Pioneer Culbertson obituary recalls Montana frontier era
Joseph Culbertson, a longtime Indian scout and son of Alexander Culbertson, dies at Poplar. The piece recounts his 1872 trip with his father to Red Stone’s camp, the 1877 fight with Gros Ventres and Sioux, and Culbertson’s later role as a Miles scout, linking early Montana to the present. It notes his hospital care at Fraser and mentions relatives in Poplar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Culbertson
Missouri River
Alexander Culbertson
Missouri
Culbertson
Oseph Culbertson
Upper
Poplar
Montana
Commonwealth
Red Stone
Snake Creek
Joseph
Plains
Miles
Bear Paw Mountains
Gros Ventres
Beaver Creek
Assinniboines
Groy Ventres
Fort Assinniboine
Jacob Wirth
Flying Shield
Bull Hook
Havre
Bannack Founder Judge Stapleton Shaped Montana Law
Judge G W Stapleton arrived in Bannack in 1862 and helped draft the Alder gulch mining district laws. He later mined, practiced law, and shaped early Montana mining law, serving in the territorial legislature and constitutional conventions before dying in Butte on April 25 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Stapleton
Stapleton
Rew
Bannack
Iowa
Plains
Colorado
Grasshopper Creek
Montana
Aldergulch
Colonel McLean
Bill Fairweather
Point of Rocks
McLean
Alder Gulch
Last Chance Gulch
Ophir
Argenta
Butte
House
Senate
Justine
Supreme Court
Congress
Montana Fort Peck Scout Remembered From Old West Times
Born in Peoria Illinois on January 31 1865 he moved to Montana early and became a renowned army scout. He entered government service at 19 serving under Generals Baldwin and Miles and earned credit as chief scout in multiple campaigns. His exploits are noted in Montana history and he spent a long life on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.
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Peoria
Ill
Montana
West
Baldwin
Miles
Fort Peck Indian Reservation
Nurses Plan Eleventh Montana Convention in Missoula
The eleventh annual Montana State Association of Graduate Nurses convention will meet June 18 to 20 in Missoula. Florence hotel serves as headquarters. Elks club parlors host meetings. Officers include President Margaret Sutton and multiple vice presidents, with F L Kerlee as secretary and Madge Webster as treasurer. Directors listed as Hawthorne, Kenney, McCray, Wells, and Sijgmn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State Association of Graduate Nurses
Missoula
Florence
Elks Club
Margaret Sutton
Billings
Clara E. Barrington
Great Falls
Rebecca Evans
Butte
Nettie Penwell
F. L. Kerlee
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Joe Culbertson
Fraser
C. F. Tate
Merchants Legislative Committee
Montana Retail Merchants Association
Tate
Pittsburg
Minnesota
Retail Merchants Association
Gien
Baleton
Fey
Reat Falls
Amercial College
Mostana
Wire Us
Wise dl
Flaherty Optical Parlor
Third St. N
Butterick
Ds Bros, Drygoods Co
Helens, Montama
Tooulder
Boulder Hot Springs
Boulder
Great F Falls Engraving CO
Great Falls, Mont
Poy
E. Stewart Petroleum Geologist
Ford Bldg
ARK Hotel
Wm. Grills
Central Ave
Ainbow
A. J. Breitenstein
Ontana Ol
Mare ” Lauzier- Walcott Company Use
Spekave
Azaconda
Gomma
Arthur Berry
Sd Broadway and
Wreming
Street
Nurses’ Annual Convention
Sem
Stii Oatku
Cahldrus
Calisaa
Rnin
Wolf Point
C. O. Johnson
T. C. Power Motor Car. Company of
Helena
Studebaker
T. C. Power Motor Car Company
Hood River
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