Lost Marble Mine Mystery Haunts Last Chance Gulch Prospectors
The tale recalls a Harvard trained engineer who found marble in Last Chance Gulch and disappeared after organizing a stock venture. He returned with a rich slab but vanished en route to Fort Benton, leaving the Lost Marble mine legend to endure among Montana pioneers and old timers.
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Last Chance Gulch
Rockies
Montana
Last Chance
Harvard
Dunce
Fort Benton
Ambrose Germain
Helena
Despetude
Potatoes Seen Rising On Short Supply In 1919
Montana commission house leaders predict higher potato prices as the 1919 crop drops sharply from 1918. Limited railcars and farmers withholding due to cold weather are cited as the main causes, creating an expanding shortage in movement and market availability.
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Montana Commission
Commission
Old Prospector Levinski Vanishes After Self Defense Shootout
Andrew Levinski, a 60 plus prospecting recluse on the West Gallatin for 35 years, survived a December 1917 gunfight that killed two claim jumpers, then vanished in April 1918. He had previously faced murder charges, was acquitted, and returned to his mining claims before disappearing, possibly fleeing or meeting foul play as neighbors worry over his fate.
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Andrew Levinski
Levinski
West Gallatin
Bozeman
Gladstone Stevens
George Miller
Oregon
Pete Carson
Stevens
Gallatin County
Miller
Dell Gray
Billings
Montana Bank Examiner Led Daring Relief in Wartime Turkey
Charles A. Dana once of Deer Lodge, Montana, risking torture, imprisoned and shipped to Constantinople, raised more than 16 million dollars for Armenian and Syrian relief. He used code messages, secret doors, and careful record keeping to outwit Turkish and German spies while distributing funds and aiding thousands.
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Charles A. Dana
Deer Lodge
Montana
Turkey
Dana
Constantinople
Secret Service
Near East
Charles A Dana and family pioneer background in American relief work
Charles A Dana rose from sturdy pioneer stock rooted in 19th century migration. His grandfather Loren Dana moved through California gold fields to Virginia City Montana and Idaho before settling in Little Blackfoot Valley. His father George W Dana became a leading Powell county ranchman.
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Harles A. Dana
Loren Dana
California
Virginia City
Montana
Gallatin
Idaho
British Columbia
Little Blackfoot Valley
Charles A. Dana
George W. Dana
Powell County
Prince of Wales Stocking His Ranch in Alberta
Montana travelers may tour Alberta this summer to see the Prince of Wales ranch near High River. The heir plans visits every two years and is stocking BE P Ranch with 30 Short horn cattle 25 Shropshire sheep eight thoroughbred mares and 20 Dartmoor ponies to form breeding herds for future expositions in the dominion and possibly the United States.
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Montana
Alberta
Prince of Wales
High River
George Lane
BE. P
W.L. Carlyle
King George’s
England
Dartmoor
Canada
Prince Edward
Cornwall
Carlyle
Spain
Dirigibles for Forest Patrol Investigated by Forest Service
Officials of district No. 1 of the United States forest service based in Missoula are studying dirigibles for forest fire fighting and patrols in government woods.
American relief worker released by Turks after ransom bluff
Dana, held in a Turkish cell with a storeroom of four tons of ammunition, faced a ransom demand of 50 000 dollars. An official from the German embassy pressured the governor to release or punish him. Dana refused to let Near East relief workers pay, and three days later he was freed.
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Caesar
New York
Calpurnia
Dana
Constantinople
Old Stamboul
War Department
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Syria
American Board of Foreign Missions
Beirut
Warstricken
Bank of England
W. W. Peet
Theast Relief
Switzerland
Peet
Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek
Michigan
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