Castle town on Old Castle road and mining boom era
The Castle mining camp rose near 1890 on Castle road with a peak population around 2000 and major mines led by Cumberland. Prospects and a planned waterworks spurred hopes of urban growth before silver’s demonetization ended the boom.
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White Sulphur Springs
Allabaugh Creek
Castle
H. J. Griffin
J. H. Kane
W. H. Metcalf
John R. King
California
H. H. Barnes
P. H. Tooley
A. W. Miles Company
Livingston
F. B. Austin
Ellis Brothers
A. S. Robertson
Hensley Brothers
J. P. Rhoads
Montana
Cumberland
Yellowstone
Great Eastern
Colorado
Leadville
Colo
Bozeman
Sixteen Mile Canyon
Lombard
Missouri River
Ringling
Loweth
Milwaukee Road
Shields Valley
Short Courses Jan 3 to March 14 at Montana State College
Montana State college offers 1939 short courses in agriculture from January 3 to March 14 for Montana residents 17 and older on ranches and farms. No high school or practical experience required. 20 credits needed for a certificate. Courses cover livestock, crop, dairy, poultry, machinery, and farm management. Applications to J O Tretsven, principal, School of Agriculture, Bozeman, Mont.
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Montana State College
J. O. Tretsven
Montana
Tretsven
School of Agriculture
Bozeman, Mont
Montana WPA Projects Reach Over Ten Million Since March
State WPA totals show expenditures reaching 10 249 274 since March with 22 jobs created in 17 counties and 12 statewide projects run with four federal agencies. Projects include forest service fire protection reforestation surveys range conservation and public works across Musselshell Blaine Ips Valley and Prairie counties. Fire response notes highlight rapid containment of most fires, with only Swamp Creek fire on Cabinet forest escaping early control.
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Montana
Works Progress Administration
Joseph E. Parker
WPA
Forest Service
Soil Conservation Service
Musselshell
Blaine
Ips
Valley
Prairie
Parker
Bureau ‘of Bid
Cabinet Forest
Thunder Gods Score Direct Hit During Electrical Storm
On July 16 a dry electrical storm over northern Idaho caused 120 lightning fires in Kaniksu forest. Forest service records show only July 1926 saw more fires in one forest in 24 hours, with 152 fires. Fire danger is tracked by combining temperature humidity wind and moisture data for each district in the northern Rocky Mountain region.
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Idaho
Kaniksu National Forest
Thunder Gods
Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Forest and Range
Rocky Mountain
Weather. Bureau
U. S. Forest Service
Germany's New Antarctic Whaling Venture Succeeds
Germany restarts Antarctic whaling after 70 years with a winter season yielding 640000 barrels of whale oil. The report notes the venture's success and the substantial oil production achieved.
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Germany
Antarctic
State Projects Receive Funds From Rural Electrification Admin
The Rural Electrification Administration allotted 13.2 million dollars of emergency recovery funds to 70 farmers cooperatives across 26 states to construct distribution lines. Over 40,000 farms and small buildings will gain power via 12,118 miles of lines. Notable allocations include Clearwater Valley Light & Power 300,000 for 264 miles in Idaho and Washington counties. Lower Yellowstone Rural Electric 29,600 for 22 miles in Montana and North Dakota. Flathead Power 61,000 for 71 miles in Flathead County. Lower Valley Power & Light 177,000 for 113 miles in Wyoming and Idaho.
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Rural Electrification Administration
Clearwater Valley Light & Power Association
Lewiston
Idaho
Nez Perce
Lewis
Clearwater
Latah
Benewah
Shoshone
Whitman County
Washington
Lower Yellowstone Rural Electric Association
Sidney
Montana
Richland County
McKenzie County
North Dakota
Flathead Power Co
Kalispell
Mont
Flathead County
Lower Valley Power & Light Co
Afton
Wyo
Lincoln
Caribou
Wyoming
Bonneville
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Castle Road
Fred C. Sumner
Clyde Park
Jim Bowen
Ogden
Utah
Sumner
Penwell
Mr. Sumner
Lewis Penwell
S. Internal Revenue Collector
Helena
Crazy Mountains
Shields River
Sumner Ranch
U. 8
S. Robertson
John
van Dyck
Kirby
Old Castle
John Hensley
Hensley
Shields
Fred C
Sumner Clyde Park
Old Castle Road
Great Falls
Fort Benton
Dawson
Glendive
Ree Ene Libi
Bigfork
Gallatin
Three Forks
Glacier
Browning
Granite
Jefferson
Judith Basin
Utica
Missoula
Carlton
University of Montana
Forestry
Dornblaser
Para- Sheridan—County
Plentywood
Lower
Flathead
Juat
Joyce
Abc
Keenan
Dept. Mu Beidgeport
Conn
Conoco
Mark
Uine
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