Montana Enlists and Old West Photographer Featured
Harvey Preston Dwight, son of State Senator Reuben Dwight of Montana, joins the coast artillery, transfers to field artillery, sails for France, and arrives August 20. L. A. Huffman, eastern Montana pioneer and official army photographer at Fort Keogh, preserves plains life in 6,000 pictures and in a new book with poet Charles Badger Clark Jr titled Sun and Saddle Leather.
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Reuben Dwight
Artillery
New York Harbor
Montana
Harvey Preston Dwight
Perma
Dwight
Coast Artillery
Fort Worden
Wash
Field Artillery
Fort Bliss
Fort Totten
Long Island
France
Saratoga
Missoula
Clinton
Plains
Miles City
Old Cowtown
L. A. Huffman
Old West
Huffman
Shep
Iron Horse
Custer
Yellowstone
Nelson A. Miles
Fort Keogh
Rockies
Cow
Charles Badger Clark, Jr
Senator
Artillery Corps
Smith Drives To Victory At Montana State Fair Speedway
Stanley Smith of the Smith river ranch won a $1,000 speedway race at the state fair in Helena defeating Jimmy Reynolds of Boulder Springs in a 11 mile march. Smith used his Ford 50 50 to lap Reynolds and claim the win amid crowd chatter and rain.
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Jimmy Reynolds
Boulder
Stanley Smith
Montana
Smith River
Boulder Springs
Fair Speedway
Smith
Reynolds
Jimmy
Helena
J. Stanley
Placer Hotel
Boulder Hot Springs
Meagher County
Ringling
Bill
Smith River Valley
Polite Description Reveals Green’s True Disposition
A brief exchange finds Green described as “all right when you get to know him” which reads as a polite cue that he can be disagreeable. The dialogue hinges on social propriety and the hint of stubborn behavior.
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Missouri
Question of a man's success hinges on good judgment
A maxim states that every successful man owes his achievement to sound judgment. The proverb links prudence in decisions with career advancement, suggesting careful insight underlies notable outcomes.
Scout who piloted Terry to Custer battlefield lies in unmarked grave
The grave of Muggins Taylor, scout and frontiersman who carried the first information to Fort Ellis during the Custer campaign, lies unmarked in Boot Hill cemetery near Coulson. Taylor, famed for bravery and reliability, guided patrols, met Indians, and helped relay messages after the Little Big Horn battle.
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Terry
Custer Battlefield
Boot Hill
Coulson
Yellowstone River
Billings
Wes
Muggins Taylor
Little Big Horn
Fort Ellis
Bozeman
Taylor
Yellowstone
Iron Horse
Billings and Central Montana Railroad
Montana
Crow Country
Gibbons
Custer
Long Hair
Far West
Doane
Yellowstone Valley
Big Horn
Jacobs
Bradley
Freeman
Fort Pease
General Gibbons
Tullock Creek
Reno
Bostwick
Williamson
Crow
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Peagie
Harvey P. Dwight
Mr. Huffman
Boastful
Idah
Gulf
Powder River
Howse
Flinders
Mays
First
Great Falls
First National
First National Bank
Violet
Dinary
Great West
Mr. Farmer
Banking Corporation
Northwest
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