First Organized Try to Open the Bozeman Cut Off in 1863
In autumn 1863 a 44 wagon expedition led by J M Bozeman and John Jacobs aimed to open a road from Bannack to the Platte via the Gallatin valley but faced Indian hostility. After clashes and a bear fight, the party debated continuing with an escort from military posts and eventually sent a party under Bozeman to push toward Grasshopper Creek while others returned to the Platte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
North Platte River
Deer Creek
Wyoming
J. M. Bozeman
John Jacobs
Valley of
Deer Lodge
Territory
Dakota
Idaho
Montana
Jacobs
Bannack
River Platte
Gallatin Valley
Grasshopper Creek
Sam Ward
Sam
Coleman
Ed Waters
Chas. Bliven
John Ensley
Wilson Brothers
Gus Streitz
James M. Mann
John Powers
Wm. Grove
Wm. Baker
Bouillon
Big Horn Mountains
Powder River
Big Horn
Brady
Rosebud
Crazywoman’s Fork
South Fork
Lodgepole Creek
Clear Creek
Platte
William Coleman
Atention
Baker
California
Oregon
Scott’s Bluff
Washington
Clearcreek Bozeman
Ali
Denver
Rheumatism Cure Promises Breakthrough for 83-Year-Old
An 83-year-old veteran, J. B. Ashelman, says years of rheumatism vanished after following claims about a universal uric acid cure. The ad urges readers to request a free book from Tr. I Clearwater in Hallowell Maine, promising lasting relief without charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Ashelman
Asherman
Ashelman
Clearwater
Hallowell
Maine
State Colleges Plan Federated Union in Montana
Six religious denominations agree on merging the Montana Wesleyan College Helena Billings Polytechnic and College of Montana at Deer Lodge into a single federated Christian college. Leaders from Methodist Baptist Congregational Episcopalian Presbyterian and Disciples churches participated. The plan aims to form a unified state institution at a November meeting in Helena. Dr Gregory J Powell presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Union Christian College
Home Missions Council
Helena
Montana Wesleyan
Billings Polytechnic
That City
College of Montana
Deer Lodge
Presbyterian
Disciples
Butte
C. L. Bovard
Methodist
E. R. Curry
Bozeman
Baptist
Gregory J. Powell
Billings
Congregational
Philip J. Anschutz
Episcopalian
A. L. Chapman
John FE. Shepherd
G. Clifford Cross
Lewistown
Federated Union College
E. J. Greenveld
Alfred Atkinson
Montana State College
Methodist Church
Atkinson
Madison County Population Figures Show Shifts
Government reports indicate Madison County holds 7,485 residents. Twin Bridges leads with 755 people, Sheridan has 638, Virginia City 342, and Pony shows 242 residents, with several towns declining from 1910 levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison County
Twin Bridges
Sheridan
Virginia City
Pony
Indians Cause Trouble and Bozeman Murder Recalled
The passage notes ongoing trouble with Indians and the treacherous murder of J. M. Bozeman in revenge for his road opening activities, now a matter of history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Bozeman
Golden Medical Discovery Roots of a Buffalo Physician
Over fifty years ago a rural physician in the United States treated diseases with surprising success. Dr. Pierce later settled in Buffalo New York and made his Golden Medical Discovery widely available in drug stores. The tonic claimed to cleanse the stomach liver and heart using roots and barks from nature. More than twenty four million bottles have been sold nationwide.
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Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Pierce
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Kirkpatrick
Dillon
James Brady
Misouri
Ed Walters
Mr. Bear
Mr. Bruin
John M. Bozeman
Bozeman Trail
Fort Ellis
Northern Pacific
Union OF Institutions
Billings, Helena
Episcopal
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