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Courts of the mining districts in early Montana
Judge Pemberton recalls a time before Montana was a territory when miners ran their own courts. Miners elected a judge, sheriff and recorder to govern mining districts, with trials for murder and property disputes held openly in town streets. Don L. Byam and George Ives figures illustrate the resolve of law and order in a harsh frontier society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pemberton
Montana State Pioneer Society
Butte
Montana
Idaho
Diggins
W. L. Steéle
Aldergulch
Hays Lyon
Buck Stinson
Dillingham
Vigilance Committee
George Ives
Don L. Byam
Nevada
Col
W. F. Sanders
Charles 8. Baggs
Alexander Davis
J. M. Thurman
H. P. A. Smith
Ives
W. H. Patton
Mr. Patton
Friends of Law and Order
Myself
Colonel Sanders
Bang