Pioneer reminiscences of Montana travel and early figures
Reminiscences recall journeys from Fort Laramie to Montana in 1866, with Clark and Johns sharing frontier routes and hardships. Profiles of Helena, Missoula, Boulder, and other towns highlight early settlers, ore shipments, stage driving, meat trade origins, and a 1867 Missouri River ascent with Rev. Father DeSmet.
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A. P. Curtin
Helena
Curtin
Missouri River
St. Joseph
Fort Benton
Father DeSmet
Montana
Butte Engineer Killed In Auto Crash Near Clancy
Butte mining engineer George Wilson was killed when the car driven by Hugh McLean overturned on a high embankment near Clancy. McLean was slightly injured with a scalp wound and a bruised shoulder. Wilson's neck was broken. The wreck occurred as they traveled from Clancy to Wickes where Wilson was connected with the Mount Washington mine.
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George Wilson
Butte
Hugh McLean
Clancy
Wilson
Mike Sullivan
Alhambra Hot Springs
John G. Thompson
MacLean
Wickes
Wilson Wa
Mount Washington
McLean
Oil Produced by Cat Creek 1921 and 1922 Transmission
Reports to the state public service commission show Cat Creek field oil production exceeding 2.2 million barrels through 1921 and mid-1922. Mutual Oil Company accounted for most deliveries via its Winnett pipeline, with 853,822 received and 861,671 transmitted in the first half of 1922, supporting refinery shipments to Wyoming and Montana plants.
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Cat Creek
State Public Service Commission
Elk Basin Consolidated Petroleum Company
Mutual Oil Company
Elk Basin Consolidated
Mutual Company
Public Service Commission
Winnett
Montana Independent Pipeline Company
Independent
Independent Company
Midwest Refinery Company
Greybull
Lovell
Wyo
Cowley
Mutual
Wyoming
Montana
Pipeline Company
Montana Refining Company
Billings
Weowna Refining Company
Lewistown Oil and Refining Company
Lewistown
Avro Oil and Refining Company
Miles City Refining Company
Bloomington Oil Case Seizure Sparks Theft Attempts
Three attempts were made to steal evidence from Bloomington linked to the trial of Albert Low held in a Colorado jail for the slaying of his sister in law Edna F. Skinner.
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Bloomington, Oil
Albert Low
Greeley
Colo
Edna F. Skinner
Border Men Hunt Highwaymen After Major Bank Robbery
Armed posses scour the Montana and Canadian frontier as six robbers blow open a Foremost bank safe taking 12 000 cash and 70 000 in securities including 50 000 Victory bonds. Clerks Nick McPhee and R Jennings were bound and gagged before the thieves fled into the Sweetgrass hills. Canada Alberta police organize a dragnet. The incident follows warnings from the Canadian Bankers Association of yegg plots across western Canada. Later, note on pink snow reports Grasshopper glacier in Cooke City where a snow fly allegedly turns tracks pink.
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Nick McPhee
R. Jennings
Union
Bank
Sweetgrass Hills
Montana
Canada
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canadian Pacific Railway
McPhee
Jennings, Sr
Jennings
Guthrie
Roe
Alberta
Bow Island
Bavin
Lethbridge
Grasshopper Glacier
Walter Shaw
Cooke City
Frank Alspaugh
Mr. Alspaugh
Italian swimmer fails by two miles in English Channel attempt
Dover reports that Enrique Tiraboc chio of Italy attempted to swim the English Channel but fell short by about two miles. Officials noted the gap near Dover as the channel crossing ended unsuccessfully in challenging conditions.
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Dover
England
Enrique Tirabocchio
Bootleggers Battle Wrecks Homes in Butte Street Fight
Police call the clash a bootleggers battle. Two men were cut and three houses on Hast Platinum street were wrecked by axes. Harold Olson of Everett, Wash. lies in Milwaukee hospital missing his right arm after a fall while trying to board a freight in local yards. A dirty shirt with dynamite traces clues a plot to blow up the Northern Pacific roundhouse. Missoula gunfire targets a shelter for strikebreakers with no casualties except a railroad guard losing a hand. Great Falls deal shows sale of land and contracts to a California firm pending Interior Department approval and a $250000 payment.
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Butte
Bingling
Harold Olson
Everett
Wash
Milwaukee
Thres Forks
Northern Pacific Roundhouse
Missoula
Northern Pacific
Great Falls
Arby Beardslee
Gordon Campbell
Kevin Sunburst
Gordon Campbell-Kevin
California
L. E. Louis
Washington
Department of the Interior
Lincoln Well Drilling Advances In Gordon Campbell Project
Gordon Campbell reports casing set at Lincoln land surface ready to drill in for gas sands. He cites a hard cap rock marker, predicts a 500 barrel daily output, and outlines plans to reach 1800 feet into Campbell sands. He notes Montana oil growth and invites investors to join Gordon Campbell Kevin Syndicate No 2 with 680 acres and two wells.
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Gordon Campbell
Lincoln
Montana
Cap Rock
Lincoln Hole
Braiden
Gordon Campbell-Kevin Syndicate No
Kevin
Gordon Campbell-Kevin Syndicate
Rocky Ridge
Gusher
Gordon Campbell-Kevin Syndicate NO. 2
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Fort Laramie
Mr. Clarke
Virginia City
Colorado
William Johns
F. Tuttle
Boulder
Mr. Tuttle
Tuttle
Plains
Iowa
Salt Lake
Alder Gulch
Venton Hoover, Drummond
Comstock Lode
Nevada
Mr. Hoover
Emigrant Road
Wales
Diamond City
W. R. Pratt
Mr. Pratt
Corinne
Utah
Wells-Fargo Company
West
Ben Falk
Falk
Walla Walla
British Columbia
Mr. Falk
Henry Fulton
Jefferson City
George Beatty
Winston
Beatty
Bannack
Joe Wilson
Three Forks
U. S. Dragons
Idaho
San Antonio
Vera Cruz
Fergus Field
Boundary Bank
Sweetgrass Hells
Central” Avenue
Kind
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Campbell Lincoln
Kevin Payland
Kevin Syndicate
Toole County
Gordon Campbell T
DPAR
Campbell
Venture
City and
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