Miles City Saddler Al Furstnow’s Montana Legend
Al Furstnow, famed saddler of Miles City, rose to prominence in the cattle era. He crafted the first flower stamped saddle in Montana for Lord Sidney Pagett and Leigh Remington, later outfitted Buffalo Bill, and helped build Miles City’s enduring cow town legacy.
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Fort Keogh
Miles City
Europe
France
Milestown
Powder River Country
Judith Basin
Milk River Valley
Old Milestown
Powder River
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al Furst
Furst
Leigh Remington
Remington Arms Company
Furstnow
Omaha
G. H
J. S. Collins
Nebraska
Buffalo Bill
Paris
Cheyenne
San Francisco
Robbins& Lehoir Saddlery Company
Frank Conley to lead Montana highway construction drive
Frank Conley of Deer Lodge, longtime Montana penitentiary warden and Deer Lodge mayor, is named to supervise the state's vast new highway system. Known for discipline and road work via convict labor, Conley brings 33 years at the Deer Lodge prison and 22 years as mayor, with a prison band, brick plant, and parole program shaping a landmark public project.
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Frank Conley
Deer Lodge
Powell
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Stewart
Conley
West
Corley
United States
Tom Irvine
Custer County
Miles City
Jack
Miles
Crook
Lame Deer
Elges
Irvine
Yellowstone
Powder River
Tom McTague
Conley and McTague
Tris N Contractors
Insane Asylum
Warm Springs
Pardon Board
Pris
America
Conley pledges bold Montana trunk highway plan
Frank Conley of Deer Lodge as Montana Highway Commission chair outlines a shift from dirt to gravel roads and long trunk routes. He says the federal highway funds, estimated at 1 to 2 million dollars, require a state match. Conley urges counties to bond and spend their road funds on side roads to complement the main highways, with a conference in Billings this week and work to start this year.
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Conley
Montana
Deer Lodge
Frank Conley
Montana Highway Commission
Billings
New Rockford Cut-Off Could Extend Great Northern
The New Rockford extension of the Great Northern in eastern Montana may resume this season. The 150 mile New Rockford to Watford cut-off and the Chippewa to Richey segment would connect New Rockford to Great Falls, creating a shorter route. The 300 mile project, with Missouri river bridge, could cost 12 to 15 million dollars, according to railroad engineers. Federal Manager W P Kenney visiting Montana is said to indicate resumption, though Great Northern officials report no official confirmation and doubt funding.
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Montana
Watford
Chippewa
Richey
New Rockford
Great Falls
Missouri River
W. P. Kenney
Montana cattle shipments to midwest markets rise in 1917 1918
D W Raymond secretary of the Montana Stockgrowers Association reports that over two thirds of a million cattle were shipped from Montana to Chicago St Paul and Omaha in 1917 1918 driven by short grass and drought. He notes poor railroad service and muddy yards at river markets marked 1918 conditions.
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D. W. Raymond
Stockgrowers' Association
Montana
Chicago
St. Paul
Omaha
Montana Stock Growers’ Association
State Livestock Commission
Raymond
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al. Furst
Civilized World
Mexico
Feed World
PD. W. Raymond
Postum
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