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First Montana streetcar linked Coulson and Billings
The Billings Sunday Gazette recounts the first Montana streetcar line running two miles from Coulson to Billings on the Bismarck to Walla Walla route built by P. W. McAdow. Tickets included a coupon for two beers at Ash and Boot’s Coulson brewery, with the line later offering rides to Billings for 25 cents and beer.
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Frontier Trading Post
Overland Stage
Bismarck-Walla Walla
P. W. McAdow
Coulson
Billings
Montana
Yellowstone River
Jrs
Ash & Boot’s
I. D. O'Donnell
Bil
Yellowstone
Young
Park City
Fred Foster
Thomas McNamara
Huntley
J. M. W. Cochrane
Custer County
Joseph
Oregon
Idaho
Clark Fork
Canyon Creek
Sturgess
Boothill Cemetery
Minnesota-Montana Land & Improvement Co
Herman Clark
Bismarck
Montana Land Company
Frederick Billings
Northern Pacific
Boston
Mass
Black Hills
Lincoln
Gazette Office
F. B. Kennard
L. H. Fensky
Gazette
Wheatley Bros
Stapleton
Belknap
Rowley
McAdow
Spotted Horse
Maiden
Lewistown
Livingston
St. Paul
West
Parmly Billings
E. J. Bailey
Minnesota Land Co
Bank of Billings
Midland National
Parmly
Ays Teays
Jim
Golan
Stone Kelly
Charley Reynolds
John Bozeman
Beldlen
Liver Paling Johnson
Bridger
Bozeman
Middle West
Momtane
Man
Custer
Big ‘Horn