Chieftain Red Fox Skinhusha Addresses Butte Church
Chief Red Fox Skinhusha of the Blackfeet tribe spoke in full regalia without war paint at a Butte church address on Indians views of whites and democracy. He cited 300000 Indians with 6500 in uniform, noted extensive liberty loans, and urged American patriotism while calling for better mutual understanding.
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Red Fox Skinhusha
Butte
New York
Red Fox
Columbia University
United States
Whitehall
Tepee Order of America
Old Overland Stage Drivers of Montana and Their Tales
Montana pioneers recall famed Overland drivers whose fearless service carried mail and passengers along the Salt Lake City to Virginia City route opened by Ben Holladay in 1864. Notable figures include Bob Martin alias Frank Williams, Colonel Bill Trotter, Sam Getts, and Bishop West, with Williams later executed for a stage holdup.
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Salt Lake City
Virginia City
Ben Holladay
King of the Overland
Salt Lake
Holladay
Spotswood
Atchison
California
Forts Kearney
Laramie
South Platte River
Julesburg
Montana
West
Bob Martin
Frank Williams
Martin
Kansas
Big Sandy
Liberty Farm
Fort Kearney
Frank Williama
Williams
James Brown
L. F. Carpenter
David Dinan
W. L. Mers
A. J. McCausland
A. S. Parker
Charles Parks
Dinan
McCausland
Mers
Parks
Parker
Carpenter
Brown
Overland
Bill” Trotter
Old Windsor
Boulder
Jefferson County
Trotter
Concord
Old Julesburg
Colorado
Slade
Jules
O’fallon’s Bluffs
Willow Island
Getts
Sam V. Getts
Cascade
Cascade County
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Ed. B. Kilburn
Bishop’’ West
Pony Express
Bishop” West
Rodney P. West
Burbank Super Wheat Harvested Turns Up Question of Superiority
The Bozeman agronomy department harvested its Burbank super wheat trial plot. Seed supplied by Luther Burbank was planted among eighteen fall varieties. Yield ranked twelfth at 54.6 bushels per acre, far below Montana 36 at 82.6, suggesting the new variety is not clearly superior after one year of testing.
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Agronomy
Bozeman
Burbank
Luther Burbank
California
Montana
Rare Wheat Specimen Proves Productive In Montana Tests
County Agent Scott of Musselshell County secured one bushel of banned Turkey Red wheat for experiments from a world supply of five bushels. The strain, developed by Kansas Agricultural College, is hardy and suited to Montana and drier areas. Seed distributed to growers. next year more will be distributed for exhaustive tests. Farmer Fred Metzger plans 40 acres with Burbank wheat, noting excellent yield and heads with many grains per head.
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Scott
Musselshell County
Kansas Agricultural College
Montana
Fred Metzger
Rothiemay
Burbank
Laws Enacted in Montana's Early Territorial Days
Montana's 1864 1866 sessions produced odd laws shaping towns. Provisions created night watchmen authorities in Helena and office firemen for sessions. First census pay and Lord's Day observance followed. Trout fishing rules limited gear and penalties. Gambling, river navigation, and concealed weapons laws framed early governance.
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Montana
Territorial Legislative Assembly
Helena
Thomas Francis Meagher
Gover
Edgerton County
Lewis and Clark County
Legislative Assembly
Montana Pioneer Leader Hoffman Elected Society President
Charles Wheeler Hoffman, longtime Bozeman resident and prominent banker and rancher, was elected president of the Montana Society of Pioneers at the annual meeting in Anaconda. He has deep roots in Gallatin valley and half a century in Bozeman.
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Bozeman
Anaconda
Charles Wheeler Hoffman
Montana Society of Pioneers
Gallatin Valley
Montana pioneer Hoffman served as state senator and fort trader
The article traces William Hoffman a longtime Gallatin County figure from 1889 to 1904 as state senator and Bozeman alderman. It recounts his frontiers life from Fort Randall to Fort Buford, where he was post trader and fur trade center participant, later presiding as Bozeman National Bank president and managing farming interests.
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Gallatin
Bozeman
Hoffman
Montana
Missouri River
Fort Randall
Dakota
Fort Buford
Yellowstone River
Post Mercantile
Buford
Senator Hoffman
Northwest Fur Company
Durfee & Peck
Charles Larpenteur
Hereford Breeders Form Montana Association
Enthusiastic meeting of registered Hereford cattle breeders in Montana at Helena leads to permanent Montana Hereford Breeders Association. Hal B. Ives of Helena elected state president. Other officers include George B. Cook vice president L Chatterton secretary treasurer and Lester H. Thompson D A Carlock George B. Franks Frank G. Doll and Ben Cardwell as board members.
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Montana
Helena
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Montana Pioneers
Western Plains
Wiliams
Denver
Cherry Creek
West and
Tenderfoot
W. N. Byers
Rocky
Mountain News
Bill Lrotver
Old Windsor Hotel
Honolulu
New England
Bishop
Virginia Canyon
Idaho Springs
Bannack
Jake de Hart
Upper Missouri Navigation
Upper
Missouri
Fort Benton
Three Forks
Gallatin Cit
N. W. Burris
G. W. Stapleton
John D. Ritchie
A. V. Brookie
F. Moore
B. S. Peabody
Richard F Lawless
C. W. Hoffman
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Great Falls
1St National Bank
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