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Pike Sandusky and Johnny Curry Sit in Montana Legend
In Phillips County Montana a wind swept plateau holds two graves near Sandusky. Pike Sandusky founder of the town and Johnny Curry brother of Kid Curry lie buried after years of frontier fame. Sandusky famed for generosity and fierce temper survived a Sioux kidnapping and a fatal shootout that ended when Kid Curry killed him in Sandusky's saloon. Johnny Curry, once armed with a rifle seeking to kill rancher Jim Winters, was killed in a later feud and avenged by Kid Curry. The piece traces Sandusky's 1860s trapping days with John Wirt, near the Musselshell, and Sioux encounters culminating in a legendary frontier life.
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Little Rocky Mountains
Phillips County
Sandusky
Little Rockies
Pike Sandusky
Johnny Curry
Kid” Curry
Curry
Jake
Montana
Missouri
Jim Winters
Winters
Judith Basin
Musselshell
Yellowstone
Milk River
Jen Jake
John Wirt
Wirt
Sandusky and Wirt
Holly Flat
Car- Toll
Pike
Crow Country
Lan
Andusky
Landusky
John B. Ritch
Lewistown
Dusky
Pilke
William Cantrell
Wolfer
Poplar River
Hamilton
John Healy
Flatwillow Creek
Healy
Chouteau County
White Calf
Reed
la Palme
Maiden
Judith Mountains
Fergus County
Descry
Malden
Pony McPartlan
Louis and
Frank Aldrich
Alder
EH Shelby
Great Falls
William Skillen
Alder Gulch
Montana Gulch
Bob Orman
Rocky Point
Fort Benton
Norker
Granville Stuart
Pioneer Cattle Co
Teddy Blue
George Treat
Kid
Jim Thornhill
Jew Jake