Montana Gulch Tomb of Comstock and His Lost Fortune
The tale recounts Comstock, owner of the famed Comstock lode, who earned only eleven thousand dollars from the vast Nevada strike that yielded about 850 million. It also tells how Montana settler Charles Corn killed a large buck in Alder Gulch after a wrestling bout, securing the carcass with a bowie knife. The piece surveys Comstock’s rise and decline, his place in mining lore, and the legends surrounding the early discovery of the lode in the American West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Gulch
Comstock
Comstock Lode
Nevada
Sampson
Israel
Britain
Palestine
Charles Corn
Mineral County
Corn
Terra Firma
Montana
Aldergulch
Virginia City
Grasshopper Creek
Bannack
West
America
Peter O’riley
Patrick McLaughlin
Ophir
Caldwell
Manny Penrod
Gold Hill
Old Virginia
Cometock
Ophir O
James McShane Pioneer Builder of West Rail Lines
James McShane, a key figure in laying the 1865 66 telegraph line from Virginia City to Helena and a long time railroad contractor, died in Omaha at 76. Born 1841 in Springfield Ohio, he worked across Montana Nebraska Wyoming Colorado Idaho the Dakotas and Kansas with Union Pacific and Pacific Telegraph lines. He left a widow and 18 children, six in government service and five in the military, with a letter from President Wilson among their prized keepsakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McShane
Virginia City
Helena
Omaha
McShane
John A. Creighton
Howard Creighton
Senator Millard
John §. Collins
West
Springfield
Ohio
Nebraska
Plains
Pacific Telegraph Company
Promonotory
Utah
Union Pacific
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Idaho
Dakotas
Kansas
Wilson
Miles City
Relic cabin recalls 60s Montana gold camps
A historic cabin by Yogo Creek in the Little Belt mountains marks the late prospecting era. Built by Toe-String Joe, the first Yogo rush figure, the hut ties to a murder and a later inmate serving time at Deer Lodge, illustrating harsh frontier justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Comstock
Yogo Creek
Little Belt Mountains
Toe-String Joe
Yogo
White Sulphur Springs
Deer Lodge
Pete Sets a Speed Mark in Musselshell Cattle Hunt
In the Musselshell country Pete and Bill Skelton chase a large herd. Pete shoots a cow with his Henry while riding an old saddle shifts and he slips to the cow’s rump. The cow kicks and Pete ends up on the ground with the horses in motion and Bill fleeing after the surprising ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawhide
Pete
Bill Skelton
Barrin
Bill
Musselshell
Red Brothers
Henry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Buck
Paris
London
Hosea
Allan Grosh
Placer
Brown
Hosea Grosh
Allen
Sierras
California
Allen Grosh
Grosh
James M'Shane
U. S. Army
Inessene
McLaughlin
O'Riley
Pleasant Hill
Mount Pleasant
Winnemucca
Virginia
Virginia Town
Old
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Great Falls
1St National Bank
Banking Corporation
the Banking Corporation
Helena Mont
First National
First National Bank
Rawlins
National Life Insurance Company of Montana Legal Reserve Company
Daly Bank
Butte Mont
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