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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1941
Page
3
The piece recalls Montana’s early settlers, noting how hardy frontiersmen and later farmers built homes 1000 miles inland, faced hostile tribes and perilous journeys, and pursued multiple livelihoods as Benetice’s gold discovery sparked migrations to the region.
An energetic survey traces the Montana gold boom starting 1862 from Bannack Alder Gulch and Willard Creek to Alder Gulch. It notes copper finds near Butte, early settlements like Virginia City Helena Bozeman and the founding of Great Falls by Paris Gibson with John Sargent’s earlier Sun River efforts.
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