Jim Beckwourth Lairing Frontier Hero and Indian Fighter
The article profiles Jim Beckwourth as a storied early Rocky Mountain trapper and Indian fighter famed for tall tales. It covers his claimed lineage, 1798 birth date, 1823 Ashley expedition, romance with Eliza, meeting Edward Rose, Crow relations, and Beckwourth’s rise among the Crow including a trading post venture and an offered Crow wife.
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Jim Beckwourth
Rockies
T. D. Bonner
Virginia
General Ashley
St. Louis
Eliza
James
Edward Rose
Missouri
Yellowstone
Beckwourth
Washington Irving
Astoria
Rose
United States
Wind River Country
Illinois
Jim Bridger
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Robert Campbell
Ashley
Colorado
Sublette
Jackson
Jedediah Smith
Beckwourth’s Mixed Fortunes Amid Indian Wars and Wives
The narrative recounts Beckwourth’s life among Crow and other tribes, including a scalping ritual, a commanding wife who dances, and a fatal blow over disobedience. It details his receipt of a young chief’s daughter, a tense family reunion, and his role aiding captives during a 1834 incident with Thomas Fitzpatrick’s party, highlighting his mixed loyalties and perilous trading life.
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Job
Beckwourth
Eliza
Crows
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Stuart
Wellington
Waterloo
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison
Charles A. Warfield
Brotherton
Red Rascal
Warfield
Beckwourth Redly
Greenwood
Ford Orders 8 Institutions To Revise Their Operations
Governor Ford issues executive orders reorganizing eight Montana state departments and institutions. Key actions include expanding penitentiary industries, reallocating livestock funds, cutting staff at the soldiers home, and appointing a full time physician at Boulder training school. Additional measures cover tax administration, records transfer to the Montana historical society, and updated clerical structures in motor vehicles and insurance offices.
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Deer Lodge
Sam C. Ford
Committee On
Livestock Commission
Board of Equalization
State Soldiers’ Home
State Board of Equalization
Livestock Commission Fund
Soldiers’ Home
Columbia Falls
Boulder Training School
Dudley Jones
Paul Raftery
Commission
Ford
Department of Agriculture Economics of
Montana State College
Ray S. Conger
Grand Army of the
Howard Griffen
Boulder
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Bail Insurance Board
Uncle Sam to dictate Montana highway policy for 1943
Montana's 1943 highway program will be designated by the secretaries of war and navy as all federal funds for highway construction July 1942 to June 1943 must be used on projects approved by those departments. About 5 million dollars total, with 3.7 million from federal funds and 1.3 million from Montana, will be available. Maintenance will continue with existing funds.
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Secretaries of War and Navy
United States Public Roads Administration
State Highway Department
Howard W. Holmes
Montana
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Highway Commission
War and Navy Departments
Holmes
Montana Guard Funds Motor Storage Building Plan
The Adjutant General's Office reports a $21 000 allotment to the Montana National Guard for a motor storage building at Fort Harrison. Construction is to begin before April 1 and the 65 by 160 foot hollow tile structure will house about 169 motor vehicles from the Montana regiment after its federal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana National Guard
Fort Harrison
Adjutant General's Office
Montana Regiment
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Treasure State
George W. Keyser
Western Air Lines
Canada
Arthur F. Kelly
Butte
Nevada
California
Papa Big Bowl
Eliza Big Bowl
Blackledge
Stillwater
Blackfish
Big Bowl
Bridger
Paris
Ann Thomas
Bacmo
Uncle Sam
Washington
Montana Guard
Phiadelphia
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