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Col Sanders Dead Pioneer Lawyer and Soldier of Montana
Colonel Wilbur Fiske Sanders a founder and leader in early Montana history died in Helena after a long cancer illness. A lawyer, Civil War veteran, and vigilante figure, he helped tame lawlessness at Bannack and later served as U S senator from Montana. He leaves three sons and was head of the Montana Historical Society.
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Wilbur Fiske Sanders
United States
Montana
Helena
America
Col. Sanders
Commonwealth
Beaverhead County
Examiner
Wilbur F. Sanders
Leon
Cattaraugua County
New York
Freedom Edgerton
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Colonel Sandera
Sanders
Ohio
Akron
Sixty-Fourth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
James W. Forsyth
Nashville
Territory
Washington
Congress
Territorial
Sandeta
Montana Historical Society
Montana Wesleyan Wuniiversity
Masons
Grand Lodge
Dillon
Co. Sandera
Department of Montana
Misa Harriett Fenn
James. A. Sanders
Wilbur E. Sanders
Louis P. Sanders
Butte