Printing in the Frontier Days and Nez Perces Threats
A 1877 Missoula Missoulian letter reveals stagecoach ink shortages and frontier panic as Nez Perces led by Joseph and Looking Glass threaten Bitter Root, with Charlot aiding settlers and Fort Owens repairs under way. Letters from Chauncey Barbour and W B Harlan document pre Big Hole battle conditions and local support.
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Missoula
M. T
James H. Mills
Deer Lodge
McCarthy
Chauncey Barbour
the Big Hole
Joseph
Looking Glass
Nez Perces
Gibbon
Charlot
Flatheads
Bitter Root Valley
W. B. Harlan
Stevensville
Mills
Poker Joe
Bitter Root
Howard
Idaho
Mr. Harlan
J. H. Mills
Trin
Fort Owens
Corvallis
Ohio Oil Company to Drill Many New Wells in Kevin Bunhurst Field
Announcement of numerous new oil well sites signals Ohio Oil Company aims to boost production to 6000 barrels daily in the Kevin Bunhurst field. It is believed a contract with Imperial Oil may supply the Regina refinery, with Sunburst crude replacing Wyoming crude as Montana field output rises. A Sunburst to border pipeline by Illinois Pipe Line is seen as evidence of the deal and expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Oil Company
Kevin-Bunhurst
Ohio
Imperial Oil Company
Imperial
Regina
Wyoming
Kevin-Sunburst
Montana
Sunburst
Illinois Pipe Line Company
Naming of Montana Territory Challenges and Choices
The article traces early proposed names for the Montana territory including Montana Jefferson and Shoshone, notes opposition in Congress, and recalls figures like James M. Ashley Stephen A Douglas and General J W Denver. It cites debates over linguistic meaning and regional politics before the 1864 bill created Idaho Montana.
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Montana
Committee On Territories
House
Cox
Ohio
Ashley
Mr. Cox
Name Debates Shape Montana Territory Origins in 1863
A 1905 letter recounts a 1860s meeting between Stephen A. Douglas and General Denver over naming a new territory. Earlier proposals included Montana and Idaho with Lewiston and Jefferson as candidates, while Sidney Edgerton advocated Montana for the eastern Bitterroot region amid debate on the bill introduced December 14, 1863 by Mr. Ashley.
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Jefferson
Montana
Stephen A. Douglas
J. W. Denver
Kansas Territory
Denver
Douglas
Senate Committee On Territories
Great Rocky Mountain
Idaho
General Denver
City of
Montana Town Company
Lawrence
Kansas
Auraria
West
Idaho Territory
Congress
Senate
Ashley
Wilbur Edgerton Sanders
F. M. Clavenger
Claveriger
Colorado
Sidney Edgerton
Bannack
Bitter Root Mountains
Lewiston
House
Sanders
Montana Historical Society
House of Representatives
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Joseph and
New Northwest
Missoulian
United States Army
William 'S. Graves
Albert Galen
Montana Supreme Court
Graves
Liberia
Townsend
United States
War Department
Judge Advocate General's Department
General Graves
Sam V. Stewart
Montana, Jefferson, Shoshone
Montana del Norte
Golden Gate
Montana Kantner
Missouri
James M. Ashley
Committee On Territories of the House
Mountains
Douglag
Mr. Ashley
Frederick Douglass
FOR
Postam Cereal Company, Incorporated
Battle Creek, Michigan
Territory
House Committee On Public Morals
Committee On Public Morals
Felton Fur CO
Sioux City
Iowa
Baw
Furr
H. B. Lake & CO
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