William Bartlett dies at 98 in Butte pioneer era
Colonel William F Bartlett longtime Montana pioneer and Butte resident died at 98 after a long life of westward travel and frontier work He witnessed Bannack vigilante justice the Plummer Stinson hanging and helped found the Joshers club His memory shines in stories of early Montana and his charity toward neighbors.
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William F. Bartlett
Montana
Henry Plummer
Butte
Bartlett
Colonel Bartlett
Cortland
New York
Massachusetts
Chicago
Minneapolis
Fiske
Fort Benton
Prickley Pear
Bannack
Alder Gulch
Roote and Davis
Diamond Mercantile Company
Salt Lake
Black Hills
Cheyenne & Sidney
Electric Light Company
Elizabeth Cotney
West
Courtland County
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Oregon Country
Lewis and Clark
New York State
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Pacific Coast
L. P. Sanders
Captain Sanders
Cortland County
James Knox Polk
Tennessee
Polk
Citizens’ Law and Order Committee
Buck Stinson
Pioneers
Anaconda
The
Montana Pioneers’ Society
Joshers
Hospi
Virginia City
Diamond R
Mr. Berkin
NM. M. Donoghue
Joshers’ Club
Locke Succeeds Governor Spriggs as Industrial Board Head
Jerome G. Locke of Livingston, native Montanan and former surveyor general, was appointed by Governor Dixon to lead the state industrial accident board after A. E. Spriggs died. Locke, 40, has a background in engineering, journalism, and public service including wartime engineering, irrigation work, and publishing the Livingston Enterprise. He vows to carry forward Spriggs policies, with no staff changes announced.
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Livingston
Dixon
Jerome G. Locke
State Industrial Accident Board
A. E. Spriggs
Locke
Ofice
Spriggs
Bozeman
Yellowstone Valley
United States
Montana
Livingston E Enterprise
Consolidated Boards
State Prison
State Hospital
John F. Locke
Iowa
Alice Locke
California
Jerry
Industrial Acident Board
United States Geological Survey
United States Reclamation Service
Rodman
Department of Commerce and Labor
Helena
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Wyoming
South Dakota
Livingston Enterprise
Associated Press Journal
Enterprise
Livingston Post
Chamber of Commerce
Livingston Townsite Company
Oer
Lake
Yellowstone
Yellowstone Park
Bunch Grass and Blue-Joint: Linderman Western Verse
Montana writer Frank B. Linderman publishes a Scribner's volume containing about fifty poems with western frontier flavor. The book reflects frontier incidents and characters, with samples of dialect and verse that evoke the earlier American West for readers of Montana and beyond.
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Frank B. Linderman
Montana
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Linderman
Scribner’s
Charles M. Russell
New York City
To an Old Cow Horse Poem Remains Aingrained Lament
The poem laments an aging cow horse, recalling rugged range life. It contrasts Old Time rustling lines and a rope’s swish with a puncher’s yell and six shooter, ending with a tribute to a worn forty five. The speaker praises the animal’s enduring spirit despite uselessness today.
Prairie Transformation Echoes in a Changing Nation
The speaker laments changes across the country as forests give way to prairie and farming advances alter the land. The river, fields, and trout stream suffer as plows replace woods and the ground becomes dry and gray. The passage reflects a sense of loss amid progress and the shifting landscape.
Night Drunk at Shorty's West of Cayuse
A rugged verse scene at a dusty Western town shows Cayuse Bill and partners drinking in a saloon. The speaker recalls hard times, dodging the grass season, and hints at gambling rifts as Cayuse pays and staggers off to end the night.
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Cayuse Bill
Lafe McGill
Shorty’s
Dave
Cayuse
Frontier Forty-Four Confession and Vowed Allegiance
A frontier gunfighter reflects on a life of violence across bars and borders while claiming unwavering loyalty to duty and defense of home. He admits breaking and upholding law, serving both outlaws and settlers, and asserts his creed as a weathered forty-four who has faced risk for honor and right.
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Yore
Latch-String Country Sages a Lost West Memory
The speaker recalls dirt-roofed cabins and open doors where strangers helped themselves with a note. The homely shacks symbolize honest Western days, the old boss’s absence felt through a smiling memory, and a sense of gratitude for living in that era.
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West
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Plummer
Stinson
Ray
Berkin
A. J. Davis
John Berken, Jr
Conrad Kobis
Deer Lodge
Warren
Holter
Tom Chope
Latter
Frank Linderman
Shorty
Bill
Goose Bay
Flathead Lake
Pete Lebeau
Shorty's
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