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Pioneer Montana Post helps shape state press and law
Fifty years ago Montana Post editor Henry Blake faced a clash with acting governor Meagher over territorial apportionment and civil rule. The duel scare faded as diplomacy and shared service in the Army of the Potomac forged lasting friendship and a press influence that helped guide Montana toward statehood.
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Henry N. Blake
Montana Post
Thomas Francis Meagher
Congress
Montana
Post
John Buchanan
Virginia City
Justice
Thomas J. Dimsdale
Blake
Disciples of Blackstone
Territorial Assembly
First
Legislative Assembly
Meagher
Army of the Potomac
Territorial Guards
Missouri
Fort Benton
Daniel W. Tilton
Benjamin R. Dittes
Helena
Judge Blake
Salt Lake
Dr. Cook
Admiral Peary
Green Clay Smith
Andrew Johnson
E. Creighton
Omaha
Hugh ‘McQuaid
Helena Independent
Harry Norton
New Northwest
Deer Lodge
J. H. Mills
Peter Rowan
Montana Democrat
Flathead Reservation
Rowan
H. T. Brown
Butte Miner
James H. Mills
H. N. McGuire
Bozeman
The
Democrat
the Post
Jelfing Quads