Edward Rose the Crow Chief Interpreting Fur Trade Troubles
Edward Rose a Crow chief and interpreter played a pivotal role in early fur trading amid the Crow and Arikara. Born of white, negro, and Cherokee lineage, he rose from Mississippi outlawry to influence, guiding Ashley and others while warning about treacherous Plains tribes.
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Edward Rose
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi
Nez Coupe Rose
Irving
Joshua Pilcher
Rose
Wilson P. Hunt
Hunt
Crows
Missouri Fur Co
Aricaras
Ashley
Longtime Great Falls Resident C N Dickinson Honored
C N Dickinson has lived in Great Falls for 57 years the longest of any current resident. A 1884 arrival with Paris Gibson ties him to early city life. he built the first butcher shop, served on the first council, and remained a key figure in the community for decades.
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C. N. Dickinson
Great Falls
Christopher N. Dickinson
Giant Springs
Cascade County
Dickinson
Fourth Avenue North
Phil Gibson
Paris Gibson
Central Avenue
Chris Dickinson
Fort Benton
First
Gibson
Falls of the Missouri
Missouri
West Great Falls
First Avenue
Fifth Street
Montana
Charley Russell
Russell
Teton Murderer Paid in Hurry for His Crime
In 1882 Jack Stuart killed Mrs. Armstrong at Sun River Leavings near the Teton. Mob justice followed as cowboys gathered for a roundup. An improvised gallows executed Stuart after his identification by Armstrong’s two daughters.
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Teton
Canada
Morrison
Armstrong
Montana
The
Jack
Stuart
Jack Stuart
State schools slated to give driving course
Montana plans universal safe driving courses in high schools in response to 1941 student fatalities and injuries. Miss Elizabeth Ireland said 13 students died and 223 were seriously injured in 1941, with four more killed in 1942 to date. Ralph Kenck will visit schools to discuss founding courses using highway patrol texts.
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Montana
State Department of Public Instruction
State Highway Patrol
Elizabeth Ireland
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Col. C. L. Sheridan
Highway Patrol
Miss Ireland
Ralph Kenck
Sheridan
National Parents and Teachers Seek Child Registration Plan
The petition requests nationwide registration and identification of every child in the United States. It aims to help reunite children with parents if war conditions cause separation and urges action by the office of civilian defense in Washington, D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Office of Civilian Defense
Washington, D. C
Frontier era recollections at Johnstown near Great Falls
The passage recalls the early frontier days with arrivals of immigrants and supplies by Missouri river boats and railheads. It notes a semblance of Johnstown across the river from present Great Falls, Indian movement to Judith basin buffalo hunts, Fort Shaw troops, and Sun River as a stage-route hub from Benton to Helena.
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Ashley
Henry
Yellowstone
O'Fallon
Council Bluffs
Leavenworth
United States Infantry
Joshua Pilcher
The
Missouri Fur Co
Henry Vanderburgh
Helena
Fort Benton
Great Falls
Sun River
St. Louis
Johnstown
West Great Falls
Judith Basin
Fort Shaw
Benton
Barnum Replies to Judge Whittelsey With Sieve Metaphor
A brief anecdote recalls P. T. Barnum leaving Danbury in debt and promising to pay when rich. The judge retorted that would be when a sieve holds water. Years later Barnum wrote to the judge, I have fixed that sieve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. Barnum
Danbury
Whittelsey
Mam
Christian Science Monitor
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Berger
Pilcher
Vanderburgh
Colonel Leavenworth
Atkinson
Young Dickinson
Bismarck
N. C
Missouri River
Moody River
Pablo Island
Loma
Dr. Turner
Kate Beachley
Hardy
W. P. Wren
Third Avenue
Presbyterian Congregaton
Ture
Milk River
Mrs. Armstrong
Armstrong Ranch
Hame
Bourbon Skey
Irs
Hiram Walker & Sons Inc
Peoria, Ill
CBS
Janet Walda
Janet
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
DuPont
DU Pont
Duco—Pyralux
Dulux
Montana Hardware Co
BUITE
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