Athabasca Dick Enlists After Being Writ Large
A burly woodsman, Lyle Darling known as Athabasca Dick, enlisted in the infantry at Great Falls and is now at Camp Dodge with a hip injury. He once guided Robert W. Service on 400 miles of Mackenzie river travel, inspiring a poem about his northern exploits and a notorious incident with Jackpot Jim ending in river danger and a whiskey-saving rescue.
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United States Army
Great Falls
Robert W. Service
Rolling Stone
Athabasca Dick
Lyle Darling
Darling
Camp Dodge
Service
Mackenzie River
Mackenzie
Peace
Athabasca
Edmonton
Jackpote Jim
North
Jackpot Jim
Montana stalks star athlete McIntosh in 1902 Dillon showdown
John H. McIntosh, famed Butte sport writer and Montana figure, first rose to fame by winning the state middleweight boxing title in Dillon on July 4, 1902. He then boxed for a $1,000 purse against a heavyweight blacksmith, enduring gruelling rounds before triumphing and earning lasting local fame.
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Montana
John H. McIntosh
Butte
Northwest
McIntosh
Butte Inter-Mountain
Butte Evening Post
Milly Adams
Dillon
W. A. Jones
Beaverhead County
Pugilist
Idaho
Robinson
Police
Stone
Beaverhead
Langford Peel the Wests Noted Gunfighter Dies in Helena
The Helena cemetery holds Langford Peel a famed Nevada gunfighter who died in 1867. Born in Liverpool he befriended Conley and Rucker in Leavenworth during a harsh winter later losing fortune in Salt Lake City. Peel earned a reckless reputation for swift draws and fierce duels, with legends of Muchacho and Paddock shaping his wary career.
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Langford Peel
Helena
Montana
Nevada
Liverpool
Peel
Peel Peel
Kansas
Missouri
Leavenworth
Conley
Rucker
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake House
Robinson
Salt Lake
Dave
Peel Kills
California
Carson City
West
Virginia City
Muchacho
Tom Daly
Billy Maguire
Muchaco
Dick Paddock
Paddock
el Dorado
Johnny
Pat Lannan
Lannan
John Bull
Bull
Indian Creek
Hurley & Chase
Montana posters urge county unit system for equal schooling
State education officials at the Montana state fair display compare wealthy and poor districts, urging county unit systems to balance school funding. Posters note 1,500 Montana children lacked school access, and highlight low rural teacher pay versus city wages. Officials press open year schooling, higher salaries, and increased taxes to reform the system.
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Montana
Helena
May Trumper
Chouteau County
Butte
Fergus County
State Department
Committee On Education of the
National Association
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Hudson Bay
Jim
Ience Him
Cof
Miller
Sweden
Russia
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