Great Falls and Teton County Rail Reach Choteau
Great Falls and Teton County railway reaches Choteau elevating the town from frontier status. The main line from Power to Choteau spans 287 miles with about a mile and a half of side track laid. The first train arrived Tuesday morning with construction crews and local crowds marking the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Teton County
Great Falls
Power-Chateau
Montanan
Wallace
J. B. Weaver
Beaupre
Gilbert Blackseth
A. Guthrie & Co
Power
Shelby
Old Pondera
Old Collins
Canada
When the Railroad Comes To Town
Chateau readers revisit a republished poem by Mrs. Chas Franklin and recall Chateau Choteau history as the railroad arrives. The piece notes Isaac Hazlett and Alfred Hamilton's early land patents, the 1883 town plat, and the Hamilton Hazlett store era. It chronicles town growth, additions, and the first train moment for four year old Sidney Franklin, along with rail yard and freight developments and praise from Great Northern officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Pondera
Conrad
Collins
Chateau
Milwaukee Line
E. L. Shields
J. Bywater
E. Thelander
J. J. McMann
L. A. Lang
Hamilton Street
Chas. Franklin
Grace Lewis
Shannon City
Choteau
Priest Butte
Grindstone
Isaac N. Hazlett
Alfred B. Hamilton
Board of Commissioners
Old Choteau County
Ft. Benton
Hamilton & Hazlett
Hamilton
Moore
Hobson
Hazlett
Jackson
County of
Teton
Sidney Franklin
Roy Franklin
Chateau To Ridefen
School Notes Preview Basketball Growth and Club News
The past week sees growing interest in basketball with potential cup success as returning players join new material. A girls glee club forms under Miss Shannon, and the Senior class elects officers. John Burrell visits and performs on piano. A Stickney engine is installed for pumping while a track viewing holiday is granted. Rosa Kirsch misses week due to a family accident, L H Thompson returns from North Dakota after supervising wheat harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon
Chester Trescott
Victor Parker
Masie Crawford
John Burrell
Stickney
Also Mentioned on This Page
Great Falls & Canada
Steels
Chateau Montanian
J. P. Bouscaren
Sun River
Bouscaren
Chateau Montantan
Secretary of State
Montana Northern Railway Company
Frank D. Cooper
C. Wallace Taylor
Oliver G. Cooper
James Gibson
Charles M. Blackman
Ulysses G. Allen
Julius P. Bonscaren
Cascade
F. D. Cooper
C. W. Taylor
A. G. Allen
Spring Creek
Mother Teton
Jennie
Gaskell
Cranston
Gibson
Cayuse
Brogan
Teddy
Hirshberg
Cowgill
Sherburne
Railroad Notes
H. H. Thompson
Limington
R. Budd
Great Northern Railway of
St. Paul
Hickman
B. C. Crooks
Phil J. Cole
Rosa Kirsch
L. H. Thompson
White Earth
North Dakota
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