Big Horn Basin water project boosts 1941 production gains
The Heart mountain division of the Shoshone irrigation project will deliver water to 14,000 acres in 1942 as part of a 41,000 acre expansion in the Big Horn Basin. Construction advances, CCC labor, and ongoing canal and lateral work drive settlement, population growth in Cody and Powell, and projected needs for 2,000 new residents and 500 homes as irrigation expands.
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Big Horn
Heart Mountain
W. F. Kemp
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Wyoming
Kemp
Cody
Powell
Wyo
Garland
Frannie
Willwood
Oregon Basin
Heart Mountain Division
Shoshone Canyon
Shoshone Dam
Shoshone Reservoir
Heart Mountain Canal
Oregon Basin Canal
CCC
Corbett
CCC Ip
Arrival of First Trains at Anaconda and Butte
The 1880s rail era brought Anaconda and Butte into steam with the first narrow gauge line crossing the continental divide via Monida. Early freighters, varied outfits, and the rise of the Utah and Northern connections forged Montana commerce. Notable figures include How ard Sebree and B F White who helped establish banks and state leadership as Anaconda grew into a railroad town by 1884.
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Montana
Iron Horse
Treasure State
Beaver Canyon
Idaho
Pleasant Valley
Continental Divide
Monida
Gilner & Salisbury Stage Line
Pacific Railroad
Corinne
Utah
Howard Sebree
Union
Central Pacific
Utah & Northern Railroad
Ogden
Dillon, Mont
Jay Gould
Utah & Northern
Sebree & Ferris
Dillon
Sebree
White
First National Bank of
A. L. Kempland
Marcus Daly
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Missouri
Union Pacific
Echo Canyon
West End
Kempland
Butte
Anaconda Company
Doddridge
St. Clair
W. R. Doddridge
W. J. Hemphill
W. P. P. St. Clair
Charles Atkins
L. O. Leonard
Butte and Anaconda Visit Recalled in Historic Tale
The article recounts a 1880s tour of Anaconda leaders including Daly and Knowles visiting the town and its vast smelter, followed by a banquet. It quotes a Dillon Tribune travel piece from 1881 describing rail expansion north toward Melrose and business growth at Melrose and Glendale with Hecla mining operations.
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Viands
Messrs. Daly
Doddridge
Knowles
Irvin
Butte
Ana
Conda
Anaconda
Dillon Tribune
Melrose
The
Tribune
Dillon
Birch Creek
College to Solicit Funds in 3 States
Concordia college launches a campaign to raise 350000 to pay bonded indebtedness on Fjelstad hall and to build a new library and a physical education plant with an auditorium. The Golden Jubilee Gift will be solicited among 36 Lutheran conferences in Minnesota North Dakota and Montana from May 10 to May 18. Six speaker teams will present plans at church circuit meetings March 17 to 26.
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Fjelstad Hall
Concordia College
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
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McCarty
Anon
Glendale
Mel
Knippenberg
Glen
Sally Victor
Olive Deering
Wetuuray Escarta
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Boote
Boote's Hatcheries, Inc
Worthington, Minn
College
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Uncle Sam
Southland
West
AIR Lines
Owi
Harney
Grant Counties
Oregon
Cassia County
Pacific Live Stock Company
Miller and Lux Incorporated
G. N. Jameson
Burns
Miller & Lux Incorporated
Merchants Exchange
San Francisco
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