Mineral county gold camps reveal life and legends along early frontier
veteran prospector Andy Leonard recalls rich districts along Clark's Fork and St. Regis with historic roadhouses, Mullan road platoons, and the 1868 Cayuse creek strike sparked by Louis Barrette and Lanthier. Early settlers like the Alberts and Browns shaped Alberton and Silver City as mining drew travelers toward Idaho camps.
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William West
Andy Leonard
Mineral County
Treffly LaCasse
Missoula
R. McCrudden
Kid
Saltese
Brown
Alberts
Frenchtown
Clark’s Fork
Columbia
Clark's Fork
St. Regis
Mullan Road
McCabe
Peter Rabbit
Mullan’s Gulch
Rothschilds
Superior
St. Regis House
Packer Creek
Meyers
Silver City
Idaho
Continental Divide
Pacific Coast
Yellowstone Trail
Louis A. Barrette
California
Old St. Joe
Barrette
Couer d’Alene
Montana
Mullan
Barette
Cedar Creek
Cayuse Creek
Monsieur Lanthier
Lanthier
Rube Latimer
Cedar Creek Gold Rush Ghost Towns of Montana
The Cedar Creek placer camps near Missoula drew up to 10,000 miners in winter 1870 with Forest City as the largest hub. Pack trains, saloons, and Wells Fargo offices flourished until 1873 when camps moved toward Mayville, leaving ghost towns and abandoned gear along the streams.
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Missoula
Cedar Creek
Montana
Forest City
Alder Gulch
Cedar Creek Placers
Mayville
Chinee
China
Louis Barrette
Frenchtown
Cedar Creek Placer Mining Co
Paradise
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific Railroad
Mineral County
Old Silver City
Saltese
Lothrop
Sumor
DeBorgia
St. Regis
St. Regis DeBorgia
Idaho
Little Bitter Root Mountains
Tenderfoot
West Pullman Strike remembered in Livingston saga
The 1894 Pullman strike disrupted Livingston with 13 days of halted trains and tied mail. Guards and a martial law context colored the scene as Captain Lockwood’s forces clashed with local residents, while Coxey’s Army visits and nearby mining lore add to a vivid era of prairie upheaval and camp life.
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West
Walter ED Taylor
Livingston
Pullman
Northern Pacific
American Railway Union
Pullman Co
Wes
Mileshall
Albermarle
Yellowstone Park
Bozeman
Livington
Conrow
Park County
Lockwood
Captain Lockwood
Jim Bridger Geyser Steals Show at Norris Basin
An new geyser near Fan in Norris Geyser basin erupts aggressively, taking water and attention from the long famed Fan geyser. The crowd labels the newcomer Jim Bridger, noting its bold display and dominance over the Fan this season.
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Jim Bridger Geyser
Spouter
Jim Bridger
Yellowstone Park
Norris Geyser
Bridger
Norris
Doughboy's wartime tale set for Caldwell readers
The late Carl Noble of Grass Range wrote a life with a supply company behind the lines. The Montana story, compiled for grammar grades by Cax ton Printers Caldwell Idaho, recounts his front lines service in France and his hospital bed reflection. The book, edited by Grace Stone Coates with a foreword, follows Noble’s return to Montana and family life after the war.
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Montana
Caxton
Caldwell
Ida
Carl Noble
Grass Range
France
Veterans' Hospital, Fort Harrison
Noble
Spokane
Fort Russell
Billings
Moccasin
Sveningeson
Goodby
Hillstrand
Great Falls
Lewistown
Ben Moulton
Ben
Carl
Bing
Grass Range Revieew
Meuse
St. Mihiel
Ganass
Cortland, O
Grace Stone Coates
Join the Junior G Man Corps for free prizes
A vintage ad urges readers to send two Post Toasties tops with a coupon to Melvin Purvis to receive a Junior G Man badge a big manual a 24 carat gold finish ring and catalogs of free prizes. It touts Post Toasties as crunchy corn flakes made by General Foods with a breakfast endorsement from Purvis.
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Gallo
Melvin Purvis
America
Paul
Joan
SOL
General Foods
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