James Stuart Pioneer Dies at 42 in Montana
The 1873 death of James Stuart, a Deer Lodge pioneer and explorer of gold fields, prompted a 500 mile wilderness funeral cortege. His body, taken from Fort Peck to Deer Lodge, traveled with Granville and Thomas Stuart and Major Simmons aiding through rough terrain and Indian dangers.
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James Stuart
Montana
Ofioneer
Granville Stuart
Resin Anderson
Deer Lodge
Virginia City
Helena
Fort
Benton
Stuarts
Fort Browning
Fort Peck
Stuart
A. J. Simmons
Granville
Thomas
Thomas Stuart
Iowa
James
Major Simmons
the Historical Society of Montana
Granville and
Inspector Daniels
Capt
Dan
W. Buck
W. B. Judd
J. X. Biedler
John Cochran
George W. Boyd
John G. McLean
Abel Farwell
Masonic Lodge
Agent Simmons
Hiram Knowles
N P. Langford
Fort Benton Trail Linked Fort MacLeod in Frontier Era
The historic Fort Benton trail, linking Fort Benton and old Fort MacLeod, carried whisky traders, explorers, and settlers into Alberta and Montana. Notable events include Fort Hamilton and Fort Whoopup, police efforts to curb vice, and the trail’s role in early trade, travel, and settlement along the Missouri to Belly river route.
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Alberta-Montana
Fort Benton
Old Fort Macleod
America
Radisson
Missouri
Saskatchewan
Pierre
Francois de la Verendye
Rocky Mountains
Alberta
Montana Territory
Hudson’s Bay Co
Alf Hamilton
John Healy
South Alberta Fur Country
Sweet Grass
Milk River
Continental Divide
St. Mary’s
Belly Rivers
Fort Hamilton
Benton
Mounted
Plains
Fort MacLeod
Fort Calgary
Neck
Belly River
Lethbridge
Elkhorn Pioneer Fred Bell Sr. Dies in Boulder
Montana pioneer Fred Bell Sr., age 82, longtime Elkhorn resident, died recently at his son Roy Bell’s home in Boulder after a brief illness. Born September 26, 1865 in Nova Scotia, he arrived in America as a young man and settled in Elkhorn in 1886. He married Frances Louise Ivey in 1896. she died in 1911. Bell worked in teaming and livery for years and remained among Elkhorn’s oldest settlers until retirement.
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Elkhorn
Boulder
Fred Bell Sr
Montana
Roy Bell
Mr. Bell
Nova Scotia
Frances Louise Ivey
Bell
Four Montana Counties Change Classifications for 1939
The state board of equalization reports four Montana counties will shift class designations on January 1, 1939 due to changes in property valuations. Lewis and Clark moves from fifth to fourth class, Lake from seventh to sixth, Judith Basin from sixth to seventh, and from fifth to sixth in an additional case. The reclassification affects county officers salaries and the authority of the county auditor to adjust salaries accordingly.
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Montana
State Board of Equalization
State Board
Lewis and Clark County
Lake
Judith Basin
Ig Base Ca
Satan Ve
Basin and Fergus
First Montana Wagons Debated as Lewis and Clark Legacy
State librarian John Ritch contests a recent claim that Deer Lodge saw Montana’s first wagons 92 years ago. He argues Montana had homemade Red River carts 41 years earlier, built by Ordway and allies for a Great Falls to Sun River truck line.
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John Ritch
Monana
Deer Lodge
Ritch
the Historical Society
Treasure State
Montana
Red River
John Ordway
Great Falls
Missouri
Sun River
Bill Clark
Ordway
City of
John Colter
Lewis
Washington
Smithsonian Institute
Lewis and Clark
Bateese
Seamon
Gates of the Mountains
Continental Divide
Great Water
Salmon Run Tops Two Hundred Tons Caught in Flathead
John W. Schofield of the state fisheries department reported about 200 tons of salmon were taken from Flathead Lake in the last two months. The fisheries division also removed sockeye eggs for restocking. Most fish would have died after spawning. individual fishermen may take up to 60 pounds each.
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Flathead
Flathead Lake
John W. Schofield
State Superintendent of Fisheries
Fisheries Division
State Fish and Game Department
Newly Elected Officers Shift From Boulder Ties to State Roles
Howard Johnson, newly elected chief justice, and Paul Smith, railroad commissioner, took office days apart in Montana. Once colleagues in Boulder in 1923 Johnson became county attorney and Smith county treasurer. Now rooted in Helena and Boulder valley respectively they face two-year terms and possible campaigns in 1940. Smith recalls the Boulder courthouse days when Johnson was the sole Republican in the county. A German air raid refuge in England and a list of medieval sins—anger blindness pride vainglory gluttony envy avarice—are also noted.
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Howard Johnson
State Supreme Court
Paul Smith
Boulder
Jefferson County
Johnson
Smith
Presen
Butte
Helena
Boulder Valley
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Pacific House
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Ponno
Wyoming
Howard
England
Weissman
Carl Weissman
4Th Bt
Mont
Republic
James E
Schenley
For All
Martha West
Montana Flour Mills Co
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