Power the Empire Builder who Shaped Montana's Rise
Senator T C Power arrived in Montana in 1867 and became a leading financier trader and steamboat operator. His Block P line controlled upper Missouri river navigation until the railroad era. Born May 22 1839 in Dubuque Iowa he was son of Michael W Power and Catherine McLeer and helped develop numerous mercantile fur trade and transportation ventures shaping early Montana. He studied at Sissinawa Mound College Wisconsin and taught school after graduation.
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Wilchey
T. C. Power
Montana
Fort Benton
Missouri
St. Louis
Iowa
Senator Power
Dubuque
Michael W. Power
Ireland
Catherine McLeer
Hagerstown
Michael Power
United States
Miss McLeer
Peru
Emerald Isle
The
Union
John W. Power
Sarah E. Power
T. L. Martin
Sissinawa Mound College
Wisconsin
Montana’s Senator Power Built Fort Benton Trade Network
The biography traces Power’s rise from surveying and freight ventures on the upper Missouri to building steamboats like the Benton and Helena. He expanded stage lines, opened stores in Helena, invested in water works, stock farms, and led Helena’s civic development. A Republican leader, he helped secure U S Senate seats in 1890, served six years, and influenced public lands, mines, railroads, and the Fort Harrison project. He married Mary Flannagen in 1867 and had a son, Charles Benton Power.
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Dakotas
Plains
Missouri River
Senator Power
Fort Benton
John W. Power
Missouri
Mississippi
I. G
George A. Baker
I. G. Baker & Bros
Benton
Helena
Butte
Black Hills
Mackinac
Billings
Montana
U. S. Senate
Wilbur F. Sanders
United States Senate
Assembly
Sanders
House of Representatives
Power
Lee Mantle
John E. Rickards
Dr. Leavitt
Silver Bow
B. Platt Carpenter
L. H. Hershfield
Montana Assembly
W. A. Clark
Martin Maginnis
United States
State Senate
Democratic House
Silver Bow County
Congress
Committee On
T. C. Power
Senator Sanders
Senate
Northwest
Fort Harrison
Federal
State Agricultural College
Bozeman
Mary G. Flannagen
Dubuque, Ir
Charles Benton Power
Georgetown College
Washington, D. C
Ambition Held Gate To Grave
A Mayo Clinic physician tells the American Medical Association that ambition shortens a business man's life. Dr. Edgar V. Allen urges a five day work week and eight hour days, advocating hobbies, moderation in diet and smoking, and more recreation to extend longevity.
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American Medical Association
Edgar V. Allen
Mayo Clinic
Dr. Allen
Montana Distribution of Fifth Annual Production Summary
Montana State University bureau of business research reports four thousand copies of Montana's Production, the fifth annual statistical summary of the state's industries. Distributed across the state and northwest regions, the edition details industrial output and economic trends.
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Montana
Northwest
Bureau of Business Research of
Montana State University
Power of Senator Power Honored for Life of City Service
Columbia University notes Power connected with his father’s vast enterprises and took on management. He is praised for integrity, civic enterprise, and using private capital for public works. He is described as a guiding political leader with a long record of public and charitable contributions.
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Lumbia University
Power
Belief in Mines of State Made Pioneer Fortune
Thomas F. Hickey, a 79 year old Butte pioneer who died in 1923, was the last of four Hickey brothers whose mining ventures shaped Butte's early industry. Born in New York in 1844, he helped stake the Lizzie Lode and other claims, led Bayonne Gold Mines in British Columbia, and sued Davis-Daly over ore reserves. He died after a paralysis attack following a street fall and a picnic with his daughter and niece.
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Thomas F. Hickey
Butte
St. Lawrence County
New York
Hickey
Hickeys
Diamond
Rock Island
Tuolumne
Lizzie
Anaconda
St. Lawrence
Thomas F
Edward
Michael
Thomas
Helena
Empire
Julia Finnegan
Maine
Davis-Daly Company
Bayonne Gold Mines, Ltd
British Columbia
James W. Gerard
Marcus Daly
Germany
Honolulu Copper & Silver Mining Co
Fitzpatrick
Sadie Lee
Poultry and Swine Shared Yard Raises Disease Risk
The practice of allowing chickens and hogs in the same lot exposes hogs to chicken tuberculosis, a disease to which hogs are more susceptible than chickens.
Interned Italian Sailors Complain At Fort Missoula
About 800 Italian seamen interned at Fort Missoula in Montana during World War II express homesickness and monotony. They describe days of meals and rest with little to do while guards oversee the 2000 yard enclosure. A photographer drawing crowds caused a brief stir as sailors posed for group photos for families in Italy.
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Fort Missoula
Bitter Root
Riley
United States
Bella Vista
Beautiful View
Famiuna
Italy
Montana Ext urges fall pig breeding for defense program
E P Orcutt of Montana State College says despite limited fall pig production in Montana, some growers may join the nations food for defense plan. He recommends now is the time to breed for fall litters to align with the program.
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Montana
Food For Defense
E. P. Orcutt
Montana State College
Fur Market Warns of Downward Spiral Without Price Support
Frank G. Ashbrook of the Fish and Wildlife Service warned Fur Farmers' International at Milwaukee that the American fur industry could spiral downward toward year end unless a reasonable price level is sustained by American furriers.
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Frank G. Ashbrook
Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Department of Interior
Fur Farmers’ International Summer School
Milwaukee
Pigeon Pectoral Muscles Taller Than Many Penne Birds
The pectoral muscles of a pigeon are developed more than those of many penne birds which fly with slower wing rates.
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Empire Builder
T. C. Power, Empire Builder
Finlen’s
Finlen
Csy Peoria
Poplar
State Fort
Warn Fur Business
Iris
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Anaconda Sales Co
Anaconda, Montana
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