Hay Corral Fight in Montana Toll of 19 Ends in Massacre
Historic Hay Corral clash on August 1, 1867 near Fort C. F. Smith left 18 soldiers and one civilian dead or dying after hours of siege by Sioux and Cheyenne forces. Civilian survivor E G Burnett, scarred and wounded, helped recount the battle later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Hay Corral
Worman Creek
Hardin
Old Fort C. F. Smith
Lonely Hills
Bradley
Fort C. F. Smith
E.G. Burnett
Burnett
Fort Washakie
Big Horn
Bozeman Trail
Fort.c. F. Smith
Custer National Cemetery
Custer National Cemtery
Stineberry
Thomas
Yarns Buy Direct From Mill in Cleveland
P Yarn Mills offers French Angora and other yarns direct from the mill with low prices and free samples. Box 6221 Cleveland Oh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Een
P. Yarn
Cleveland
Alder Gulch Had Own Enoch Arden
Old Virginia City tale recounts John Stone a taciturn miner who discovering his Arkansas wife had remarried travels to Montana. A son arrives to tell the news then helps reconcile the family as Stone remains in Alder Gulch and later reunites with his youth bride before she returns to Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia City
John Stone
Fortune
California
Montana
Alder Gulch
Stone
Arkansas
Enoch Arden
Aldergulch
Origin of the Indian wheel on Medicine Mountain
I B Shields of Billings claims to be the only person who has measured the so called Indian wheel atop Medicine Mountain in the Big Horns. He describes a 70 foot diameter wheel with 28 spokes 6 cairns and a 13 foot hub containing about 750 rocks. He notes iron tools, wood fragments, a distant view, and suggests a possible calendar or signal significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. E. Shields of
Billings
Big Horn Mountains
Montana
I. B. Shields
Wyoming
Medicine Mountain
Big Horn
Six Road and Bridge Projects Awarded by Montana
The Montana highway commission awarded six road and bridge contracts and one maintenance job in 1939, totaling $275 885.85. Bids include Grading and timber bridge work on the Helena Lincoln feeder road by Balen Construction Co of Great Falls and regrading and widening of a concrete bridge with drainage work among the listed projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Highway Commission
Helena-Lincoln
Lewis and Clark County
Balen Construction Co
Great Falls
Construction awards for Montana road projects and bridges
Fourteen million series of road and bridge contracts awarded in 1960s style bids include Roundup-Forsyth road improvements by Prahl and Sawtelle of Miles City for four 57 foot timber bridges and one 100 foot timber bridge over Horse Creek. Other awards cover Fort Benton Chester road drainage 2.433 miles by Nilson-Smith Construction Co. Great Falls for $32,797.32 and Glasgow-Opheim road 5.509 miles with a 114 foot timber bridge stockpass and drainage by Inland Construction Co. Omaha for $37,738.08 plus 17 000 tons of crushed stone chips for stockpiles between Whitehall and Sheridan by L. J. Burbeck Twin Bridges Idaho for $20,650.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosebud
BTR
Prahl & Sawtelle
Miles City
Horse Creek
Walter Mackin
Billings
Fort Benton-Chester Road
Liberty County
Nilson-Smith Construction Co
Great Falls
Glasgow-Opheim
Valley County
Inland Construction Co
Omaha
Whitehall
Sheridan
L. J. Burbeck
Twin Bridges
Idaho
Taxes Not Due January First For Car Owners
Attorney General H J Freebourn says road and poor taxes are not due for those who own no property beyond cars when applying for first year car licenses. County commissions set these levies on the second Monday in January and treasurers may collect them before plates are issued if applied for after levies are set but before the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Freebourn
NYA Job Aids Unemployed Youth In Montana
