Names Behind Montana Rivers Echo Jefferson Era
Aug 1805 exploration of the Jefferson river by Lewis and Clark led to three forks named Wisdom and Philanthropy in honor of Jefferson, with the main fork called Main Missouri. The Jefferson itself later became Beaverhead, while Wisdom became the Big Hole, and Philanthropy failed to stick as a river name. Passamari, meaning The Water of the Cottonwood Groves, was proposed for the river and later adopted as a survey meridian.
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Lewis and Clark
Jefferson River
Jefferson
Missouri
Lewis
Twin Bridges
Three Forks
Red Rock
Horse Prairie
Big Hole Basin
Cameahwait
Beaverhead Rock
Beaverhead
Madison Counties
Montana
Big Hole
Wisdom River
Great Basin
Pierre's Hole
Teton Basin
Jackson's Hole
Ross’ Hole
Fire Hole
James Bridger
J. Cecil Alter
Nathaniel P. Langford
Washburn
Cornelius Hedges
Mr. Hedges
Hedges
Bridger
Granville Stuart
Oregon
Bannacks
Madison and
Gallatin
Idaho
United States Surveyor General
John L. Corbett
H. D.ashburn
United States
Fort Union's Dark Boom Era of Violence and Revenge
The Fort Union post in Montana's early fur trade era was plagued by conspiracies family feuds and murders. The Deschamps and Rems half breed clans sparked a lethal feud culminating in arson murder and a final brutal assault at Fort William.
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Fort Union
Old Fort Union
Lisa
Montana
Prairies
Deschamps
Fort William
Semple
Red River
Francois Deschamps
Missouri
Canada
Upper
Jack Rem
Rems
Lafferrier
Hamilton
Archibald Palmer
Charles Larpenteur
Kenneth McKenzie
Baptiste Gardepied
Francois Deschamps Jr
Francois
Gardepied
A Deschamps
Francoiis
Larpenteur
St. Louis
Fort
Blackfeet
Old Jack Rems
Everl
Passamari Meridian Survey Names Montana Pioneers
The Passamari meridian survey traced the northern township in township 6 south of range 4 west where many Passamari valley settlements lay. The 1870 Passamari guide monument plat lists pioneers Perkins Combs Pierce Van Brocklin Taylor Phillips Sweet Kingery and Wilcox and notes in township 7 south of range 4 west residents James Williams and Fer.
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Range
Montana
Perkins
Combs
Pierce
van Brocklin
Taylor
Phillips
Sweet
Interest Rates to Remain Low for Montana Loans
Farmers and ranchers in Montana will save about $320,000 over the next two years due to continued low rates on Federal Land Bank and Land Bank Commissioner loans. President Roosevelt’s new legislation keeps the 34 percent rate on these loans through June 30, 1944, with higher rates for direct and compartment loans. The act also lowers rates on land sales contracts and purchase money mortgages to 4 percent for two years. Montana’s total outstanding Federal Land Bank related loans amount to about $51.5 million.
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Montana
Federal Land Bank
Land Bank Commissioner
R. E. Brown
Federal Land Bank of
Spokane
Brown
Roosevelt
Land Bank
Federal Farm Mortgage Corp
National Farm Loan Associations
Commissioner
Federal Land Bank and Land Bank Commissioner
Allendale Irrigation Co Wins Montana Supreme Court Injunction
The Montana supreme court ruled Allendale Irrigation Co of Granite County is entitled to an injunction preventing the state water conservation board from denying water to its Flint Creek ditch. The decision reverses Granite County district court, holding that the first 12 days of July flow in the ditch is part of Flint Creek's natural flow to which the company holds rights. The board argued the flow originated in Rock Creek and was diverted for the Flint Creek Water Users association.
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Montana Supreme Court
Allendale Irrigation Co
Granite County
State Water Conservation Board
Flint Creek
Granite County District Court
The
Water Board
Rock Creek
Montana Cheese Output Rises While Butter Ice Cream Fall
Montana dairy reports May production up 32.8 percent from 1941 with 222 509 pounds of cheese made. Butter output declined to 1 400 506 pounds and ice cream to 151 084 gallons, both below last year. May also saw 1 404 320 pounds of butterfat and 46 485 pounds of cottage cheese produced.
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Montana
State Agriculture Department
Edward Grieg Born in Bergen on May Second Nineteenth Century
Norwegian composer and pianist Edward Grieg was born on May 2, 1843. He became a leading figure in Romantic era music known for melodic richness and national style.
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Edward Grieg
Daring Great Northern Flyer Train Robbery Near Wagner
A long-defunct Great Northern westbound flyer was held up near Wagner in July 1901 by three bandits who shot several on board and looted the express car, escaping on horses after a chaotic daylight crime. Sheriffs, Pinkerton men, and local residents pursued across Montana and into Wyoming’s Hole in the Wall region, with a reward offered for the culprits amid conflicting reports and sensational speculation.
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West
Montana
Wagner
Kid” Currie Or Curry
Wyo
Pinkerton
The
River Press
Fort Benton
Chouteau County
Great Northern
Malta
Smith
Griffith
Valley County
Exter
Jones
Whitside
A. W. Douglass
Great Northern Montana Division
Gertrude M. Smith
Toman
Wis
Seattle
O'Neil
Glasgow
Relic of Plane Hop Donated to Montana Library
A portable blow torch from the NC-4, the first aircraft to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1919, was presented to the Montana state historical library in Helena. The torch was donated by Mrs. John Roos, via Mrs. Lucinda B. Scott, and昔 traced to Arthur Gray of Helena, a Stinson Aircraft mechanic.
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Atlantic Ocean
England
State Historical Library
Helena
Lucinda B. Scott
John Roos
Seattle
Atlantic
Roos
Arthur Gray
Eddy” Stinson
The
Stinson Aircraft
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William
Alexander Harvey
Harvey
American Fur Co
Marseillais
Yellowstone Rivers
American Fur Ce
North Dakota
SAVE
Switzerland
Irrigation Company
Wagner Area
Kid Currie
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