Fort Benton and the Navajo Republic? Forts and trade by Grace Stone Coates
Grace Stone Coates recounts a pre Civil War clash between Indian traders defending their west as Indian country and settlers pushing west for homes and farms. The Benton press argues forts on the Missouri and Milk River corridors would spur growth, with Benton as the head of navigation and a strategic supply depot.
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Grace Stone Coates
Milk River
Missouri River
Benton
Chouteau County
Benton River
Fort Benton
Montana
British North America
Canada
Rockies
Pacific
America
Missouri
Northern Pacific Railroad
Skookum Joe and the Spotted Horse Mine Legend
The article chronicles Skookum Joe, real name Richard Dick, a famed Montana prospector who located the Spotted Horse mine and other copper and gold claims. It details his diaries from 1879 to 1895, his relentless quest, poverty at death, rival seeker Davidson, and a vivid portrait of frontier mining life in Maiden Nye Red Lodge and Stillwater country. The notes reveal harsh conditions, long journeys, and the early west’s pulse through Joe’s entries.
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Glendolin Damon Wagner
Skookum Joe
Richard Dick
England
Billings
United States
Queen Victoria
Bud
D. O’donnell
Joe
Montana
Skookum
Spotted Horse
Maiden
McAdow
Coulson
Stillwater
Nye
Castle
O’donnell
Red Lodge
Bill Hamilton
Canada
J. E. Wason
Alpine Gulch
Urge Longer Hours for School Building Project
Kalispell high school board members and allies push for a 40 hour week on the new high school to finish the altered section by fall. They fear a month late completion at 30 hours weekly and may send a Washington representative to press PWA officials as trades shortages hinder September completion.
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Kalispell High School
PWA
Washington
Fewer Car Fatalities Reported in Montana
Montana shows a drop in motor vehicle deaths with 41 deaths by July 1, down from 69 in the same period of 1934. June deaths totaled 10, vs 21 in June 1934, with Yellowstone county reporting 3 and several counties each at 1.
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Montana
Highway Patrol
L. L. Benepe
State Board of Health
Benepe
Yellowstone County
Butte
Carbon
Dawson, Hill
Missoula
Musselshell
Goodsell Named Director of Montana State Orchestra
Ben M. Goodsell of Chicago is appointed director of the Montana State college orchestra and glee club starting next college year. He brings 22 years of experience with the Chicago and St. Louis symphonies and orchestras.
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Ben M. Goodsell
Chicago
Montana State College
Glee Club
Goodsell
St. Louis
Richest Thing in Montana Ends With Joe's Death
The diary details a planned map to a secret wealth in Montana. Joe is found dead in his chair by Skookum ES after days of evading pursuit and hinting at a final map to the stash.
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Creek
Joe
Font O’donnell
Bilings
Bud
Montana
Skookum Joe
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Neo Reo
Dodd
Cole
Monaghan
Fort Peck Dam
Ellis Photo Service
Glasgow
Great Falls Tribune
Eam
Dizzy Dean
Dizzy
Battle Creek
Mich
USA
Busher
Iit's
DCAN
O'Donnell
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