Round Butte's Ghosts and a Sioux War Party Tale
A frontier trio settles near Round Butte on the Musselshell in 1871 72. They hunt trap and build a shack while watching Indian forays from the ridge. A Christmas dinner ends with Will slain as attackers assault the cabin, Batte rcake Jim and Slim surviving and later selling out, sending Will’s keepsakes to Milly.
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Upper
Missouri
Round Butte
Musselshell River
Sieur de la Verendrie
Batter-cake Jim
Will Long
Pennsylvania
Slim
Jim
Will
Battercake
Thompson Hickman Memorial Building to House Virginia City Relics
The Thompson Hickman Memorial building at Virginia City will open by year’s start as a two story granite museum and public library. Donated by William B. Thompson in memory of R O Hickman the project preserves relics from Montana’s gold camp era including a mas ter's chair faro layout Club Foot Lane’s skull and other period artifacts.
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Thompson-Hickman Memorial
Virginia City
Northwest
Montana
Great Wilderness
Virginia City Public
William B. Thompson
R. O. Hickman
Thompson-Hickman
Faro Bank
Faro
George Lane
Walker
Butte Man Seeks Annulment After Nine Years
In district court at Butte Charles Lawlor seeks to annul a nine year old marriage to a San Francisco woman. He believed she was a widow when married but she later revealed her first husband is alive. The wife admits she thought her first husband died in an earthquake but has since learned he is alive. They have arranged a division of property accumulated since moving to Butte.
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Will
Milly
Butter-cake
Fort Benton
West
Long
Battercake
Butte
Enoch Arden
Charles Lawlor
San Francisco
Lawlor
Butte Officers Find Jar of Gold Hidden in Home
Federal agents searching a Butte residence for liquor discovered a fruit jar initially thought to hold alcohol. The jar contained $375 in gold, the homeowner’s savings hidden in the cellar due to distrust of banks. He disclosed the number and denominations, and the money was returned.
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Butte
Separate Montana ballots to be kept apart at election
Attorney General Ford issues instructions requiring twelve separate ballots for the general election in Montana. Each voter receives all ballots separately and they must not be fastened together until the voter casts the ballot.
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Montana
8. C. Ford
Roundup sale planned at Montana pavilion in Great Falls
The pavilion association directors met in Great Falls to plan a roundup sale for dairy cattle. Owners with cattle for sale should contact secretary Chester C. Davis at box 1726 Great Falls to enter. All entries must be disease free. A second meeting may be called to set a sale date if entries justify it. Four to five sales, with two purebred hog sales, are in prospect.
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Montana Livestock ‘Pavilion
Pavilion Association
Great Falls
Chester C. Davis
S. Ford
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Musselshelk
Woodhawk
Virginia City Museum
W. B. Thompson
Richard Hickman
Henry’s Lake
Joseph
Quartermaster
Postum Cereal Co,Inc
Battle Creek,Mich
Seady
Whey
Batiey
Kovie
Carnation
Ors
Fall Cattle
DR. William’s Sanatorium
University Ave. S. E
Minneapolis, Minn
Hickory
Great Northwest
Kelley-How-Thromson CO. Wholesale Hardware Dept
Duluth, Minnesota
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