Yellowstone steamer opened upper Missouri to Fort Pierre voyage
The Yellowstone steamer and Pierre Chouteau forged a new path for upper Missouri trade in 1831 lifting barriers to Fort Pierre. The ship returned with furs and dried buffalo tongues, boosting American Fur Co. influence and urban legends of empire. The vessel later aided Texas in 1836 carrying Houston and Santa Ana prisoners and munitions, then faded from river records.
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Missouri River
Pierre Chouteau
American Fur Co
Yellowstone
Upper
Missouri
James R. ‘Mullens
Fort Worth
Tex
Fort’ Pierre
Missouri Valley
Fort Union
Chouteau
Jeishikens Pa
St. Louis
Fort Pierre
Bennett
Hudson's Bay
United States
Joseph LaBarge
LaBarge
Mullens
New Orleans
Bayou Lafourche
Mexico
San Felipe
Brazos
Galveston
Buffalo Bayou
Houston
Sam Houston
Santa Ana
Fort Travis
Alamo
San Jacinto
Republic of Texas
Columbia
Lone Star Republic
Stephen Austin
New Republic
Peach Point
Alamo Museum
Republic
Helena
Representative Castles Votes No on Montana Salaries Bill
Representative William Castles of Mineral County opposed the $165 000 appropriation for legislative salaries and expenses. He said he had pledged not to vote for any appropriation until the relief bill funding social security was passed, but forgot this measure would be the first to come up.
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William Castles
Mineral County
House of Representatives
Montana
Townsend Clubs
Old Pioneers
Red Cross Reports Annual Relief by Nation Totals
The American Red Cross lists 1919 relief payments totaling 16.69 million dollars for war victims and refugees across 13 nations. Britain received 8.97 million, followed by Finland 1.88 million, France 1.84 million, Greece 1.07 million, Poland 996 thousand, and other allocations to China Canada Norway and Switzerland. A separate 58 thousand went to the Geneva based international committee. A 20 million dollar fundraising push was noted after Germany's invasion of the Low Countries, bringing total raised to 21.789 million dollars.
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American Red Cross
Great Britain
Finland
France
Greece
Poland
China
Canada
England
Norway
Netherlands
Switzerland
International Committee of the Red Cross
League of Red Cross Societies
Geneva
Germany
Low Countries
Butte Boy Becomes World’s Greatest Drummer
Charles J. Bessette, once a local boy in orchestras and war veteran, is acclaimed as the world’s greatest drummer. A New York letter notes he is conducting a one man swing back to Americanism via his drums and he is booked for a Carnegie Hall lecture on March 1 on drumming’s fine points.
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Butte
Charles J. Bessette
New York City
Bessette
Carnegie Hall
Early-Day Resident Booster for Aeronautics Exhibit
David B. Weaver, Montana pioneer and aviation advocate, spoke at a New York aviation exposition 22 years ago and claimed to contribute to the first discovery of Emigrant Gulch gold in the Yellowstone valley. He produced a patent and a 1890 Herald article describing an electric aerial car for rapid mail, passenger, and express traffic, arguing it could run 50 to 60 mph and traverse terrain railroads cannot reach.
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David B. Weaver
Emigrant Gulch
Garden
Madison Square Garden
New York
America
Montana
Yellowstone
Weaver
W. A. Clark
West
David R. Shorthill
Frank Garrett
Yellowstone Valley
Washington
Herald
Saxton
D. B. Weaver
Saxam
Alr
United States
Federal agents raid Haugan area for illegal stills
Federal agents with the Montana Liquor Control Board arrested George Bol feta and Nick Alkovich about two miles north of Haugan for operating an illegal still. They seized two stills 100 and 400 gallons, 18 gallons of moonshine whisky and 70 gallons of mash, and held the men in Missoula awaiting a federal grand jury.
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Haugan
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Montana Liquor Control Board
George Bolfeta
Nick Alkovich
Missoula
Rice of Montana Wins 1940 Sullivan Award
Gregory Rice was named winner of the 1940 Sullivan Award for the athlete judged to advance sportsmanship. The former Notre Dame runner, holder of the American records at two and three miles, led 600 sports leaders in voting with 1,013 points, far ahead of his rivals.
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Gregory Rice
Sullivan
Rice
Notre Dame
Missoula
Woman Dies Aiding Boy After Multivehicle Crash
A Flathead county farm woman died after being crushed between two cars while aiding 9 year old Gerald McWilliams injured in a collision with a horse drawn sleigh. The boy remains in critical condition as foggy, icy roads contributed to the wreck.
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Flathead County
C. A. Weaver
Kalispell
Gerald McWilliams
J. W. McWilliams
Somers
Ray Bryan
Weaver
Strauss Shot At Park He Survives Wound By Stranger
Great Falls Frank Strauss aged 55 will recover from a shotgun wound in the side. Police Capt A L Anderson termed the injury personal safety related. He was shot at a ball park and staggered a quarter mile before a passing motorist aided him.
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Great Falls
Frank Strauss
A. L. Anderson
Strauss
Butte Man Joins Ambulance Unit for War Service
Arthur H. Mueller, 32, son of prominent Butte pioneers, has joined the British American Ambulance corps to drive for Gen. De Gaulle's free French forces in Egypt and the Sudan. He and 25 others undergo army drill and first aid. shipment delays may push departure to February or by air this month.
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Arthur H. Mueller
Butte
Ambulance Corps
Sudan
New York City
Alf C. Kremer
Mining City
New York
Charles de Gaulle
Mueller
United States
India
Orient
Kremer
Silver Bow County
Draft Board
Centennial
Keckonen Receives Fifteen Year Robbery Sentence
Alexander Keckonen a 38 year old former inmate of Montana and Utah prisons was sentenced in Missoula district court to a fifteen year term for the Sept 10 robbery of a Missoula finance company and related offenses. Judge C E Comer said the sentence could not be suspended due to two prior felony convictions.
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Alexander Keckonen
Montana
Utah
C. E. Comer
Missoula
Keckonen
Hypothetical Sun Hollow Would Encase Moon
A thought experiment proposes the sun as a hollow sphere large enough to cradle the moon inside and allow a monthly orbit around Earth. The notion explores celestial geometry and scale.
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Earth
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Beckman Bros
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