Missoula Missoulian Enters 70th Year Of Publication
The Missoulian marks its 70th year since its 1873 start with founder Frank Woody. The historic piece traces early editors and owners, from Woody’s hand press days to Spaulding’s 1880 consolidation with the Missoula Times and AP franchise, amid Montana’s frontier growth and mining boom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Woody
Missoula
Cedar Creek
Superior
Washington
Ogden
Utah
Fort Heaton
Missouri River
Butte
Joseph
Lapwai Reservation
Idaho
California Mother Lode
Comstock
Nevada
Montana
Henry Plummer
Western Montana
T. H. Chisholm
W. B. Turk
Turk
Worden & Co
Babour
Harrison Spaulding
Missoulian
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Lambert Molinelli
Armstrong
Helena
Gros Ventres of the Prairie Feared More Than Blackfeet
The Gros Ventres or Atsina known as Big Bellies were misunderstood as Falls Indians and conflated with Hidatsa and Blackfeet. They split from Arapaho allies, ranged along the Missouri from Great Falls to Judith basin, and opposed whites since 1806 after Captain Lewis killed a Gros Ventre during a failed peace encounter. The killing sparked lasting white hostility from the tribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Prairie
Falls
Buffalo Country
Arapahoes
Gros Ventres
Atsina
Missouri
Great Falls
Judith Basin
Upper
Mandans
Lewis
Lewis Company
Father de Smet
St. Louis
Blackfeet
Crow Country
Black Hills
Snake River
Colorado Mountains
Pierre’s Hole
Three Forks
Gros Ventres and Blackfeet conflicts in early frontier lore
The article recounts misidentifications of the Gros Ventres as Blackfeet, relations with Arapahoe tribes, and notable clashes including Pierre's Hole in 1832. It notes Hudson's Bay and Northwest Company actions, the killing of Vanderburgh, and Henry's views on the Gros Ventres as an industrious but immoral people misunderstood by traders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre’s Hole
American and
Rocky Mountain Fur Cos
South Pass
Platte
Sweetwater
Ashley
Gros Ventres
Arapahoes
Snake
Green
Hudson’s Bay
Wyeth
Sublette
Bridger
Bonneville
Fitzpatrick
Chittenden
Y Vanderbaugh
American Fur. Co
Vanderburgh
Peter Skene Ogden
Pierre's Hole
Alexander Henry
Henry
Helena company and Missoulian history shape Montana politics
The passage traces political and business battles over Montana capital location and mining control from the early 1900s through 1939. It notes Heinze’s rise and decline, the Missoulian’s ownership changes, labor and management shifts, and a 1939 note on Peru wheat production exceeding 115000 tons.
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Helena
Clark
Daly
F. Augustus Heinz
Montana
Missoulian
Fruit Grower Publishing Co
Fruit Grower
George Harris
E. J. Willis
Heinze
Amalgamated Copper Co
Marcus Daly
Missoulian Publishing Co
T. O. Butler
H. O. Collins
Butte Hill
Bonner
Dixon
Butler
Joseph M. Dixon
A. L. Stone
Montana State University
New York
Wall Street
Butte
Missoula
Chicago
Martin J. Hutchens
Lester L. Jones
George E. Rice
Hutchens
Harding
Hoover
C. A. Colby
W. B. Davis
French T. Ferguson
Davis
Bird refutes Montana power shortage claim
Frank W. Bird president and general manager of Montana Power Co. denies a state power shortage. The dispute centers on the Canyon Ferry Missouri River project proposed by Reclamation Commissioner John C. Page and discussed before a senate appropriations subcommittee. Estimated cost ranges from 11.569 million to about 14 million with war production material priority influencing funding. Senator Murray urged a 2 million appropriation to begin construction and cited a 35 000 kilowatt development needed for chrome and zinc plants in Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Ickes
Montana
Murray
Canyon Ferry
Bird
James Murray
Washington
Frank W. Bird
Montana Power Co
Missouri River
Helena
John C. Page
Senate Appropriations
Interior Department
Reclamation Bureau
War Production Board
State jobs increase report shows large wartime placements
The war manpower commission reported the United States employment service filled more than a half million jobs last month in factories shipyards and offices and 50 600 on farms April placement figures showed that in Montana and South Dakota twice as many jobs were filled as in the previous month
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The
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service
Montana
South Dakota
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
United States
Utah Power & Light Co
Utah Copper Co
Fort Peck
Sammie Hill
Ecuator
Judy Blake
Peru
Ickes and
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Mayflower
Hotel
Harney
Grant Counties
Oregon
Cassia County
Pacific Live Stock Company
Miller and Lux Incorporated
G. N. Jameson
Burns
Merchants Exchange
San Francisco
California
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