Paris Gibson 87th Birthday Honors Great Falls Founder
Paris Gibson, founder of Great Falls, celebrated his 87th birthday with a public tribute in Gibson Park. The piece recalls his vision turning a prairie site into a growing city with parks, boulevards, and industry and notes his diplomacy in guiding Cree Indians at Fort Assiniboine and his rise from captain to brigadier general.
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Great Falls
Power City
Antelope
Paris Gibson
Rocky Mountain States
Minneapolis
James J. Hill
Gibson
Central Avenue
Hill
Highwood Mountains
Mr. Hill
Senator Gibson
United States
Gibson Park
Roosevelt
Pershing
Francis E. Warren
Wyoming
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Miss Warren
Senator Warren
Miles
Baldwin
Montana Poet Braley Issues Patriotism Verse on July Fourth
The Montana poet Berton Braley, popular on Broadway, published a patriotic appeal on July 4 in London and New York papers. He urges citizens to prove loyalty through service and action, not words, recalling Valley Forge and Bunker Hill. The piece ends with a cynical quip about profiteers and getting nothing for nothing.
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Berton Braley
Montana
London
New York
Valley Forge
Bunker Hill
First Governor Edgerton the John Brown Attorney
Sidney Edgerton was Montana territory’s first governor and served as attorney for John Brown after Harpers Ferry. A self made man born 1817 in New York, he pursued law in Akron and Washington, helped block Idaho Montana division, and led Montana to statehood through Bannack and Washington trips.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Akron
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Con
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Washington
Congress
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H. G. Blake
Philadelphia
Alexander L Boetler
Harper's Ferry
Charleston
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Black Horse Guard
Flower of Virginia
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White House
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Utica
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John Rogers
Rogers
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Canada
Him
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Department of Mindanao
Bud Bagsak
Bell
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Elk Run
Duncan McDonald
Mer
Highwood
Shirley
Ford
Mont
Choice Lot Angus
B. Power
Helena
John Evans
Cascade
N. 8S
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GUN River Stock & Land Company
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