Montana Gulch Tomb of Comstock Era Mine Pioneer
A long read recounts Comstock, first owner of the famed Comstock lode at Virginia City Nevada, who after selling for 11 000 and yielding 350 000 000 vanished into Montana where he shot himself. The tale blends the famous mine saga with a Montana deer hunt tale of a local wrestler named Charles Corn.
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Montana
Gulch
Comstock
Comstock Lode
Nevada
Sampson
Israel
Britain
Palestine
Charles Corn
Mineral
Corn
Aldergulch
Virginia City
Grasshopper Creek
Bannack
West
America
Paris
London
Hosea
Allan Grogh
Brown
Hosea Grosh
Allen
Telegraph builder James McShane dies at 76 in Omaha
James McShane, early railroad and telegraph line builder from Virginia City to Helena in 1865 66 and later a long Union Pacific contractor, died in Omaha at 76. Born Springfield Ohio in 1841 he helped erect lines across the west and was present at the Promontory ceremony. He left a widow and 13 children, six in government service.
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James McShane
Virginia City
Helena
Omaha
McShane
John A. Creighton
Edward Creighton
Millard
John §. Collins
West
Springfield
Ohio
Nebraska
Plains
Pacific Telegraph Company
Promonotory
Utah
Union Pacific
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Idaho
Dakotas
Kansas
Wilson
Miles City
Prospecting Relic Cabin Echoes Montana Gold Camps
A cabin on Yogo creek in the Little Belt mountains stands as a relic of early Montana gold rush days. Built by Toe-String Joe, the prospector who sparked the first rush to Yogo, the site recalls murder, exile, and a life of fleeting fortunes in the mining era.
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Montana
Yogo Creek
Little Belt Mountains
Toe-String Joe
Yogo
White Sulphur Springs
Deer Lodge
Pete Sets a Speed Mark in Musselshell Stampede
In Musselshell country Pete and Bill chase meat after a dust sighting. Pete fires at a cow with a center-fire, loses his saddle, and falls in front of a cow as the herd bolts. Bill watches, noting Pete’s near miss and the cow’s brush of his pants.
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Pete
Rawhide
Bill Skelton
Barrin
Bill
Musselshell
Red Brothers
Henry
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Buck
Terra Firma
Sierras
California
Allen Grosh
Grosh
Peter O’riley
Patrick McLaughlin
Ophir
Gold Hill
Old Virginia
Ophir O
Riley
McLaughlin
James M’shane
U. S. Army
Carson Valley
O’riley
Pleasant Hill
Mount Pleasant
Winnemucca
Virginia
Virginia Town
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Great Falls
1St National Bank
Banking Corporation
the Banking Corporation Helena
First National
First National Bank
Rawlins
National Life Insurance Company of
Legal Reserve Company
Daly Bank
Butte, Mont
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