Montana pioneers trace Franklin era bones on frozen trail
The narrative recalls Bill and Buck Buchanan, Montana settlers who chased gold in the Moccasin mountains and later joined Arctic ventures linked to Sir John Franklin. Their adventures span the 1860s Montana camps to the doomed Franklin expedition, with stories of capture, escape, and peril on northern questing voyages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Sir John Franklin
Bill
Buck” Buchanan
California
Buchanan Brothers
Seven Seas
Bill Buchanan
Mocassin Mountains
Judith Basin
Franklin
Northwest Passage
Arctic
Buchanans
Buck" Buchanan
John Franklin
Rae
Lady Franklin
Fox
England
Gore
King William’s Land
Lancaster Strait
Behring Strait
America
Rocky Mountains
Bill” Buchanan
Moccasin Mountains
Spirit of Meagher Inspires Fighting Sixty ninth Brigade
A historical overview of Meagher's Irish Brigade and the Fighting Sixty-ninth's rise in New York, its Civil War battles including Malvern Hill Antietam and Gettysburg, Meagher's later Montana tenure and death, and memorials in Helena. The piece connects Meagher's legacy to a New York regimental heritage and enduring memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Missouri River
Thomas Francis Meagher
Territorial
Montana
Meagher
New York City
Mmory
New York
Europe
Sixty-ninth
Charles §. Roe
Michael Corcoran
Corcoran
Prince of Wales
King Edward
Fort Sumpter
United States
War Department
Morgan
Robert Nugent
B. V. Summer
McClellan
Richmond
Malvern Hill
Porter
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Marye
Chancellorsville
Fifth Maine
Secretary of War
Ntator
Gettysburg
Wheat Field
Little Round Top
Pickett
Father Corby
Wilderness
Spottsylvania
Virginia City
Sidney Edgerton
England
Ireland
Young Ireland Party
van Dieman’s Land
Tasmania
Mokler Politician and Millionaire of Wyoming
A. J. Mokler, former Montana newspaper man, built a Wyoming fortune, served Casper as mayor, chaired the Republican state central committee, and declined the gubernatorial nomination. He sold Great Falls interests to move west, expanding into Casper real estate and oil holdings, now building apartment blocks as a prominent oil-town citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Mokler
Montana
Wyoming
Casper
Republican State Central Committee of
Mokler
Great Falls
Casper Press
Mohler
Rooseveltt
Salt Creek Country
Mrs. T. J. Walsh Dies in Baltimore After Illness
Mrs. T. J. Walsh wife of U S Senator Walsh died in Baltimore after a several week illness following a minor operation. She was well known in Montana where she had resided for many years and had many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Walsh
United States
Senator Walsh
Baltimore
Walsh
Montana
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Pershing
B. C. White
Buffalo
Harold M. White
West Point
Sixteenth Infantry
Harold McClare White
Fergus County
White
Charles EF. McClare
Montana Flour Mills Company
Lewistown
Harlowtown
Lieutenant White
Barlow Cheadle
EH. K. Cheadle
Ancon
Panama
Harry O. Willard
Fifth Cavalry
Camp Stewart
Texas
John Rae
Hudson Bay Company
H. M. White
Svate
Great Falls Tribune
Flowerree Sheep & Horse Company
Miles City
Jtelégraph
Flowerree Sheep & Horse Co
Lowry
Safety First
First National
First National Bank
Helena
Montana Capital
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