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Judge Caleb Irvine Pioneer of Montana Dies at Anaconda
Montana frontier figure Judge Caleb E. Irvine, veteran of the Mexican War and Bitter Root trader, who rode the Oregon Trail and helped establish Bannack and Deer Lodge, died in Anaconda in 1891 after a life spanning four territories and a half century of western risk and lore. Irvine barely escaped being buried alive during a trance before living to age 66, leaving a legacy of frontier governance and early Montana history.
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Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Caleb E. Irvine
Anaconda
Judge Irvine
Robinson County
Tennessee
Irvine
Third
United States Cavalry
Scott
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Phil A. Sheridan
Ritter Root
May
Thomas Fork
Bear River
Soda Springs
Bitter Root
Kit Carson
Jim Bridger
Dick Wooton
Corvallis
Ravalli County
Bannack
Legislative Council of
Edgerton
Deer Lodge
Silver Bow
Butte
Ian War
Arlee Station
Northern Pacific
Missoula County
Hudson's Bay Company
Francois’ Armintinger
Flathead Country
Jocko Valley
American Fur Company
Hudson's Bay
Armintinger
Armin
Virginia City