Warrior Returns as Berry Picker to Bitter Root
After more than 40 years in exile under the Garfield treaty the Flathead tribe led by Chief Charlot plans a summer visit to the Bitter Root valley. Some 100 members will camp near Charlot bridge while berry picking, marking the first return to the hunting grounds since their departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlot
Flathead
Bitter Root Valley
Charlot Bridge
Bitter Root Berry Growers’ Association
Hood River
C. W. Gerlach
Jess Harris
S. W. Ward
Aflee
F Flathead
Sam Resurrection
Henry Plummer
Plummer
George Ives
Theg
Ives
Bannack
Alder Gulch
Dakota
Yankton
Lewiston
Idaho
Montana
Bannack and
Territory of
Free Masons back one of Montana’s Vigilance heroes
The Montana Grand Lodge gathering recalls the 1860s origin of Freemasonry here born from lawlessness in Bannack Alder Gulch and Virginia City. It honors William H. Bell and leaders Wilbur F. Sanders Nathaniel Langford Sidney Edgerton and others who formed the Vigilance Committee to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Montana
Helena
Grand Lodge
Virginia City
Carlton W. Mather
Butte
Masons of
Masonic Hall
Kansas
Colorado
John J. Hull
Wilbur F. Sanders
L. Trapp
Samuel L. Wells
M. L. Strassburger
S. Star
Nat J. Davis
F. C. Cornell
F. C. Deimling
Leander W. Frary
Luther C. Lee
Hugh Duncan
Henry Metz
Samuel Ward
Montana Lodge No
Cornelius Hedges
R. P. Sealy
C. W. Mather
H. M. Fee
John Potter
Helena Lodge
Nathaniel Pitt Langford
St. Paul
Missouri
East
Bannack
Boise
Alder Gulch
Rocky Mountains
Plummer
William H. Bell
Gulch
Miller’s Cabin
Yankee Flat
Ezekiel
God
Bell
Great
Law and Order Party of
Henry Plummer
United States
Territory
Yellowstone National Park
Sidney Edgerton
Charles §. Bagg
Paris
Prouts
Alexander Davis
John Fetherston
Heroic Express
John X. Beidler
U.S
William Berkin
George Chrisman
Hill Beachy
Lloyd Magruder
Walter B. Dance
Samuel T. Hauser
James Stuart
Neil Howie
Drury Underwood
James Dyke
Langford
George Ives
New Law and Order
Law and Order Party
Fight of Ancient Day Recalled in Montana Vigilante Era
Pugilist Bates v Hawkins ended when referee Horace Hughes fired a gun from the doorway after Bates fled the ring. Hughes counted Hawkins out as shots rang, in a nearly 30 year old Helena event witnessed by local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Butte
P. M. Sullivan
Montana Life Insurance Company
Montana
Sullivan
Queensberry
Wassweiler’s
Broadwater
Horace Hughes
Bates
Hawkins
Hughes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warrior
Berry Picker
Flathead Braves
Freemasons
Montana Historical Library
Masonic Lodges
Peoria
Ill
William S. Brackett
Peoria, Ill
Park County
Missouri River
Columbia River
California
Pacific Slope
Plummer and Ives
N. P. Langford
Mortimer H. Lott
Masonic Lodge
Twin Bridges
Postum Cereal Co Joc
Baule Caceks
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