William Luddy Returns to Anaconda in Vintage Printer Portrait
William T. Luddy, famed Montana printer and longtime Anaconda resident, visits the city on his recurring tours of the West. He recalls early Montana publishing, his work on the Anaconda Review, and reflects on aging and future plans including a possible brewery venture with local locals.
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William T
Bill) Luddy
Anaconda
Butte
Mulligan
Montana Hotel
Presbyterian Church
Bluebird Theater
Andy Glover
Washoe Park
Bill
John Walkup
Luddy
Europe
Arizona
Colorado Springs
Montana
Anaconda Review
L. C. Leonard
George
Standard
Ed Catlin
The
Bill Oakley
Otto Jeck
Washoe
Lon Burnett
Winnie Sparrow
Ben Mahan
Ben Falk
Ben Crosswhite
Dennis Roach
Milt Spencer
First Domestic Cats Brought To Montana By Ira Myers
Ira Myers of Great Falls is credited with bringing the first domestic cats to Montana in March 1863 during the Bannack mining era. He and a wagon train carried eight cats from Denver to Bannack City, selling six for $15 each and one for $10, earning about $100, plus tobacco profits, while his old cat remained. The article recounts cat lore, Egyptian origins, and breed notes, ending with a playful aside about space constraints.
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Montana
Ira Myers
Great Falls
Denver
East Bannack
Bannack City
Bannack
Tolahbo
West Bannack
Edgerton
Abraham Lincoln
Grasshopper Creek
Plummer
Doc Carter
Carter
Myers
Little Pleasant Valley
Fort Bridger
Walla Walla
Africa
Thomas Cat
Egypt
House Cat
Europe
Walter Raleigh
Virginia
Isle of Man
Abyssinia
Syee
Joseph
Potipher
Nile
Pharoah
Grain Trust
Chicago
Minneapolis
Bast
Lower
Herodotus
Artemis
Diana
Hzekiel
Bubastis
Aven
Pibeseth
Ezekiel
Cat
M. Neville
Mke
John Gilpin
Veal
Boston
United States
Turkey
Persia
Oil royalties from state school land rise to 35 dollars daily
Montana oil from Cobb Roberts and Tip O’Neill wells on state school land yields about 35 dollars per day with each well producing roughly 100 barrels daily. State royalty is ten percent, or about ten barrels daily per well, as leases expand and new regulations are drafted. A big huckleberry crop forecast in Montana adds to field reports from survey staff.
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Montana
Cobb- Roberts
Mosby
C. A. Whipple
Cobb-Roberts
O'Neill
State Land Board
Whipple
Cat Creek
Lewistown Refinery Project Attracts Local Investors
Avro Oil and Refining company, backed by Lewistown bankers and businessmen, builds a Lewistown refinery to 1500 barrels daily capacity on Spring Creek. Directors include George J. Weideman and Herbert A. Hover. capital $500,000 with $100,000 in preferred stock subscribed. Construction overseen by William Parker, with operations to begin within 30 days.
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Avro Oil and Refining Company
Lewistown
Cat Creek
Avro Company
George J. Weideman
Herbert A. Hover
J. B. Lane
Austin Rees Warr
Harry H. Schwartz, Jr
O. W. Belden
Thomas T. Taylor, Jr
Montana
Spring Creek
William Parker
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Luddy
Anaconda Weekly Review
Anaconda Standard
Cor
Ira Meyers
William Bole
Thomas
Bagdad
Isle of
Malta
Iceland
Beresford Cat Club
Atlantic Cat Club
New York
Louisville
Washington
D.C
Orange and Cream Society
Detroit
William M. Bole
J. Scott Harrison
General Land Office
George Weideman
Lewistown Company
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Michigan
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