Pioneer Sky Pilot Brother Van Fought Nez Perce War
The article profiles W W Vans Orsdell known as Brother Van who served as a scout for General O O Howard during the 1877 Nez Perce conflict. It recalls his journeys from Bannack to Sheridan, the Bannack defense, and his later church work in the Bitter Root area.
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Brother van
Howard
Nez Perce
Methodist Episcopal Church
W W. Vans Orsdell
Saul
United States Army
Europe
Bannack
Sheridan
Nez Perces
Idaho
O. O. Howard
Corrinne
Poindexter
Butte
Ball
W. A. Clark
Clark
United States
Montana
St. Louis
Big Hole
Fort Missoula
Corvallis
Skalkaho
William Hall
W. W. van Orsdell
Gen. O. O. Howard
Belgians Mutilated by Germans Sought Care in Washington Colony
A Montana article describes a carload of Belgian children under 14 sent to a Washington colony after suffering mutilations by German soldiers. It condemns German actions and calls for accountability after the war.
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Washington
Montana
Belgium
France
Grmany
Masons Plan Home on Island in Flathead Lake
Frank Linderman, outdoors lover, retires to Flathead Lake area as developers push resort growth. Col. A. A. White leads Wild Horse Island improvements with a $250,000 plan including a $100,000 hotel as Masons aim to aid access and eventual home or permanent improvements on Wild Goose Island nearby.
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Masons
Lake Flathead
Frank Linderman
Flathead Lake
America
Col
A. A. White
Wild Horse Island
Montana
Wild Goose Island
Wild Horse
Montana farms in demand as wheat prices rise
Real estate agents report strong demand for Montana land with prices from 30 to 60 dollars per acre. Buyers migrate from eastern Washington and Spokane area seeking higher wheat yields, as Montana averages 19.3 bushels per acre versus Illinois at 11. Railroads also shift focus to Montana to meet growing wheat land demand.
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Washington
Montana
Spokane
Father Ravalli and His Mills of Stevensville
Father Ravalli arrived in Stevensville in the 1840s and built Montana’s first grist and saw mills using water power and wagon tire blades. He taught, cultivated Bitter Root crops, and helped the Flathead Indians with medicine, crafts, and the small mission church he carved and furnished by hand.
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Father Ravalli
Stevensville
Montana
Europe
A. M. Holter
St. Mary’s Mission
California
Turin
Piedmont
Little Mission Church
Widow Seeks Husband’s Grave After Granite Mountain Mine Disaster
A woman calling herself Mrs. Johnston and wearing widow’s weeds sought Mayor W. H. Maloney of Butte to locate her husband presumed dead in the Granite Mountain mine disaster. She instead found a living husband who had been drinking for two weeks and feared returning home.
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Melvin Trask
Bannack
Winters Ranch
Montague
Winters
Smith
Farnsworth
Nez Perces
Government considers 2.50 price for wheat this fall
The proposal would fix wheat at 2.50 per bushel with expected farmer profits. Officials note unprecedented grain demand to feed Americans and allied Europe, urging full use of land and patriotic support. The Banking Corporation of Montana offers financial aid and invites farmers to write for information.
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Banking Corporation OF Montana
Helena
Montana
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Southern Cross Mining Country
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United States Senate
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