Life of Jack Monroe Bridges Montana History and West
Jack Monroe, now in his eighties, has a storied life linking Montana history to the present. A former jockey and Glacier Park guide, he recounts early gold camps, Grinnell, Pinchot, Roosevelt era friends, and a long friendship with Henry Stimson. He helped start Boot Hill at Gold Butte and preserves a wealth of frontier memories with ongoing ties to the Blackfeet reservation and Glacier region.
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Westbutte
Sweet Grass Hills
Jack Monroe
Montana
Monroe
Wyoming
Utah Territory
Pony Express
Blackfeet Reservation
Rodney Barnes
Barnes
Gold Butte
Boot Hill
Park
James Willard Schultz
Frank B. Linderman
Grinnel
Toole
George Byrd Grinnel
Glacier
Theodore Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
United States Forest Service
Pinchot
Swan River Country
Pennsylvania
Henry Stimson
Stimson
Gen
George Marshall
Army
United States
Cut Bank
Glacier Park Service
Perilous Visit to Sitting Bull Camp by Norris and Diehl
In 1881 Col. G. R. B. Norris and Chicago reporter Charles S. Diehl, guided by Major Ilges, rode toward Sitting Bull to deliver a ration offer to the Yanktonais and his camp. They faced hostile braves, removed uniforms, and survived a tense halt before Sitting Bull granted a cautious hearing. The subsequent campaign against the Yanktonais led to surrender, freezing hardships, and mass prisoner transport.
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Sitting Bull
Col. G. RB
Bill) Norris
Montana
Norris
Fort Benton
Thomas A. Cummings
Idaho
Wolf Point
Poplar River
Poplar River Indian Agency
Assinniboines
Ilges
Minneapolis
Agency
Milk River
Terry
Diehl
Bill Allison
Allison
Sphinx
Yanktonais
Fort Buford
Chicago
Thirty Years In State Prison For Slaying Man
Thomas J. Riley, now dead, died in prison after thirty years of life sentence for murder linked to the 1898 Butte warehouse explosion. He was crippled, aging, and denied clemency by governors amid a controversial case that sparked debate over justice and vengeance.
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Thomas J. Riley
Deer Lodge
Thomas Riley
Riley
Butte
Montana Hardware Co
Butte Fire Department
Anaconda
Eyent
Pat Largey
Montana
Montana Savings Bank
Largey
Silver Bow
Madison County
C. P. Connolly
Silver Bow County
Boulder
Jefferson County
Corres
Pondence
Dixon
Tom Riley
Frank Conley
Jacob Fels Society of
Cincinnati
Pottery Finds Reveal High Culture Of Hagen Site
More than two tons of chipped pottery and utensils from the Hagen site near Glendive were collected and donated to Montana State University. Excavated with WPA funds, the clay objects show a cultivated people in large permanent houses who farmed and refined pottery. The site, dated around 1600 A D, likely linked to Mandan Hidatsa Arikara ancestors, with connections to Crow and Sioux, predating the horse era. The Hagen Site monograph by William Mulloy, edited by Dr Turney-High, documents the findings for Montana University Publications.
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Journalism
Montana State University
Montana
Tom Hagen
Glendive
WPA
Dean A. L. Stone
Harry Turney-High
Turney-High
Hagen
William Mulloy
University of New Mexico
Arizona
New Mexico
Europe
Montana University
Allied air forces commander awards Silver Stars
Lieut. Gen. George H. Brett commander of Allied air forces in the southwestern Pacific presents Army Silver Stars to ten officers. Captain Donald D. Davis of Missoula is among the honored recipients.
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George H. Brett
Southwestern
Pacific
Donald D. Davis
Missoula
Conditions Make Henbane Collection Feasible
War restrictions on import have raised demand for henbane in Montana. H E Morris Montana Agricultural Experiment Station urges gathering wild henbane from vacant lots road edges and dumps as the plant yields toxic alkaloids similar to atropine and was collected in large quantities in 1941.
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Montana
H. E. Morris
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
Montana State College
Montana Boy Shoots Down 7 Enemy Planes
Sergeant Russell Huffman 22 of Highwood is credited by a Melbourne dispatch with shooting down seven enemy planes. A Silver Star recipient for bomber command actions in the Philippines and Dutch East Indies, he enlisted after graduating Flathead County High in 1938 and left for areas near Australia in October. He is the grandson of Mr and Mrs G W Fuller of Kalispell.
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Russell Huffman
Highwood
Melbourne
Australia
Montana
Huffman
Lloyd Huffman
Phillippines
Dutch East Indies
Douglas MacArthur
Flathead County High School
Air Corps
G. W. Fuller
Kalispell
Missoula Doctor Elected President of State Dental Board
Missoula physician Dr. R. H. Nelson was elected president of the executive board of the state dental examiners, succeeding Dr. T. C. Betzner of Helena. Laurel’s Dr. D. H. McCauley became vice president and Columbus’s Dr. C. H. Swanson was named secretary treasurer.
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R. H. Nelson
Missoula
The
State Dental Examiners
T. C. Betzner
Helena
D. H. McCauley
Laurel
C. H. Swanson
Columbus
Nelson
McCauley
Farm Wages Reach 22-Year High in Montana
The federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports Montana farm wages average 50 to 85 dollars a month, the highest in 22 years. Wages rose 16 percent since April 1 as labor supply falls to 58 percent of normal amid 105 percent of normal demand.
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Montana
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Jay G. Diamond
Baffled publicity man seeks synonym for colossal
A publicity man exhausts synonyms for colossal and calls a moving picture tycoon. The tycoon asks for clarification of the request, highlighting the joke that prompts the punchline.
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Moving Picture Tycoon
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George Bird Grinnel
Missouri
Siges
Col
G. R
Montana Boy
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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