Pigeon's Egg Head chief Wijunjon of the Assiniboine
Long historic piece traces Wijunjon the Pigeon's Egg Head who led an Assiniboine delegation to Washington in 1830s, met the president, toured New York and Philadelphia, and later returned to Montana where he was killed as a feared truth teller and medicine man after his tales of white cities.
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Yellowstone
Washington
Plains
Montana
Assiniboines
Wijunjon
Yellowstone River
Major Sanford
Upper
Missouri River
Winjuton
Fort Union
Wilunton
Wilunjon
St. Louis
George Catlin
Willnson
New Yor
Philadelphia
Willnton
Catlin
Missouri
Willnjon
Pierre Chouteau
American Fur Company
Wilunson
Someowe
Wijunjun
Montana boys train at historic Madison Barracks NY
Montana youths join supply corps at Madison Barracks Sackett's Harbor NY as part of a national guard style training for overseas service. Reports describe the pep and spirit of Western recruits and their integration with Eastern and Southern volunteers. The post, dating to 1816, now features modern barracks while preserving wartime sites and memory of Sherman and Grant.
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Madison Barracks
N. Y
Quartermaster Corps
Montana
American Lake
Wash
United States
California
Oregon
Washington
Utah
Sackett’s Harbor
Lake Ontario
New York State
Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence River
Adirondack Mountains
Sackett’s
Britain
Americas
York
Canada
Jacob Brown
Madison
General Sherman
General Grant
Texas
Pacific Slope
Fort McDowell
Vancouver Barracks
Fort George Wright
William Penn
Alabama
Florida
Knights of Grip Arter Spies Rally for Patriotic League
The Montana traveling men join the Commercial Travelers' Patriotic league to aid government reporting traitors and spreading patriotism. Mose Silverman of Helena promotes the effort as 700,000 travelers join nationwide. Units at Madison barracks include Montana men from Butte Dillon Livingston and more, under Capt. John McGovern to lead Company 405.
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Montana
Intersts of Commerce
Grand Forks
United States
League
Madison Barracks
Post
George West
Butte
William A. Smith
Florence Hotel
Do. J. Cox
Max McGee
Twin Bridges
Peter Topp
Livingston
Mike Ryan
Anaconda
William Sullivan
Dillon
Robert Williams
Billings
William Shoemaker
Maurice Alexander
Chinook
Oscar Raher
Miles City
Dwight Ethell
Lewistown
Howard Newell
Forsyth
William Reed
Missoula
Lafayette Schank
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Fort Thomas
Indiana
Ohio
Middle States
Fort Douglas
Utah
Fort McDowell
Cal
John 8. McGovern
General Pershing
Brownsville
Madigan Barracks
Old Dennis Ryan of St. Paul Dead at 72
Dennis Ryan, noted St. Paul builder of the Ryan hotel and a once powerful Montana stockman, died last week at 72. He rose from Utah mineworker to wealth by age 30 and invested in Hallock Kennedy farms and a Minnesota and Ontario Lumber company. He married Mary Rasche, then Mamie Campbell, with both wives preceding him in death.
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Montana
Dennis Ryan
St. Paul
Twin Cities
Ryan Hotel
Ryan
Palmer House
Chicago
Montan
Utah
Ireland
Canada
United States
Hallock and Kennedy
Minn
Minnesota and Ontario Lumber Company
Mamie Campbell
Draft Men Must Have Permit to Go to Canada
Answers to inquiries indicate no passport is required by the State Department to travel to Canada but registered men subject to the draft may face delays during investigation. A permit can be obtained from the local draft board if the absence will not lead to evasion of the draft and the man agrees to stay informed and return promptly if called.
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State Department
Canada
Liiely
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Dillon Town
Glendale
Utah and Northern
Hecla Consolidated Mining Company
Glandale
Poindexter
Cottonwoods
Huber Bros
Eliel Bros
Governor White
Sebree
Ferris & White
Dan Chapman
Dart Hardware Company
Corinne
Metlen
Dart
National
Yellowstone Park
Wonderland
Park
Lew Ruskin
West
Knights OF Grip
ARTER
France
Albert Gusdorf
Joseph P. Casey
Stanley Webber
Stanley Rooks
George Churnside
Joseph Jay
Elk
Herefords
Thomas Melvin
Elk Ran Ranch
Highwood
National Life Insurance Company of Montana Legal Reserve Company
Daly Bank
Butte, Mont
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Great Falls
1St National Bank
Banking Corporation
Helena
Airing Corporation 5 Mont
Safety First
First National
First National Bank
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