Beavering to Ranching: Brooks and the Quiet Partner Black Jack
The tale follows B. B. Brooks of Casper area who built a vast Wyoming empire from beaver trapping with partner Black Jack. They quarried elk hides, mapped trails, and shaped a rugged frontier life before Brooks settled at Muddy Creek and later cashed in on cattle, oil, banking, and farming with thousands of acres, livestock, and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Casper
Cheyenne
Great Plains
B. B. Brooks
Chicago
Maine
Denver
Deer Creek Park
Fort Fetterman
Elk
Brooks
Ring
Pat
Black Jack
Jack
V—V
Muddy Creek
Idaho
Afton
Fetterman
Nebraska
Mary
Douglas
Doc Barber
Owen Wister
Wells Consolidates Stevensville Newspapers Into Northwest Tribune
Bruce Wells consolidates the Stevensville Register and Northwest Tribune under a new company with Wells and Joseph B Townsend Jr as principals. Townsend, former Bozeman Chronicle staffer and University of Montana journalism student leader, served in France as a lieutenant. The Northwest Tribune, founded 1887, becomes Stevensville’s renamed publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Wells
Western Montana
Stevensville
The
Register
Northwest Tribune
Wells
Joseph B. Townsend, Jr
Townsend
University of Montana
Associated Students
Bozeman Daily Chronicle
France
Bitter Root Valley
Stevensville Register
Hag Always Enjoyed a Good Patronage
Fragmentary note mentions a person named Wells and a Ravalli location. Based on readable text, the item hints at business patronage and ownership but lacks clear actions or outcomes to identify a full news moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hag
Wells
Ravalll
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Wrixon & Agnew
Boston Hide, Wool & Fur CO
Wrixon & Agnew P. O. Box
Great Falls, Mont
C. O. Robinson
Miles Dodd
Billy” Tormoehten
Omaha
Albert Noe
Jim” Bush
J. E. Bush
Invincible
Leo C. Robinson
Chris Hansen
Sioux City
Lester L. Gravelle
Horace Hempstead
St. Paul
Gene” McAdams
Jim” Hunt
Kansas City
Jim” Reid
Charles F. Schriver
Steve Gainey
Homer White
James L. Wilfley
St. Joseph
Tom” McKee
H. C. Baker
Frank Jackson
Clyde Stevens
James Miller
Clay, Robinson & CO
Cherrylane Orchards
Greenacres
ELK Run Herefords
Elk Run Ranch
W. L. Velie
Moline
Beau Brummel
Don Carlos
Don Perfect
Lamplighter
Dale
Perfection
Beau Picture
Beau Donald
Highwood
Montana
Frank Ledingham
Henningsen Produce Company
Butte, Montana
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Kiwanis Club
Stampede
Captain Smith
Salvation Army
Ninth Avenue East
George Lane
P. Burns
A. E. Cross
Dominion Bank
B. L. Richardson
Guy Weadick
Eighth Avenue West
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