Missouri River Odyssey from East to Montana Frontier
The Missouri river system linked the East to the Montana frontier through a treacherous yet vital route. Early waters, diverse craft from bull boats to keel boats carried fur traders and tribes, with steamboats finally reaching Fort McKenzie in 1859 marking a turning point in exploration and commerce.
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Gallatin
Madison
Jefferson
Montana
Great River
Big Muddy
Missouri
Marquette
Yellow River
la Salle
Three Forks
Mississippi
Lower
Naomi
St. Louis
Joseph LaBarge
Upper
Fort Union
Yellowstone
Fort McKenzie
Chapell
Cordelle
Thomas Jefferson
Osage
R. M. Johnson
Manuel Lisa
Council Bluffs
Pierre Chouteau
Prince Maximilian
John la- Barge
Joseph la- Barge
Judith River
Fort McKende
Fort Benton
State Liquor Revenue Shows Ten Months Gain
Montana's net liquor revenue for the first ten months of 1941 was 2 249 427.90, over last year's same period by 220 332. Ray L. Wahl notes the liquor control board deposited 150 000 as a November dividend. Ten month sales reached 5 139 723.22 vs 4 534 979.48 in 1940. gross profits 1 618 849.21 vs 1 474 953.20. liquor license sales total 343 647.45 vs 311 710 in 1940.
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Montana
Ray L. Wahl
Liquor Control Board
Charles Carver Lived Eventful Pioneer Career
Montana pioneer Charles Carver recalled his early role in founding Butte's first grocery and helping to elect the first sheriff. He described price profiteering, flour shortages, and miners seizing flour at $30 a sack, plus exploits from the Klondike rush and arctic expeditions.
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Montana
Charles Carver
Butte
Carver
Idaho
Northland
Klondyke
Alaska
Bill Owsley
Bill
Silver Bow
John Noyes
Arctic Circle
WPA Writers Aid Good Neighbor Plan Across South America
Montana WPA Writers project under State Administrator Joseph E Parker will translate The United States of America a Pictorial Guide to a Democracy into Spanish and Portuguese for rapid distribution in South America. Florence Kerr confirms the book provides an accurate human portrait of American democracy for neighbors to the south.
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United States
Montana
WPA
Joseph E. Parker
Parker
United States of America
Department of State
South America
Florence Kerr
Washington, D. C
South
Farm Machinery Shortage Hurts Britain's Food Effort
Agriculture department officials warn defense authorities do not recognize farm equipment needs as essential to meeting growing domestic and overseas food demand. Farmers fear they cannot reach production goals without more machinery as the office of production management only allotted 80 percent of last quarter’s farm equipment. The shortage hits dairy and poultry hardest while officials press for food production to be treated as a defense priority equal to aircraft and munitions.
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Agriculture Department
Defense
Great Britain
Office of Production Management
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Rockies
Independence
John Nelson
Tom Carter
Fort Benton Levee
Dearborn Creek
Helena
California
San Francisco
Defense Savings
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