Reminiscences of Dillon's Old Court House Landmark
A Pipe Dreamers club meeting recalls Dillon Montana's first courthouse, its pipe dream era, and a history of trials, lynchings, and notable figures. Narratives cover the building’s lifecycle from schoolhouse to county offices and library, and flashback to a 1883 lynching and later civic scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pipe Dreamers
Beaverhead County
Tom Landers
Court House
Dillon
Montana
T. M. Selway
A. C. Williams
Bannack Street
Selway Ranches
Quinn
Mr. Williams
Orin Rafferty
Bannack
Banmack
Episcopal Church of Montana
John A. Jessrang
Jessrang
W. H. Davidson
Davidson
Glendale
Dewey
Missoula Brakeman Files Bankruptcy Petition
J. T. Berkheimer a freight train brakeman of Missoula filed a bankruptcy petition in U S court listing liabilities to several creditors in Montana and Kansas. Wool prices at Great Falls rise sharply as producers cheer a tightening market and expect further price gains amid a current shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Berkheimer
Missoula
United States Court
B. H. Paul
Great Falls
Prospects Bright in Cable Mountain District Ore Belief
Paul Jahnke of Bristow visits Dillon and discusses mining plans in the Flint Creek Cable mountain area. He notes a gold bar shipment, a tunnel reaching 1000 feet with two veins at 750 feet, and a slide containing an estimated 50 000 tons of ore with gold values. The plan includes building a mill to process several hundred tons weekly once funding is raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessrang
Glendale
Dillon
Minnie Smith
Mickus
Charles Hirschman
Beaverhead County
Tribune
Paul Jahnke
Bristow
Butte
Bitter Root
Mr. Jahuke
South Fork
Big Hole
Flint Creek
Cable District
Jahnke
Flint Creek Mining Company
Cable Mountain
S. Saier
Cable Mountain District
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THE
Dillon Pipe Dreamers
Dave Reinhardt
Tom Jones
Jones
Beaverhead
Lynch
Thomas Harding
Kennedy
Melrose
Ferguson
Harding
W. Y. Pemberton
R. B
Supreme Court
Jack Jolly
Surguson
Dart
Tribunal of Justice
Monida
Emerson Hill
Red Rock
Joseph Berkheimer, Sr
Corbin
Kan
Samuel Burneides
Joseph Buck
Lakeview
Mont
Standard
Briston
Mountain District
Dillon Furniture Co
G. T.paul
F. E. T. Broeck
Christiansen
Kentucky Avenue
Vine Street
Dillon, Mont
B.F. White
R. A. Sullivan
First National Bank
F. Graves
Wm. Ror
A. Ll. Sronz
State Bank of Dillon
Dillon, Montana
United States
Europe
F.L. Graves
Ws. Rez
Martin Barrett Jos. Shineberger
A. F. Graeter
A. L. Stong
Edwin Norris
Attorney-at-Law
Examiner
A. L. Bapcon
N. G, W.F. Casamorr
Upper
Montana St
Salt Lake Port
Dillon Lumber Co
J. B. Mickinney
Maurice A. Walker, M. D
Metlen
Sheep Creek Basin
Harry Andrus
Dillon Examiner
Fifth Judicial District
State of
Andrew Nelson
August Wenger
W. S. Barbour
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