Outlaw Schneider Captured After Hold Up of Helena Vigilantes
In fall 1884 near Little Prickly Pear canyon, outlaw Fred Schneider held up two Helena vigilantes, Joe Fleck and Harry Flicker, then was saved from hanging by local road house workers. He was cut down by two youths and later jailed for the attempted hold up.
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Outlaw
Fred Schneider
Little
Prickly Pear Canyon
Little Rocky
Chouteau’ County
Pike Sandusky
Joe Fleck
Harry Flicker
Helena
Flick
Flicker
Chicago
Joe
Wood Street
Canyon
Great Northern
Great Falls
Schneider
Little Prickly Pear
Creek
Road House
Wick
Lion Creek
O. K
James Ralston
James McKiligan
Fort Benton
Missouri Corn Tale At Fort Ellis Reveals Rations And Rules
A Missouri couple, the Reas, persistently sought damaged corn shipped for cavalry horses at Fort Ellis. Lt. and Captain Doane test the corn by feeding two prized mules. both die. Doane finally allows two sacks to be salvaged for friends, leading to corn pone later. Doane notes the corn, though finest food, proved deadly to strong Missouri men.
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Miss Rea
Fort Ellis
Missouri River
Rea’s
Quartermaster Department
G. C. Doane
Doane
Leutenant
Reas
Gallatin City
Montana legislators tackle county growth and herd laws
Montana's legislature debates creation of up to 66 counties, with McCone bill proposing net-valuation rules to shield existing counties. A new herd law eases damages for crops and reduces minimum herd units while farmers and stockmen edge toward compromise. Federal reclamation plans from Secretary Lane gain Montana support as a five justice supreme court looms in prospect.
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Rhine
Montana
State House
McCone
House
Senate
Franklin K. Lane
Department of the
Supreme Court
W. H. Nichols
Billings
United States
Fletcher Maddox
Great Falls
Cascade County
Judge Pickett
Helena
William Rea Repels Blinky Johnson in Montana Tale
In Virginia City during the fall of 1864 William Rea clashes with hotel owner Blinkeyed Johnson over a Missouri Hotel sign. Rea threatens to back his claim with a gun, Johnson bluffing about Vigilantes, but Rea asserts Missouri bushwhackers behind him. The confrontation ends without the sign being removed.
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Matt W. Alderson
Montana
Gallatin County
John M. Bozeman
Virginia City
William Rea
Virginia
Plains
Missouri
Johnson
Union Hotel
Rea
W. Rea
Capt. Williams
X. Beidler
Doc Steele
Prominent Social Center in Gallatin Valley Home
Johnson loved liquor and owed 25 cents a drink to Rea. Years later the Rea family settled on land midway between Logan and Three Forks, a mile south of Gallatin City, turning their home into a social hub. An attractive daughter named Misa Puss Hea attracted admirers from far away, including Fort Elms officers 30 miles distant who visited for evenings with her.
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Johnson
Rea
Gallatin City
Misa
Puss Hea
Fort Elms
Famous gold nugget now state property
The first Montana gold nugget, discovered May 21 1862 by James Stuart on Gold Creek near Alder Gulch, is presented to the State Historical Library by Mrs Granville Stuart. The nugget, half quartz, helped spark the Alder Gulch rush and Montana’s founding.
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Alder Gulch
Montana
State Historical Library
Granville Stuart
James Stuart
Gold Creek
Main Range
Rockies
Stuart
Virginia City
Powell
Blake
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Bad Man
Ebert
Milwaukee
Supreme Bench
A. Bergeson
Chouteau County
William Muth
Lewis and Clark
Arad H. Franklin
Mineral County
John R. Page
Granite County
Legislative Bureau of the
Montana Newspaper Association
America
Lfe
Department of the Interior
William
Nicholas
Germany
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