The National Youth Administration reports rising junior placement services in Montana with 19 new applicants and 20 private industry placements in November. J. B. Love notes nationwide NYA gains and that Montana’s junior counselors in Great Falls Billings and Missoula assist youths with occupation choices and schooling. NYA will fund counselor salaries until state services assume the obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Youth Administration
Montana
J. B. Love
John A. Hieb
Billings
Montana Employment Service
Love
NYA
Washington
United States
Great Falls
Missoula
Montana Employment’ Service
CCC Enrollment Dates Announced For Jan 5 and 12
Montana CCC enrollment dates set for January 5 and 12, 1940. About 307 youths to be selected by county agencies, with enrollments planned in Glasgow, Billings, Miles City, Great Falls, Kalispell, Butte, Bozeman on Jan 5 and Missoula on Jan 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
D. H. Wixon
Department of Public Welfare
CCC
Glasgow
Billings
Miles City
Great Falls
Kalispell
Butte
Bozeman
Missoula
Montana Ice Cream Production Surges in November
Montana produced 79 415 gallons of ice cream in November showing a 42 percent rise from a year earlier, according to B F Thrall chief of the dairy division. Butter output reached 829 638 pounds, up 6 percent from November 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
B. F. Thraillkill
State Department of Berets
Steamer Reaches Ancient Portage Near Great Falls
The tale recalls Captain Burke aboard the Tom Stevens reaching a portage below the Missouri’s great cataract in July 1868. I G Baker, long a Montana merchant prince, recounts the voyage heard from Fort Benton to the falls six miles below the cataract, where the river’s roar marked a barrier to upriver travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri River
L G. Baker
Great Falls
Missouri
Baker
Bradley
Captain Burke
Tom Stevens
Fort Benton
Burke
Benton
Bon Voyage
I. G., Baker
Prince
Montana
Alberta
James J. Hill
Empire Uilder
Paris Gibson
Wheeler backs Helena federal assay office revival
Senator B. K. Wheeler told the Helena Chamber of Commerce he will push to re establish the federal assay office in Helena and introduce needed legislation at the next congressional session. Montana mining groups endorse the move after the service was discontinued years ago and the building sold to a Helena resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. K. Wheeler
Helena
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sport-Photo Studios
P. O
Harrisburg
la Atin Lewis & Walker
Praprad Adp Idsa Rere Ee
Inman Hatcheries
Aberdeen
Dakota
Granger, Wash
Art Thacker
Miner
Idaho Springs
Colo
Rainier
Ore
Mills Novelty Company
Dept.g
Express
Slayton Laboratory
Loma, Mont
Gallatin County
Salmon
Miriam H. Rahders
N. Davis Jt
Mont
R. F. Bohart
Big Horn County
Corinth
August Hackman
Frank A. Smith
Calvin Philips & CO
Columbia St
Seattle
Everett
Rockefeller
Wash
Pasco
Pasco Winery
Ralph Trout
Lander
Columbia Basin
Edwin Leland
Moses Lake
Fairfield
R. BE
Hassard
Frary & Burlingame
le Farms
Parms
Fort Peck Dam
Glasgow-Fort Peck
Box 218
Schultz Drug Store
Manitou Springs
Colorado
Hoyt
Kalispell, Mont
Price
F. B. Prices
Iowa
Fred Chandler
Chariton
John Hofmann
Tillamook, Ore
Henry Elm
Andes
O. J. C. Weaners
Bevis Orchards
Tonasket, Wash
R. E.hassard
Grest Falls
Petrie
Hay Field
Old Fort Co
F. Smith
Eee
Abanone Burnett
Lydia E. Pinkham
Stahi Battery Service CO
Bannock
Boise, Idaho
Stamp Exchange
Lefferts
Brooklyn
N. Y
Shray
Broadway
Joliet, Til
Edwards
George Edwards
Real Coyote
Wingston, Mont
Alaska Junk Company
Adams
Spokane
Ask
Ogden
Denver, Colo
Picture Craft Studios
Des Moines
FOX_STUDIOS
BUN Produce CO
Main Bt
Pacific Stamp Works
Boramue Av
von Behren Manufacturing Co
Evansville
Indiana
General Electric
Montane
Stallcop
Havre, Mont
Western Metal CO
Bloomington
Tinois
Odd
I. G. Baker
Merchant Prince
Otel
Ainbow
Finlen Bates
Me Ark
Shment RO
Charles M. Russell
Montana Newspaper Association
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!