Enlistment Echoes Of 1898 Beaverhead County Company
Recount of Beaverhead county youths joining Company E for service in the Spanish American War. Includes Camp Smith notes May 16 1898 with tent work, vaccinations, and a corrected company roster. Also describes June 1 1898 reception in Dillon for the First Regiment volunteers with patriotic, civic efforts by local women and townsfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Company E
The
Examiner
Camp Smith
Fred Rogers
Butte
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Great Falls
Bozeman
Livingston
Alf Decker
Bedrock
Philippines
L. C. Fyhrie
Broadwater Hotel
Geo. Crowell
Helena
Andrew Jenson
Fred J. Bird
Homer Richards
Charles Virden
Phon. Johnson
George Crowell
Lorenzo Cushing
Osborn McIntosh
Walter Powers
Volunteer Infantry
Pacific Coast
Montana
Dillon Volunteers Receive Warm Reception on Arrival
Four trains bring the Dillon volunteers into town with Col Kessler and staff leading the first section at 6 40. Major Drennan Major Cook Major Miller and Lieut Wallace command the subsequent sections as townspeople provide meals and baskets. The crowd is dense and the evening ends with praise for the organizers and supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Kessler
Drennan
Cook
Miller
Dillon
Lieut
Wallace
Dillon Boys
Montana
How Maginnis Entered Montana
A reminiscence by W. H. Fletcher recalls Capt. Martin Maginnis during Fisk’s 1866 Montana expedition. Fletcher describes the Wild Rice river camp, the split from Fisk, Maginnis’s quiet leadership, and a later night crossing of the Big Muddy with losses including Maginnis’s horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Fletcher
Montana
Dillon Examiner
Fisk
Plains
Martin Maginnis
Maginnis
Fort Abercrombie
H. B. Steele
St. Cloud
Minnesota
Selkirk
Fort Garey
Manitoba
Boundary Line
Bannack
Steele
Omaha
Twisk
Abercrombie
Red River
Capt. Fisk
Mr. Curtis
J. B. Getchel
Wild Rice River
War Department
Wild Rice
Bear Paw Mountain
Capt. Steele
Big Muddy
Fort Union
Major Maginnis
Helena City
W. H. Fletcher
Sauk Rapids
Minn
St. Paul
Fort Berthold
C. T
the Pioneer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Richard Wells
Albert Johnson
Camas
Nelson
Robert Robins
Alfred Cashmore
W. H. Mace
A. Allen
Ray Conger
A. Anderson
E. H. Boyd
G. T. Banks
O. F. Grant
H. B. Graham
D. C. Hines
John Hawke
C. S. Hahstis
J. M. Harney
P. Harrington
E. Heberlein
W. K. Ireland
Bob Johnson
H. Kiser
J. P. Lennox
E. Loucks
R. H. Longwell
J. W. Lloyd
M. W. Leaton
J. J. McDonald
J. H. McQuarry
Oscar McIntosh
J. C. Nedrow
J. L. Banks
A. L. Banks
W. D. Brown
H. Bode
F. Bosbridge
H. Chamberlain
J. Cavanah
W. Chattee
W. H. Dudley
D. Doyle
A. Ehrick
J. Enright
R. H. Fielder
A. Frick
E. Feltman
A. Fyhrie
E. Fifer
B. Freeman
Rob. Foster
H. C. Fall
R. Gray
Jens Nelson
Otto Olsen
A. Peterson
M. Pendergast
E. Powell
Wagoner
J. M. Phelan
J. I. Pearson
C. M. Rabb
E. Shefer
A. Sullivan
J. H. Selzer
J. W. Schultz
J. S. Taylor
F.walker
John Wines
G. D. Winslow
E. B. Williamson
R. H. Waddill
G. W. Wade
C. W. Zeigler
Holmes
Wisk
Fort Benton
Charles Stuart
Charles R. Stuart
APN
First National Bank
B. F. White
J. H. Gilbert
Bannack Street
Dillon, Montana
Montana Hardware and Implement Co
North Idaho Street
Pastime Theatre
Sam Arndts
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