Sleeping Sickness Victim Relocates to Montana Ahead of Death
Theodore Heslebeck, a young man formerly unloading ships in North Carolina, contracted sleeping sickness from the tsetse fly. After a temporary drug-induced awakening, his condition worsened and he has been moved from Butte emergency hospital to the poor farm. Doctors say he has little time left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Heslebeck
Butte
Jed Freund
South America
North Carolina
Heslebeck
Northwest
Montana
Holters Extend Paint Business in Northwest Expansion
The A M Holter Hardware company of Helena and Spokane expands by acquiring the Spokane Acme factory branch, becoming the largest Northwest distributor of paints, varnishes and brushes. The move covers Montana, Washington, Idaho and Wyoming, with George Shipman named head of the paint department in Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Northwest
A. M. Holter Hardware Company
Helena
Acme
Montana
Washington
Idaho
Wyoming
Holter Company
Portland
Minneapolis
Salt Lake
Dakotas
George Shipman
Acme White Lead & Color Works
United States
Pioneers of Montana Gather at Butte Reunion
Old timers who came to Montana two years ago will meet in Butte on Friday and Saturday August 29 and 30 for the annual Pioneer reunion. They will relive frontier days of gold camps road agents vigilantes and trails as more founders of Montana pass on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneers of
Montana
Territory
Butte
Silver Bow County
Columbia Gardens
Last Chance
Helena
Arkansas
Somerville
Hellna
St. Louis
Missouri River
Fort Benton
Minnesota
Missouri
Watson
Alaska
Seth Bullock
Col. Roosevelt
Frontiersman Senator Hoffman a Montana pioneer leader
Senator Charles W. Hoffman of Bozeman, retiring Montana Pioneer Society president, reflects on a life among forts Randall Buford Ellis and mining camps. The article recalls frontier figures, annual Pioneer meeting in Butte, and early Butte gold and silver booms from 1864 to 1879.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Hoffman
Bozeman
Montana Society of Pioneers
Montana
Hoffman
Fort Randall
Missouri River
St. Louis
Upper
Missouri
Hudson Bay
Bridger
Kit Carson
Wilderness
Senator Hoffman
Forts Randall
Buford
Fort Ellis
Gallatin
Butte
W. A. Clark
Charles §. Warren
Rod Leggat
The
Pioneers
Tom McTague
James A. Sanders
Helena
Famous Robbers Roost near Virginia City remembered
A Nevada landmark on the road to Sheridan, Robbers Roost served as a secret meeting place for the Plummer gang of road agents. Pete Daly, once suspected yet spared by vigilantes, built and hid there. George Ives failed to escape after planning his mare race, and Bill Fairweather died there in 1875.
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Virginia City
Sheridan
Madison County
Plummer
Pete Daly
Daly
Law and Order
Warm Springs
George Ives
Bill Fairweather
Alder Gulch
Treasure Box Reflects Butte's Mineral Riches Through Time
At a Montana Pioneers meeting in Butte this week, veterans from 1864 recall the early placer effort that yielded little gold while Butte later became a vast mining center. The camp produced about $1.7 billion in mineral wealth, with silver ore in the 1870s earning $1,000 a ton after through shipments to Wales, and copper mining since 1882 totaling about $1.25 billion. Once a town of a few dozen, Butte now boasts about 70,000 residents.
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Butte
W. L. Farlin
Travona
Fort Benton
Missouri River
New Orleans
Swansea
Wales
Farlin
W. A. Clark
Walker Brothers
Salt Lake City
Utah
Marcus Daly
Daly
Alice
Walkerville
Rosa Butcher
Bull Team
Ophir Gulch
America
Montana Pioneers
Missouri
Atlantic
Helena Pioneer John R. Watson Claiming First Montana Store
John Randolph Watson 82 recalls being Helena’s first merchant since 1864 when Last Chance town produced few frontiersmen. A 1856 accident left him eyelidless for 47 years until 1901 grafts, a Roosevelt connection, and wide travel preceded his Portland Maine retirement.
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John Randolph Watson
Helena
Watson
Theodore Roosevelt
Montana
Portland
Maine
Society of Montana Pioneers
St. Joseph
Denver
Virginia City
Diggings
Seth Bullock
U. S. Revenue
John R. Watson
Watson Brothers
Last Chance
Edgerton County
Thaw Remains Target for Lawyers Over Money
The ongoing saga of Harry Thaw draws persistent legal attention from New York and Philadelphia attorneys as long as he retains funds to pursue cases. Courts, creditors, and advocates clash over Thaw's assets and legal strategy amid mounting public interest.
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New York
Philadelphia
Harry Thaw
Major Montana Flour Mills Buy Boosts Capacity to 4000 Barrels
The Montana Flour Mills Co. of Lewistown buys the Bozeman Milling Company for 375000, adding 1000 barrels to a 2500 capacity, with plans to reach 1500 at Bozeman. The combined mills will span Great Falls Lewistown and Harlowton and store over 2,000,000 bushels of wheat. The board features McClave, Smith, Anderson, Swift, Stephenson, Holter, Marlow, Johnson, Woodard, and others with Oliver W. Belden as general counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Montana Flour Mills Co
Lewistown
Bozeman Milling Company
Montana Flour Mills Company
Great Falls
Harlowton
Bozeman Mill
Bozeman
Twin Cities
Pacific Coast
Austin Warr
Charles R. McClav
William N. Smith
Rodney J. Anderson
John R. Swift
Sam Stephenson
First National Bank of
Norman B. Holter
Helena
Thomas A. Marlow
Wilford J. Johnson
James E. Woodard
Messrs. Johnson
Woodard
Mirst National Bank of
Lewis
Gallatin Valley
Public calamities burden Kansas as troubles persist
A terse report notes Kansas struggles with ongoing public calamities and governance challenges, highlighting persistent issues across communities and the state's response amid mounting pressures.
Age Denied War Service as 45-Year-Old Recruit
Charles LePage of Chateau aged 72 dodged a recruiting officer by claiming 45 years old. He entered as a blacksmith but the war ended before he could serve. A Montana arrival in the early 1870s, he hunted buffalo near the Big Horn and witnessed Custer’s defeat, living an outdoors life with frontier pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles LePage
Chateau
Germany
LePage
Montana
Big Horn
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Holters Extend Paint Business
Heine
Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers
Nually
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Independence
Alderguich
Bannock
Big Butte
Main Range
Rocky Mountains
Independence Districts
Buffalo Gulch
Centerville
Ophir
Silver Bow Creek
Town Gulch
Dublin
Parrot Gulch
Sultana Gulch
Missoula Gulch
Centennial Brewery
Independence District
Whiskey Gulch
Gimlet Gulch
Rocker
Silver Bow
Helena Merchant
Colonel Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
London
Roosevelt
Africa
Bullock
Hahnemann Hospital
Bozeman Milling CO
Coast
Kansas
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