Names Behind Montana Towns Reflect Pioneers And Indian Heritage
Readings from University of Montana journalism students trace how Montana towns got their names. Missoula derives from a Flathead term for ambush, Red Lodge honors a picturesque site, Chinook names a warm wind, Kalispell honors a tribe, and Helena arose from a frontier meeting.
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Montana
University of Montana At
Missoula
Porte de Enfre
Hellgate
Red Lodge
Red Lodge Creek
Chinook
Kalispell
Flathead Lake
Helena Name Origin Debate Traced To 1864 Mass Meeting
Montana historians recount the 1864 Last Chance Gulch mass meeting where Helena was chosen over Tom a with ballots showing a Minnesota link. John Summerville proposed Helena while locals recall Heleena pronunciation before the Northern Pacific arrival in 1882 83 shifted usage. Noted figures include G J Wood T E Cooper and John H Schober with ties to Minnesota and Price’s army era.
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Helena
Montana
John Somerville
Somerville
America
Minnesota
Gallatin Valley
Lewis
Washington, D.C
Betty Gallatin
Saco
Gumbo Flat
Sacajawea
Hedgesville
Yale
Hedges Brothers
Hedges
Miles City
Milestown
Miles
Billings
Northern Pacific Railroad
Frederick Billings
Algerton
Albert
Daniel Boone
White Sulphur Springs
Heleena
David Hilger
State Historical Society
Last Chance Gulch
E. J. Wood
Upper Main Street
G. J. Wood
T. E. Cooper
Toma
John Summerville
Ark
Scott County
Hilger
Price
Summerville
Henderson, Minn
Bob Stanley
Historical Society
England
Cornelius Hedgen
Reginald
Bob) Stanley
Thomas E. Cooper
Levi Price
George C. Selfridge
D. J.,miller
John Crab
John Cowan
George J. Wood
C. L. Cutler
H. Brewer
Sully
John H. Schober
Nicholas Hilger
Geoorge C. Selfridge
Potato King Patrick Carney Reappointed to state board
Patrick Carney of Waterloo known as the Potato King is reappointed by Governor Erickson to a four year term on the Orphan's Home executive board. Also named to state boards are William Dawson to the Deaf and Blind School and Sister Mary Coletta Roche to nursing examiners.
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J. Coffen
Missoula
Matthew Brown
Miles City
Elmer Holt
Eleanor Coit
Big Timber
W. Stewart
Helena
C. H. Williams
Deer Lodge
W. A. Brubaker
Terry
Prairie County
Ida Hills Nepper
Butte
Patrick Carney
Waterloo
Madison County
Montana
Carney
Twin Bridges
Erick- 800
School For Deaf and Blind
Boulder
William Dawson
Lees Taylor
University of Montana At
Mary Coletta Roche
State Board of Examiners For
J. H. McElroy
L. L. Worthington
Louis Dousman
W. A. Selvidge
John Cohagen
W. M. Johnston
Billings
Board of Park Commissioners
City of
the Orphan's Home
British motorcycle industry tops world with 140000 yearly output
The British motorcycle industry with a yearly output of 140,000 machines now leads the world. The noise of atoms moving about in a piece of iron has been detected by sensitive amplifiers.
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Wibaux
Mingusville
Minnie
Gus
Peter Wibaux
Paris Gibson
Great Falls
Margaret Parks
Margaret Harkness
Fort Benton
Virginia City
Waxina
Jefferson Davis
Judge Bessel
Vaxina
Springdale
Hunter
Northern Pacific
Hunter’s Hot Springs
David Thompson
Thompson Falls
Clark’s Fork
Columbia River
Paris
PiGige
State
Hale and Hearty
John H. Shober
Mass Meeting
Erickson
Pioneer
Orphan's Home
Stewart