The Last Stand of 19 Nez Perces Seekers of Wallowa Valley
A historical recount of Chief Joseph's Nez Perces and White Bird fleeing toward Canada in 1877 19 armed followers pushed by Gen Miles and Gen Howard into the Bitter Root and Lolo passes. Faced with pursuit they aimed to die in the Wallowa valley with ancestral bones. Their bones lay along the Clearwater trail as a monument to bravery and defiance.
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Eee
Feubineten
White Bird
Miles
Snaw Mountains
Joseph
Wallowa
Oregon
Canada
Rockies
Lolo Pass
Bitter Root
Yellowstone Park
Montana
Bear's Paw
Nelson A. Miles
Fort Keogh
Howard
United States Army
Dearborn River
Caddette Pass
Northwest
Idaho
Washington
Swan River
Jocko Trail
Flathead Reservation
Eagle-of-the-Light
Flathead
Eagle of-the-Light
Ee Bird
Columbia River
Philipsburg
Missoula
Fort
Nez Perces
Maj
Peter Rowan
Tolly
Michelle
Sitting Bull
Ronan
Flathead Confederation
Clearwater
Tom Wallace
Fort Missoula
Alliance Decline Amid 1848 Revolutionary Upheavals
The text notes that 1848 revolutions shattered the Alliance created 33 years earlier, weakening the alliance's influence and cohesion as a result of widespread upheaval across Europe and associated political realignments.
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Te Alliance
1884 Thanksgiving Menu in Great Falls Recalled
W. P. Wren recalls early Great Falls in 1884 with sardines crackers and beer as Thanksgiving fare. The town had two or three families eight or ten bachelors and no churches hotels or saloons. Paris Gibson dreamed of a city as Wren arrived October 1884 and Great Falls began to map its future.
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W. P. Wren
Great Falls
Paris Gibson
Warner
Murphy- Maclay & Co
Billy Warner
Missouri River
Johnstown
E. D. Sargent
Wren
Third Avenue
Fourth Street
Murphy-Maclay & Co
Charteris Hardware Co
Townsite Co
Park Hotel
Central Avenue
Helena
Fort Shaw
Sun River
Fort Benton
Three Montana Water Projects Near Completion
The Montana Water Conservation Board reports three reclamation projects nearing completion for the 1939 irrigation season. Tongue River dam in Big Horn County is 90 percent done and expected to finish May 15 next year, storing about 60 000 acre feet for roughly 30 000 acres. Garland Field unit Big Storage project is 85 percent finished with a December 31 completion target, to hold about 3 780 acre feet for 2 000 acres. Sidney Taney Burping includes additional plants to divert water from the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers to irrigate Meagher County land. West Fork Bitter Root storage aims for completion around July 1939, with 235 workers on the projects.
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Montana Water Conservation Board
Tongue River
Big Horn County
Garfield Uni
Sidney Taney
Tver
Blood Donors Club Formed by DeMolay Chapter
Due to frequent emergency calls, the Great Falls DeMolay chapter forms the DeMolay Blood Donors Club. One hundred twenty members volunteered at the last meeting and will register at Deaconess Hospital for blood typing and records to enable rapid summons for transfusions. The plan aims to help patients with no relatives or friends but is not intended for citywide or commercial use.
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Great Falls
DeMolay Blood Donors Club
Deaconess Hospital
Sutherland
cPlinster
Accident Victims Urged to Stay Still Until Help Arrives
The Montana Automobile Association urges motorists in Montana to avoid moving crash victims unless necessary and to keep them comfortable and still until ambulance crews arrive. Splint fractures at the scene and minimize movement to prevent shock and further injury.
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Montana
Montana Automobile Association
Universal Language Proposals Mention Volapuk Esperanto Mondolingue
A historical note surveys several proposed universal languages including Volapuk Esperanto Mondolingue Uni versala and Kosmos as attempts to create a common tongue for international communication. Researchers record recurring ideas about ease of learning, neutrality, and cultural neutrality guiding early 20th century linguistic reform efforts.
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Havre
Glasgow
San Francisco
Lewis Rothe
San Francisco Bay
Treasure Island
Oakland
East Bay
Pacific Ocean
Alcatraz Island
Fox
Fox A Ondé
Peron
Blood Donors Club
George Y. Patten
Bozeman
Motor Division of
Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
EO MiMi
Tate
James E
Products Co., Inc
New
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U. S. Bureau OF Mines
Copper Mining
Butte, Montana
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