Beaver Trapper’s Rise from Beavers to Big Ranching Empire
B. B. Brooks, once paid for V V ranch with six beaver traps and a sack of flour near Casper Wyoming, built a vast operation. He and partner Black Jack hunted beaver across the West, faced danger, and eventually Brooks owns 8,000 acres deeded plus 20,000 leased, 15,000 sheep, 4,000 cattle, 40–50 workers, alfalfa and grain, with new oil and banking interests nearby.
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Wyoming
Casper
Cheyenne
Great Plains
B. B. Brooks
Chicago
Maine
Deer Creek Park
Fort Fetterman
Elk
Brooks
Ring
Black Jack
Pat
Jack
Pat Hood
V—V
Muddy Creek
West
Idaho
Afton
Fetterman
Nebraska
Mary
Douglas
Doc Barber
Owen Wister
Wells consolidates Stevensville papers into Northwest Tribune
Bruce Wells, noted Montana publisher, consolidates the Stevensville Register and Northwest Tribune into a single paper named the Northwest Tribune. Joseph B. Townsend Jr joins Wells with a $9,000 capitalization and shares among Stevensville professionals and nearby farmers. Townsend, University of Montana journalism graduate and former Bozeman Daily Chronicle writer, returns from France where he served as an Army lieutenant. The Northwest Tribune, established 1887, becomes the oldest Bitter Root valley publication. Stevensville Register began in 1902.
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Bruce Wells
Western Montana
Stevensville
The
Register
Northwest Tribune
Wells
Joseph B. Townsend, Jr
Townsend
University of Montana
Associated Students
Bozeman Daily Chronicle
France
Bitter Root
Stevensville Register
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Treasure State Farm and Livestock
Ie mi Ene E Furco
Wrixon Jalil Pra
Boston Hide, Wool & Furco
Wrixon & Agnew P. O. Box
Great Falls, Mont
C. O. Robinson
Miles Dodd
Billy” Tormoehten
Omaha
Albert Noe
Jim” Bush
J. E. Bush
Invincible
Leo C. Robinson
Chris Hansen
Sioux City
Lester L. Gravelle
Horace Hempstead
St. Paul
Gene” McAdams
Jim” Hunt
Kansas City
Jim” Reid
Charles F. Schriver
Steve Gainey
Homer White
James L. Wilfley
St. Joseph
Tom” McKee
H. C. Baker
Frank Jackson
Denver
Clyde Stevens
James Miller
Clay, Robinson & CO
County Record
Hamil
Ravalli'ton
Sunnybrook
Cherrylane Orchards
Greenacres
Wash
ELK Run Herefords
Elk Run Ranch
W. L. Velie
Moline
Beau Brummel
Don Carlos
Don Perfect
Lamplighter
Dale
Perfection
Beau Picture
Beau Donald
Highwood
Montana
Frank Ledingham
Henningsen Produce Company
Tam
Butte, Montana
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Hook
Spon
Kiwanis Club
Stampede
Captain Smith
Salvation Army
Ninth Avenue East
George Lane
P. Burns
A. E. Cross
A. J. M'Lean
Dominion Bank
E. L. Richardson
Guy Weadick
Eighth Avenue West
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