Christmas Holidays at Virginia City in 1868
A New York Tribune reader recalls Christmas in Virginia City Montana 1868. The town bustles with social revelry mines workers and officials join the holiday frolic. The Planters ball hosted by Chapin draws about one hundred guests with twenty dollar tickets and elaborate decorations.
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Virginia City
Montana
Rocky Mountains
New York Tribune
Baloon
Chapin
Beidler
Con_Orem
Teddy
Michigan
Don Orem
Ness
Chick
Planters
Green Clay Smith
John X. Bercher
Helena
Neil Howie
Capitol
Sanders
Belcler
Howie
Hall
Little Mountain
Tuttle
Sacer
Marshal
Eaton
Poe
Pioneer nurse Catherine Carruthers recalls Montana frontier life
The first Montana nurse, Catherine Carruthers then Babbage, arrived by steamboat with little company and few physicians around Benton. She trained in Washington and cared for patients as nurse and doctor on isolated frontier posts.
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Benton
Montana
Fort Benton
Catherine Carruthers
Babbage
Missouri River
Cow Island
Washington
Carruthers
T.C. Power
Helena
Teton
Teresa Neubert
Bradley
Johnny” Carruthers
Miss Babbage
Wheaton C. Carruthers
Arrow Creek
Fort Though
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Far West
Justice
House of Representatives
Orem
Beldler
Busi
Wilbur F. Sanders
Charles M. Russell
Rawhide
Rawlins
Thrilling
Russell
Great Western
Anyman
Cheely-Raban Syndicate
Great Falls, Montana
P. O
Rawhide Rawlins
Great Falls
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