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First Peanut Shipment to Last Chance Nets $4000
S F Gilpatrick, pioneer Last Chance merchant and Helena resident, claims the first Montanan peanut business victory. He and partner Bryant shipped 2,000 pounds of peanuts from St Louis to Fort Benton, yielding $4,000 profit as the stock sold quickly.
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S. F. Gilpatrick
Last Chance Gulch
Helena
Montan
Tritory
Gilpatrick
Bryant
St. Louis
Fort Benton
Montana Post
Virginia City
Territory
Post
Virginia Daily Enterprise
Nevada
Mark Twain
Dan de Quill
West
San Francisco
Catholic Hill
Montana
Fergus County
Colonel Sanders
Hauser
Colonel Smith
I. W. W. Glasgow
Miles City
Lewistown
Otis Smith
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Bozeman
Mary Rust
Red Cross Service
Ivan
Ansac
Miles
Butte
Butte Y. M. C. A
Lewiston
Emma Horwith
E. T. Fisher
Alaska
Billings
Big Timber
Sam DeVee
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Butte Limit Club
Les Simonsen
A. H. Barth
Simonsen
Barth
J. J. McGuinness
Second
Montana Infantry
France
Atlantic
Vaterland