Billings Scrap Pile Marks End of Heffner Quarry Era
The Heffner stone quarry at the rimrocks near Billings produced sandstone used in local and distant buildings including the Yellowstone county courthouse and Parmly Billings Memorial library. Dismantling finished in 1906 after J. Heffner ran the operation with up to 50 workers, shipping stone to Minneapolis, St Paul, Chicago, Butte and Helena.
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Billings
Heffner
Uncle Sam
C. J. Heffner
Livingston
Coulson
Miles City
27Th Street
Rimrock Drive
J. Heffner
Billings Hardware Co
Broadway
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Chicago
Butte
Helena
Yellowstone County
Parmly Billings Memorial Library
Dia
Fort William and the Deschamps Family at Fort Union
Fort William built in 1833 near Fort Union on the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers housed the Deschamps mixed-blood family known for violence. After murders and a finale fire driven by fear of reprisal, the Deschamps were killed or driven out, with Mrs Mitchell and a young sister surviving.
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Fort Union
Missouri River
Yellowstone
Fort William
Missouri
Sublette
Campbell
William Sublette
Larpenteur
States
American Fur Co
Red River
Company
Deschamps
Robert Semple
Mr. Hamilton
Wquor
Old Jack Rem
Michael Gravel
Jack Rem
McKenzie
Mitchell
Fort McKenzie
Marias
Fort Clark
Hungry Horse power project report submitted to War Secretary
A confidential army engineers report on the Hungry Horse project in Montana has been sent to the secretary of war for transmission to Congress. It states the South Fork Flathead near Kalispell site could be good for power development if needed, contrasting with a 1941 preliminary adverse note citing insufficient market in 1940 surveys.
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Montana
Secretary of War
Army Engineers
Congress
Flathead River
Kalispell
Asphyxiation Claim in Billings Sleepy Home Fire
Ernest W. Stewart aged 39 a Billings telegraphist and former Western Union employee was found dead by smoke inhalation from a burning mattress at his residence in Billings. He had been an invalid for several years.
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Billings
Ernest W. Stewart
Stewart
Western Union
Fish and Game Dept backs tale of Montana ice wells
A Montana soldier, Corporal Lyman C. Blum, wrote the state fish and game department claiming an ice well between Lame Deer and Ashland. Department officials and Bob Cooney confirm multiple ice caves known in York gulch Ruby area, Pryor mountains, Unionville, and other ranges, while inviting university geologists to explain the phenomenon.
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State Fish and Game Department
Montana
Treasure State
Lyman C. Blum
Forsyth
Foreign Service
Fish and Game Department
Lame Deer
Ashland
Blum
Game Department
Bob Cooney
Wildlife Restoration Division
Coonty
York Gulch
Ruby
White’s Gulch
Helena
White Sulphur Springs
Cooney
Pryor
Golden Cloud
Fish and Game
State University
Dies of Burns in Billings Fire Explosion
Isdor Richstein aged 88, a retired carpenter, died from first degree burns after a home fire in Billings. He reportedly struck a match after leaving burners on a partly turned range, blowing him into the yard.
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Billings
Isdor Richstein
Richstein
Richard Gatling and the Gatling Gun Invention
Richard Gatling created the Gatling gun and gave his name to the famous firearm. The device marked a milestone in rapid fire weapons development in the 19th century.
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Richard Gatling
Gatling Gun
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Daring Deschamps
Quilting
Ann Thomas
Katherine Revner
General MacArthur
Stage Mothers Club
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Wilson
Betsy Ross
Fish
Western Life Insurance Company
R. B. Richardson
Northwest
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