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Remembering Governor B. F. White of Dillon Montana
An obituary recalls former Montana territorial governor B F White who died in Dillon. It notes his key roles in founding Dillon, developing the Big Hole Basin, building the Oregon Short Line to Silver Bow, promoting sheep and Beaverhead valley agriculture, locating the State Normal School, and his terms as Dillon mayor and state legislator.
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B. F. White
Dillon
Montana
Big Hole
Silver Bow
Butte
Beaverhead
State Normal School
Harrison
Joseph K. Toole
Governor’s Mercantile House
Utah
Beaverhead Valley
Richard Deacon
Governor White
White
Deacon
Bridges
Whitehall
Plains
Fort Benton
Missouri River
America
New Bedford
Bristol County
Mass
Pearce Academy
Middleburg
Kathay
New York
Sidney
Australia
San Francisco
Cal
Golden Gate
Idaho
Napa County
California
Territory
United States District Court
Oneida County
Northern Pacific Railroad
Utah Northern Railroad
Sebres, Ferris & White
First National Bank of
Utah and Northern Railroad