legend of Wild Bill Hickok facing ten outlaws in a dugout and killing them solo. The text then shifts to a critical history of David McCanles and his violent, tyrannical rule at Rock Creek Station on the Oregon Trail, describing his early life, rise in the West, and brutal punishments of subordinates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wild Bill Hickok
MecCanles
David McCanles
North Carolina
Pike’s Peak
Northarolina
McCanles
Sarah Shull
Rock Creek Station
Pike’s Peak Country
West Rock Creek Station
Oregon Trail
Palmetto
Rock Creek
Little Blue
Confederacy
Morgan
Brutal Misdeeds At Rock Creek Station By McCanles
The narrative describes the brutal actions of David McCanles at Rock Creek station including torture of a victim named Holmes, a violent knife incident with an Indian party, and a climactic fight with a French Indian mixed trapper. It also details McCanles control over Sarah Shull and his wife, and the eventual ending of his relationship with Miss Shull under his wife’s pressure.
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McCanles
Holmes
Rock Creek Station
Palmetto
Rock Creek
North Carolina
Sarah Shull
David McCanles
McCanlies
East Rock Creek Station
Miss Shull
Government to Restore Historic Virginia City Building
Federal officials plan a reconstruction of a historic Virginia City site in early settler style using hewn logs and native stone. A public interview of residents is planned to choose the best building for restoration. Tom Castle is cited as highly informed on local history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin
Virginia City
Tom Castle
Madisonian
Party Day
Louis Romey
Romey
William Fairweather
Alder Gulch
Montana
Fairweather
Helena
Bannack
Thompson- Hickman
Main Aired
Alder
Alder Ich
A. J. Davis
Plentywood Man Heads Democrats
Vern Hoven of Plentywood elected head of the Montana Young Democrats club at Polson, succeeding William P. Jones who resigned after taking a federal post. Other officers named include Vera Loveland first vice president and Hugh Lemire second vice president. Resolutions praised economic administration and urged driver license reforms and expansion of Democrat clubs.
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Vern Hoven
Plentywood
Ant
The
Montans Young Rats
Fon
Polson
William P. Jones
Helena
Jones
Washington, D. C
Vera Loveland
Lewistown
Hugh le
Records to be Transcribed by State Land Board Staff
Records in the office of the state board of land commissioners will be transcribed rather than using a WPA project. The work has approval from Washington and will begin on Sept 36, with six people employed for an extended period under the supervision of State Land Commissioner Nanita Sherlock.
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Office
The
State Board of Land Commissioners
Washington
Nanita Sherlock
State Land Commissioner
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad Teases Family Strains
A vintage ad urges women to avoid nagging husbands and endure monthly cramps. It touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a natural aid to balance the system during the three life stages: girlhood to womanhood, motherhood preparation, and aging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nature
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tacetta B. Walker
Overland Mail
Stage
Pony Express
Charles Stockwater
Little Sandy
Rocky Creek
Stockwater
Henry Goff
Goff
Wpadrouth
Palmette
Sarah
WPA
Dawson
Powder River
Rosebud
Custer
Parker
W. R. Rankin
United States Department of the Interior
Morrison Cave
Dalya Betel
Bat Rom Pete
Dempsey
Pete
Daly
Old Virginia
Masonic Temple
Sisters’ Hospital
Plentywood Man
Democrats
Portland International Livestock Show
Prince Domino
Willow Creek Ranch
Wolf-Langman Livestock Sales
Great Falls
Prince Domino 9Th
Belt Or
Great Falls, Montana
Sam Stephenson
W. H. Hoover
W. M. Moore
Fred Reppert
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