Discovery and Founding of Last Chance Gulch in 1864
The article recounts the 1864 Kootenai stampede and the Long ascent to Last Chance Gulch led by Cowan Crab Miller and Stanley. It notes the discovery of gold on July 15 near Helena, the rapid rush of miners, initial cabins, and town organization including the naming of Helena and early governance by appointed commissioners.
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Robert Brabsey
Goa
Jmat
Ohance Gulch
Eine
Tage Pee
Alder Gulch
Kgotenal
Virginia City
Gendfather
Eldorado
Cowan
Crab
Miller
Stanley
Last Chance Gulch
Hell Gate Country
Kootenai
James Coleman
Alder
Seven Mile Gulch
Last Chance
Helena
Bed Rock
Summit
Robert Stanley
G. J. Wood
Gans & Klein Mercantile
Fisk
James ‘L. Fisk
Minnesota
Holmes
Scott
Main
Broadway
Pumpkinville
Squashtown
Tomahawk
Tomah
John Sommerville
Montana
John Cowan
Georgia
Black Hills
D. J. Miller
California
Alabama
John Crab
Chance
Nelson Gulch
Sommerville
Edgerton
Lewis and Clark
Gulledge
Terry
Fergus County
Winnett
Renge
Petrolia
McKinley County
House
J. A. Charters
Grass Range
Mr. Charters
Dawson County
Richland
Richy
Miss Mary McEvilly and Meslom Teachings Spark Paris Fame
A Helena social figure Mary McEvilly now publishes To Women From Moslem claiming messages from the long dead monk Meslom. The book and McEvillys Paris circle attract New York psychical interest. Her career links to Senator Carter and Geraldine Farrar underscore her rise in European society and experiments in psychic communication.
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Paris
Mary McEvilly
Helena
Montana
Miss McEvilly
New York
Meslom
Mary
John
California
James
Deceaeed
Quigg
Independent
East
Lizzie
Mike Wall
Roundup
Thomas H. Carter
United States
Carter
Larson
Geraldine Farrar
Europe
Miss Farrar
Charles Henry Dorr
Dorr
Nine
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Mary Nmpevilly
Dixon
William Haley
Prairie County
Montana Sportsmen's Association
United States Forestry Service
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mabel Potter Daggett
Delineator Magazine
John Hosking
House, of Representatives
Deer—Lodge
Townsend
Glendive
Billings
Livingston
Butte
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Seventeenth Legislative Assembly
Hosking
Senate
India
Joe B. Baker
Baker Syndicate
Allen
Unito
Baker
Cat Creek
56 Petroleum
Hasselquist & Borgert
Bank
Electric Bldg
Lewistown
Mont
MNA
Street
P. O. Box
Thomas A. Marlow
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Marlow
Montana National Bank
Montana Trust and Savings Bank
J. Kelley
Metals Trust Bank of
Daly Bank and Trust
Lee M. Ford
Great Falls National Bank
Col. W. H. Rowley
Federal Branch
Hover Consolidated Royalties
Dee Wee
Onga
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