Song Montana credited to Cohan and Howard at Butte gathering
Charles Cohan and Joe Howard wrote the words and music for the song Montana during a Bohemian gathering in Butte. The tune, first performed for local audiences and later at Helena, became the official song of Montana and funded the Montana Orphans' Home with the proceeds. A letter notes Montana troops in Paris singing the song.
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Mr. Cohan
Joe Howard
Charles Cleveland Cohan
Butte Daily Miner
Montana
Butte
Montana Orphans’ Home
Orphans’ Home Treasury
Howard
Helena
Cohan
American Expeditionary Forces
Paris
Old City
Montani
Butte Miner
Myron Lockwood a Battle of the Big Hole Hero
Myron Lockwood who survived the Battle of the Big Hole and Civil War service died in California at 76. He joined 34 citizen volunteers under Captain J B Catlin and General Gibbon in a 1877 engagement where Nez Perces led by Chief Joseph suffered heavy losses. Lockwood endured a shattered hip, months in Deer Lodge hospital, and never fully recovered. He later declined a Washington position offered by General Sherman.
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Myron Lockwood
Big Hole
California
Lockwood
J. B. Catlin
John Gibbon
Montana
Nea Perces
Joseph
McClellan
Army of the Potomac
Peninsular
Antietam
Burnside
McDowell
Hooker
Gettysburg
Fort Benton
Missouri River
Prickly Pear
Helena
Gallatin Bar
Malcolm Clark
Prickly Pear Valley
Frenchtown
Bitter Root
the Big Hole
Missoula Valley
Missoula
Gibbon
Big Hole River
Indiana
Rocky Mountains
Rye Creek
White Bird
W. Burch
Rawn
Amon Buck
Billy Edwards
Deer Lodge
Charles A. Woodruff
Bradley
General Sherman
West
Lfe
Washington
the Wilderness
Nez Perces
Looking’ Glass
Montana Now Day as Sahara Land
Montana enters a dry era with over a thousand saloons closed and bans on manufacturing and shipping alcohol. The piece recalls earlier reform waves, gambling laws, and Marcus Daly’s era of horse racing, noting posthumous shifts and later bans on betting.
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Montana
Sahara Land
North
South Dakota
Wyoming
Idaho
Alberta
Faro
Marcus Daly
Butte
Anaconda
Hamilton
America
Daly
Governor Stewart Returns from Governors Conference in Annapolis
Governor Stewart completed attendance at the tenth annual governors conference in Annapolis Maryland. He promised support for soldiers returning to civilian life and noted officials debated reconstruction policies including education labor land agriculture and coordination of state and national efforts.
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W. Stewart
Annapolis
Union
Alaska
Newton TD. Baker
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Franklin K. Lane
the Interior
David F. Houston
Agriculture
William B. Wilson
Yellowstone Herd Size Raises Park Administrators Worry
The Yellowstone Park elk population exceeds 3,000, signaling a looming massive herd management challenge for the government. The park also contains about 400 buffalo, adding to forage and pasture concerns for future years.
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Yellowstone Park
Last Miner of a Lonesome Gulch Memory
A Montana pioneer, known as Phil B, arrived over fifty years ago to mine for gold. He refused offers to sell and declined modern comforts, living on in a remote gulch until declining health and dwindling aid left him reliant on neighbors. A raffled gold watch funded by locals provided years of support before his final decline.
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Phil
Bert
Phil. Viesfre
The Steady Subscriber Poem Imitates Earnest Reader
A verse extols the steady subscriber who pays in advance and loves the paper. The narrator praises the loyal reader who funds the publication and brings joy to the office with timely money and positive letters.
Seed Oats Short Prompt Western Canada Imports
The Canadian government has passed an order in council to purchase seed oats for western Canadian farmers. The oat crop is very short and several million bushels are expected to be imported.
Remembering a Man of Plain Dignity and Duty
Old age overwhelmed him yet he stayed true to home and country. He died after a brief illness in hospital, leaving a memory of sterling qualities and dependable character. He paid his way, helped friends, and inspired those who knew him.
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Charles Cohan
Treasure State
J. B. Cat Jin
Trail Creek
Sanno
Comba
Browning
Willams
Logan
Woodruff
Amos W Buck
John
Stewart
Elk
Buffalo
Matt. W. Alderson
Phil B
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