Photographing the Whirlwind Tracks Northern Montana Funnel
A Blaine county surveyor A G Middleton photographed a rare funnel shaped cyclone near Chinook Montana last summer. The storm tore a county bridge and several homesteaders shacks from their foundations as it sped southward. Middleton captured the event with his kodak amid the roar of the wind.
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Montana
A. G. Middleton
Blaine County
Middleton
Chinook
Kodak
Life and adventures of James Gemmell in Canada and the West
The long life of James Gemmell unfolds from his 1837 Canada rebellion imprisonment and transportation to Van Diemen's Land to his escape and return to New York, then westward with Jim Bridger. He later works for Brigham Young in Utah, trades with Plains tribes, and ends as a farmer near Sheridan Montana, dying in 1881.
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Newgate Prison
London
Daniel Webster
van Dieman
Australia
New York
Norace Greeley
James Gordon Bennett
Montana
Jim Bridger
James Gemmell
Sheridan
Gemmell
Scotland
Canada
Toronto
America
England
Francis Head
Lower Canada
Short Hills
Sir George Arthur
William Musson
William Ketchum
McIntosh
Jones
Niagara
Court of Queen’s Bench
Caleb Cushing
United States
Lord Brougham
Kingdom
van Dieman's Land
Auspene
E. Gemmell
Canton
Hobart Town
John Franklin
Northwest Passage
van Diemen’s Land
Bedford
Mass
New York Harbor
Grace Greeley
New York Tribune
New York Herald
Astor House
Oregon Boundary
Pacific Coast
Fort Bridger
Green River
Bridger
Yellowstone Park
Big Horn
Oregon
Salt Lake
Brigham Young
Deseret
Ogden
Jordan
Hendricks
Hot Springs
Utah
Brigham Young Gemmell
Bishop Hamlin
Arkansas
Cedar City
Young
Legion
Mountain Meadow
John D. Lee
Madison County
Montanez
Jim Bridger the Daniel Boone of the Rocky Mountain frontier
The article recalls Jim Bridger as a central frontier figure from 1820 to the 1860s. It notes his roles as guide and scout for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, founder of Fort Bridger, and a famed storyteller whose truthfulness earned broad trust. Bridger mapped vast regions, assisted expeditions including General Sheridan in 1868, and died in 1881.
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Montana
Jim Bridger
Rocky Mountains
Bridger
Captain Bonneville
Rockies
Washington Irving
Daniel Boone
Great Salt Lake
Yellowstone Park
Siar
Richmond
Washington
Jackson County
Missouri
Fitzpatrick
Rocky Mountain Fur Company
Fort
Gunnison
Sheridan
James Bridger
Gold in Last Chance gulch sparks historic memories
The Helena spring flood reveals lingering gold in Last Chance gulch once famed for rich placers. Three Georgians found the first nugget near the Placer hotel in 1865, later joined by Wood and Mast, with a $2,073 nugget found above Nelson gulch.
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Helena
Last Chance Gulch
Main
Broadway
John Cowan
Robert Stanley
Gabe Johnson
Sun River
Masonic Temple
Cornelius Hedges
Lewis and Clark County
The
Historical Society of
Montana
George J. Woody
Abraham Mast
Prickly Pear
Virginia City
Messrs. Wood
Mast
Messrs
Wood and Mast
Wood
Minnesota
Ten-Mile
Maxwell, Rollins & Co
Nelson Gulch
Wool Clips Hit Montana Highs With Burke and Sieben Grimes Deals
Representing Union Wool Company of Boston Ed Frazier of Billings closed the 400000 pound J. H. Burke Hogan wool clip at 52 cents the highest price paid for wool in Montana and also the Sieben Grimes Helena clip of about 240000 pounds at 50 cents indicating strong demand and record prices.
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Union Wool Company
Boston
Ed Frazier
Billings
J. H. Burke
Hogan
Montana
Sieben & Grimes
Helena
Local Youth Accused of Hypocrisy in Public Fare Dodging
A critical passerby notes a youth who condemns thieving corporations yet slips past streetcar conductors to avoid paying fare. The remark likens his nightly complaints to his own petty theft in transit.
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Monte Christo
Rocky Mountain Territory
St. Louis
Yellowstone
Ers
Earth
Burke
ELK Run Herefords
Elk Run
Duncan McDonald
Mer
Highwood
Montans
Shirley
Ford
Great Falls, Mont
Piereford
King Cattle Company
South St. Paul, Minn
HOICE
Angus
B. Power
Helens
John Evans
Cascade
Ranch
GUN River Stock & Land Company
He Is
Rocky Mountain Fire Insurance CO
Great Falls
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