Fort Benton named Montana’s oldest town amid fur trade era
The article recalls Fort Benton as Montana’s oldest town born from the 1864 American Fur Company post, detailing its origins, early trade with Blackfeet and other tribes, adobe fort walls, and the shift from Fort Lewis to Fort Benton. It notes key figures Major Culbertson and Senator Thomas H. Benton, and describes life at the fort, labor terms, rations, and the first wheeled transport to northern Montana.
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Montana
Fort Benton
American Fur Company
Wilderness
Fort Union
Yellowstone
Fort McKenzie
Marins
Fort Lewis
Missouri River
Iowa
Missouri
Teton Valley
of River
Alexander Culbertson
Culbertson
Highwood Mountains
Major Culbertson
Thomas H. Benton
St. Louis
Bear Paw Mountains
Silverthorne
Mit
W. F. Wheeler
Montana Historical Library
Helena
John Silverthorne
Major Owen
Fort Owen
Benetsee
Finlay
Rockies
Pacific
Benetsee Creek
Gold Creek
Rocky Mountain
Fur Company
Milk River
Snake Point
Shreveport
la Barge
G. Baker
Hubbel, Hawley & Smith
Northwest Fur Company
Matt Carroll
George Steel
W. W. Delacy
Hon. T. A. Cummings
Homesteader Hero of the Air Captain Brown’s Flight Career
Captain Lindrop E. Brown of the Royal Flying Corps visits Glasgow on furlough. A former Valley county ranchman he filed a homestead near Glasgow twenty years ago and became an early U S aviator license 267. He went to war with Canada, earned a lieutenant and captaincy, taught aviation in the U S, and praises chivalry among aviators. The piece also recalls early Fort Benton history and fort restoration efforts.
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Lindrop E. Brown
Homestead
Glasgow
Wrights
Royal British
Flying Corps
Valley County
Captain Brown
Wright Brothers
United States
Canada
England
Brown
Lethbridge
Royal Flying Corps
Army
Government Plans Huge Freight Car Orders to Ease Rail Shortage
The United States government plans to place orders for 100000 to 150000 freight cars to address a rail equipment shortage. The deal would be the largest in equipment history, likely totaling about 350 million dollars for 100000 cars at an estimated 2500 dollars each. Officials say further contracts for rolling stock and about 2000 locomotives are under consideration.
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United States
Anton M Holter Knighted by King Haakon of Norway
Helena pioneer Anton M Holter is made knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav by King Haakon. The investiture in Helena drew a small group including S E Petersen and Norwegian vice consul R O Belland. Holter’s life story recalls early Montana settlement and frontier industry.
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Anton M. Holter
Montana
King Haakon OF
Norway
Order of St. Olav
United States
Holter
Kingdom of
Helena
New York Judge Rules Hug and Kiss Equal Marriage Ceremony
A New York judge ruled that a hug and kiss constituted a marriage ceremony. The decision granted a widow's claim to her late husband’s estate valued at over $50,000, highlighting the possible legal weight of intimate gestures in certain cases.
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New York
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Forsyth Jurist
Belgium
Lusitania
America
Germany
Charles Crum
Fifth Judicial District
South America
Crum
Benedict Arnold
Kaiser William
Stewart
George W. Farr
Miles City
Farr
Associated Press
Judge Crum
Dan Muri
Rosebud County
Miss Snook
Harold McKenzie
Forsyth Schools
France
Fort la Barge
LaBarge, Harkness & Co
la Barge Company
Bannack
W. F. Sanders
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Great Falls
Ist National Bank
National Life Insurance Company of
Legal Reserve Company
Daly Bank
Butte, Mont
New York Harbor
Jersey
Liberty
New Jersey
Aldergulch
S. E. Petersen
Nor Way
Shorthorn Sale
Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
Mont
Harry L. Summers
Sec’y
Bozeman, Montana
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