Statue recalls Wibaux story and Missouri river march
In a tale by Montana Lou Grill, the Wibaux statue story recounts Pierre Wibaux famed cattle empire and his W Bar ranch near Wibaux Montana. The piece also covers Baldwin diary entries from November 1876 detailing a Missouri River crossing and scouting near Sitting Bull’s camp with Generals Miles and Hazen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitting Bull
Montana
F. D. Baldwin
Lou” Grill
Baldwin
Missouri River
Smoked Butte
Smokey Butte
Hazen
Miles
Big Dry
Missouri
Fort Peck
Johnny Brughier
Sioux City
Brughier
Tongue River
Hier
Mitchell
Porcupine
Squaw Creek
Musselshell
Black Butte
Vestal the Man Who Developed Penobscot Mine of Marysville
A Montana mining man Nate Vestal built the famous Penobscot mine at Marysville near Helena. The mine produced the largest bullion bar from a single shaft weighing over 242 pounds and valued at 54262.62. Vestal helped fund Thomas Cruse’s Drum Luminion operation and later sold the Penobscot after significant gains. He spent years in Alaska and California before dying in Oakland leaving a widow and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Wibaux
Prarie
Pierre Wibaux
W-Bar Ranch
America
Texas
Beaver Creek
Cyril
France
Jack Serroys
Brande
W. H. Rucker
W. A. Orgain
J. C. Kinney
Arizona
Vestal
Marysville
Thomas Crush
Drum Summon
Oakland
Calif
Piloneer
Nate Vestal
Helena Herald
Alta California
Spring Valley
Butte County
California
Thomas Cruse
Cruse
Penobscot
W. R. Rader
Radersburgs
J. E. Murphy
H. C. Nash
W. H. Murphy
Snowdrift & Penobscot Consolidated Mining Coal
John Longmaid
Longmaid
J. Henry Longmaid
Helena
Black Hills
Vesta
Belmont
Whippoorwillat
Legion
Alaska
Forest Hill
Diary Excerpt Chronicles Red River Campaign March to Carroll
A diary entry details Miles command movements toward Carroll with two extra companies, Baldwin supervising a Napoleon gun, and a 28 mile march along Willow Creek. Weather shifts from cold to mild, terrain described as sage brush and barren canyons, with prairie chickens sighted and a trader’s clerk Boyd accompanying the march. The passage includes a letter to Mrs Baldwin dated Nov 20 1876.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tongue River
Willow Creek
Fort Buford
Baldwin
Fort Leavenworth
Timber Creek
Fourchet Creek
Pouchette Creek
Rockies
Fourcher ‘Creek
Foc Ys
Bailey
Hinkle
Tal
Squaw Creek
Musselshell
Missouri
Bennett
Carroll
Fourchette Creek
Missouri River
Miles
Pope
Bellows
E Company
Montrose
Kelley
I Company
Sitting Bull
Gebart
Boyd
Fort Peck
Anet
Bal
Rorh. Sittin
Beavers Brought to Helena-Sea by Fish and Game Team
Two beavers were brought to Martinsdale district by a fish and game team. The incident involved a possible death noted in the report and centers on wildlife handling by authorities in the Helena-Sea area.
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Helena - Sea
Martinsdale Dist
Tte -Buite Fish and Game
Prairie Fire Burns Over 7 000 Acres Near Lodge Grass
A grass fire near Lodge Grass in southern Montana burned over 7 000 acres after reigniting from embers from a prior blaze. Origin traced to Lodge Grass creek ten miles west of Lodge Grass. Civilian conservation workers and volunteers fought across a six mile front overnight, with livestock and ranch buildings unharmed.
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Montana
Con T
Lodge Grass Creek
Lodge Grass
Butte Geologist Recalls War Flight From Europe
J B Gowen Jr of Butte, a geologist, describes fleeing Germany and Poland as Hitler’s invasion unfolded. He left Katowice hours before capture, traveled through Holland and the dangerous North Sea aboard the Statendam, sharing memories of troop movements, minefields, and a perilous 10 day voyage to Hoboken.
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Europe
J. B. Gowen Jr
Butte
Montana
Gowen
Katowice
Poland
Hitler
Montana Standard
Germany
Holland
Rotterdam
Southampton
North Sea
Harding
Statendam
Hoboken
Attorney General Rules County Must Fill Senate Vacancy
Attorney General H. J. Freebourn ruled that a county commissioners must appoint a replacement when a vacancy occurs in the county's delegation to the Montana legislature. The ruling responds to Hardin attorney Bert W. Kronmiller who asked about filling the post left vacant by the death of Senator Harry T. Mann.
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H. J. Freebourn
Montana
Bert W. Kronmiller
Hardin
Big Horn
Harry T. Mann
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nelson A. Miles
Mon Tana Lou Grill
W Bar Ranch
Custer
God Bar
Schenleys
Aman
Distillers. Corporation
Jacobs Way
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