Mark Twain Montana Tour Diary Highlights 1895
The diary records Mark Twain Samuel Clemens touring Montana in late July to August 1895 with Major Pond accompanying. It details stops at Great Falls Butte Helena and Missoula, hotel meals, lectures, and encounters with locals including a dramatic misadventure at Anaconda and a mock arrest at Fort Missoula.
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Montana
Mark Twain
Samuel L. Clemens
Major Pond
Great Falls
Butte
Anaconda
Helena
Missoula
Park Hotel
Rocky Mountains
Gibson
Chicago
Mark
Gibson Brothers
Bell
Rockies
Missouri
Mrs. Clemens
Clara
Nevada
Montana Club
Virginia City
Sam Clemens
Silver City
Sanders
Clemens
Buck Fenwick
Senator Sanders
Major Maginnis
Hugh McQuade
A. L. Seligman
Judge Knowles
United States Supreme Court
Mr. Beecher
Deer Lodge
L. A. Walker
C. K. Cole
A. J. Steel
Frank L. Sizer
Dr. Cole
Broadwater
Henry Ward Beecher
Herbert
Port Townsend
Northern Pacific
Florence House
Fort Missoula
Burt
Fort
Ruggles
Bozeman Set For Big Wild West Roundup Spectacle
Harvey P. Griffin describes Bozeman hosting a major wild west roundup August 5 6 7 with $10 000 in prizes. The town backs the show and promises crowds lodging and hospitality while showcasing frontier skill and horsemanship as a state institution.
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Bozeman
Montana City
Bridger
Gallatin
Coyote
Cheyenne
Will
Sky Rocket
Dude Parker
Barrel Head
Texas
Crow Indians adopt six white men in Montana trust
Six white men with deep Crow ties are adopted by the Crow tribe after a tribal council vote in southern Montana. The chosen include Major Pease, Tom Laforge, Al Morrison, Bernard Provo, George Deutee, and J. W. Cooper. Formal adoption awaits approval from the Indian Affairs commissioner in Washington.
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Montana
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Washington, D. C
Major Pease
Absarokee
Tom Laforge
Wyola
al Morrison
Prior
Bernard Provo
Barney Bravo
George Deutee
Lodge Grass
J. W. Cooper
Billings
Harney
Custer
Provo
Morrison
Cooper
Deutee
Crow Agency
Livestock Shipments Rebound to Montana Rail Lines
Helena reports 1,124 cars of cattle shipped from Great Northern and Northern Pacific back to Montana points. Return stock had been sent out for winter pasturage, aiding regional supply.
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Helena
Montana
Great Northern
Bozeman to Host Three Day Roundup August 5 6 7
Those with adventurous spirit can spend three exciting days in Bozeman on August 5 6 and 7. The event promises dances shows and entertainments with plenty of action and danger for participants and spectators.
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Bozeman
Havre Chinamen Faced Old Law on Citizenship Rights
Historical note recalls a centuries old Chinese law cited by State Senator George H. Stanton. The law threatened beheading and confiscation for renouncing country and allegiance, with banishment and strangulation penalties described for related offenses. The piece discusses implications for Havre Chinamen seeking suffrage and possible future travel to China.
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China
Havre
United States
George H. Stanton
Cascade County
Legislative Assembly
Chinaman
Eo Erery
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Twenty-seventh
United States Colored Regiment
Missoula Station
Northern Pacific Railroad
Mark Ewain
Wise
Harvey P. Griffin
Russel
Break and Coulee
Russell
Bozeman Arena
Pendleton
Calgary
Newton
Roper
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Michigan
Crow Indian Tribe