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Sandusky and Curry Feud Ends in a Western Shootout
The Sandusky mining town stories recount Pike Sandusky and Johnny Curry in a fatal gunfight at Jen Jake's saloon. Pike Sandusky, famed for trapping and frontier feuds, dies by Curry's gun after a confrontation over a prior beating. The tale spans Montana's Little Rockies to early frontier policing and mining booms.
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Curry
Sandusky
Pike
Little Rockies
Little Rocky Mountains
Phillips County
Pike Sandusky
Johnny Curry
Kid” Curry
Jen Jake
Montana
Missouri
Jim Winters
Winters
Judith Basin
Musselshell
Yellowstone
Milk River
Landusky
Powell Landusky
Fort Benton
Last Chance Gulch
Benton
John Wirt
Wirt
Holly Flat
Carroll
Pee
Hamilton
John Healy
Flatwillow Creek
Lewistown
Pik
Maiden
Sandusky and
Judith Mountains
Fergus County
Descry
Louis and
Frank Aldrich
Alder
William Skillen
Alder Gulch
Montana Gulch
Bob Orman
Indian Reserve
Granville Stuart
Pioneer Cattle Co
Teddy Blue
Aldergulch
Curry Brothers
Kid
Lanisky