Mystery of Smith River Valley Hoarded Races and Ancient Beads
The article recounts a Powder River county rodeo where William Rosenthal, son of the Sears president, rode incognito as Bill Rosach and was disqualified after a fall. It then portrays Smith River valley in Montana as a site of historic legends with hot springs and evidence linking Mound Builders and Mayas, beads, flint, and ancient trade, suggesting peaceful ancient peoples and a long, mythic past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadus
Powder River
William Rosenthal
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Chicago
Bill Rosach
Rosenthal
Lew Irion
Bill
Meagher County
Smith River Valley
Montana
Gray Mountain
Missouri
Yucatan
Bulders
Central America
Egypt
Atlantis
Family of Eight Starves as Crowley Arrested for Nonsupport
Richard Crowley, husband and father of seven, caring for a wife and six children, was jailed on nonsupport and drunkenness after police found the family subsisting on a box of crackers in a Butte bar ren shanty. County officials and donors provide food and basics. Crowley, drunk on return from 14 days in the Big Hole country, claimed $15 was stolen from him. his wife said nearly all household goods were sold to feed the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Crowley
Butte
Ergo Street
Crowley
Big Hole
Smith River Named by Lewis and Clark in Jefferson Era
The Smith River was named by Lewis and Clark after the secretary of the navy in Jefferson's cabinet. Later rivals sought the name Deep Creek, but the explorers' name persisted and became widely used. The valley, called The Land of the Spirit by Reds, was kept neutral by many tribes where no war occurred. A great council of western tribes reportedly convened there long before white arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith River
Lewis and Clark
Navy
President Jefferson
Ancient War Soaked Land of the Spirit and Stone
The account describes centuries of clash between Mayas and Mound Builders across North American frontiers. It notes massive fortifications, weapon relics, and brutal battles along a line from Mexico to Montana, with 75 000 skeletons near the Arkansas River and later peaceful Native groups inhabiting the region.
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Rocky Mountains
Mexico
Montana
Arkansas River
Colorado
Red Land
Tragic suicide of 16 year old Winnie Eller in Cascade county
Winnie Eller, 16, a Castner Coulee student, killed herself with a .22 rifle at home after a quarrel with her sister. Her mother said influenza in 1918 left her with temper fits and fragile nerves. the fatal shot was discharged about 2 pm while preparations were made to leave home. The boy brother heard the shot and summoned their mother. the coroner confirmed the head wound and entry through the temple.
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Winnie Eller
Abe Eller
Castner Coulee
Cascade County
Winnie
Cattle Shipments Begin Heavy Volume This Week
James Fitzpatrick loaded 10 carloads of sheep for the eastern market and one train of cattle to Chicago. This first train load of the year follows several smaller shipments via Northern Pacific and C M St P. Stockmen expect most livestock shipments to rise later this month as grass remains plentiful.
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James Fitzpatrick
Chicago
Northern Pacific
New Oil Lamp Offers Free Trial to First Local User
E. P. Johnson of Goo W Lake St Chicago offers a new oil lamp that burns with increased air and electricity. He promises to give one free unit to the first local user who helps introduce it and seeks agents nationwide for distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Johnson
Goo W. Lake St
Chicago
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Lad
Tenderfoot
Powder River Country
Harvard
Matt Bents
Yellowstone
Glacier Parks
Mississippi
Moo
Nile
King Moh
United States
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Valleey
Life Partners
Union of
Nature, Science and
the Farmer
Partnership For Life
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
Animal Kingdom
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