The Mysterious Mr. Hamilton of Fort Union
Fort Union served as the Northern hub for the American Fur Co. and hosted diverse traders, sailors, scientists, and a mysterious English bookkeeper known as Hamilton. Rumors swirled around his nobility, refined manners, and disdain for Indians, with speculation about his past and true name.
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MR. Hamilton
Fort Union
American Fur Co
Yellowstone
Missouri
St. Louis
North Country
Alexander Harvey
Major Culbertson
Rose
Hamilton
Atlantic
Larpenteur
Blackfoot John Smith and the Fort McKenzie fleecing tale
The account describes John Smith a Montana trapper who joined a fur company, fled a brutal dicker for laudanum and pelts at Fort McKenzie, survived a Blackfeet encounter after his bullboat wreck, killed seven Blackfeet in a later fight, and ended up in the Arkansas river country, marrying a Cheyenne and becoming a trader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
John Smith
St. Louis
Ameri Co
Rockies
Httle
Rocky Mountain Fur Co
Solomon Silver
Blackfoot
John
Southwest
Stanley Vestal
Houghton Mifflin Co
Vestal
Rendezvou
Spring
Upper
Missouri
Smith
Fort McKenzie
Dicker
American Fur Co
McKenzie
Remuda
Yellowstone
Mr Camps
Fontana
Arkansas River
Bent, St. Vrain and Company
Montana minister Frederick Spencer a veteran of Methodism
Frederick T. Spencer longtime Butte pastor and veteran Montana Methodist leader marks 21 years in Butte pastorates at Trinity Mount Bethel and other churches He recalls circuit riding days in Park City and his 40th wedding anniversary He has mentored relief work aiding about 200 families monthly and serves as local representative for Dickinson Carlisle Pennington and Temple universities.
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Frederick T. Spencer
Jim Thorpe
Carlisle Institute
Montana
Trinity
Mount Bethel
Butte
Spencer
Laurel
Allendale
Alesian
Park City
Columbus
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Hamilton
Methodist
Bridger
Whitehall
Spencers
Wesley Chapel
Boulevard
Silver Bow
Dickinson College
Carlisle
Ind
Pennington Seminary
Trenton
N. J
Temple University Philadelphia
One-Man Army on U S Home Front
Frank Babich of Butte, a Serbian-born former miner, has raised $2,120 in war stamps and bonds for U S efforts since last July. Unemployed and earning $48 a month, he says he buys bonds while not drinking or gambling, to support fighting men.
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Adolph Hitler
United Nations
Frank Babich
Butte
Babich
Uncle Sam
Venezuelan Petroleum Output Reaches 3 Million Tons in Month
Venezuelan production tops 3,000,000 tons in a single month, highlighting a surge in output. Details on the company breakdowns and regional contributors were not provided in the readable text.
Railroad Hearing Set for Dec 17 by Montana Commission
The California company pursues charges against four Montana railroads Great Northern Pacific Butte Anaconda & Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific alleging unlawful rates for moving its petroleum from Sunburst to points beyond Butte. It seeks a cease and desist order from the Montana railroad commission at a 10 a.m. hearing on Dec. 17 at the state capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Montana
Montana Railroad Commission
State Capitol
Great Northern
Pacific
Butte
Anaconda & Pacific
Chicago
Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific
Sunburst
Commission
Forest officials reassigned to Salinas eye rubber project
A. L. Kohl of the regional forest office and Les Robinson, ranger in the St. Regis district, have been assigned to the new eye rubber project at Salinas California.
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Missoula
A. L. Kohl
Les Robinson
St. Regis
Eye
Salinas
Calif
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Missouri Valley
America
United States
Canada
Elliot
Dr. Mathews
Dr. Matthews
London
Crow Country
Eastern Penitentiary
Philadelphia
Gregg & Downey
National Safety Council
U. S
Venzuela
Northwest
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