Yankee Jim and His Toll Road Legend of Montana
The piece recounts the Montana figure known as Yankee Jim George who built a toll road into Yellowstone, collected tribute, and clashed with railroad workers. It details a legal dispute over rights, his boastful tales, and a judge’s recollection of Jim’s bravado and fabrications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim” George
Montana
Los Angeles
Rudyard Kipling
Old Plains
Mountain
Jim
Yellowstone
Virginia City
Kipling
Yellowstone Park
Northern Pacific Railway
Helena
W. F. Sanders
Mount Ararat
Washington
California
Great Falls Industries Rise As City Grows
A historical survey describes Great Falls development after 1883 with the Paris Gibson land titles and rail connection to Great Falls and Pacific coast. It highlights waterpower at falls, coal and iron ore in the region, wheat, cattle, sheep, hog farming, oil and gas prospects, and the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. operations fueling employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Missouri River
Rainbow Falls
Black Eagle Falls
Colter Falls
Belt
Sand Coulee
Little Belt
Montana
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Kipling’s Montana Moment Leaves Him Humiliated
A remark on Kipling in his usual spirits notes he would have left Montana saddened and humiliated. The line reflects a literary take on his reaction to events referencing the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Kipling
Montana
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Coggeshall Saddles
Miles City Saddlery Co
Miles City, Mont
Robt
L. Rowell
3Rd Ave
Mont
Lil Olie
Payette
E. J. Geelan
McCall
Idaho
Northwest
R. R
Livest City
Stacy Realty
Coeur d'Alene
Kalispell
Missoula
Post Falls
Whitefish
P. O
Davis Tourist Court
Bellingham
Wash
Oswego
C-O Kalispell Times
Hiway
Burke
Ashton
P. O. Box
Coulee City
Brady Market Property
Elderkin Realty Co
Butte, Mont
H. H. Howsley
Vashon I Island
A. Zimmerman
Seattle
J. P. Carroll
Corvallis
Roney Montana
J. B. Kimball
Minot
N. Dak
Fort Bhaw
Frary & Burlingame, Inc
Sudan
Jennie Esau
Los Molinos
Calif
Swanson & Reid Corp
Billings, Mont
Rumley
Graybear Chevrolet Co
Shelby, Mont
Universal Laboratories
Dassel
Minnesota
Chumantie
No. C.O.D. Chumanie Medicine Co
D-11
New Richmond, O
Gaus
Lancaster
Ohio
Fish and Wildlife Service
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Federal Aid
Valley County
U. 8
Glasgow Courier
Glasgow
N. Cabell
Gladstone
Alaska Junk Co
Spokane
Acoma
Butte
Lewis & Walker
N. Wyoming
Helena, Montana
Carl Weissman & CO
Rob Roy
Continental Ivory
China
Cut Bank
Barber Schools
Molers
Trent
Beauty
McCarroll Beauty School
East Granite
Minn
Fox Studios
Billings
Bathgate Ave
New York
N.Y
American Friendship Club
Society of Friends
Neighbors
Washington, D. C
Rollingbay
Simpson
Denver
Colo
Erain Ranch
Deer Lodge
Columbus
Edwin Grosfield
Columbus, Mont
Guernsey
Terry, Mont
Allister
Ranch
Fairfield
Huron
Lewistown
BABY
U. S
North Dakota
Wwe
Nystrand Poultry CO
Placer St
Air Lines
Western Air Lines
Adele McArthur
Peggy Cox
Constance Peterson
Dorothea Lazier
San Diego
Clarice Tripp
Pocatello
Yankee Jim
CUMS
RMS
Kentucky
MN. A
Malta
Art Gunter
Padre
Patro
Ture Port
Cucamonga, California
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