Pioneer recollections recount Slade hanging and Edgerton era
A Cascade County Montana resident recalls 1863 Montana beginnings with Sidney Edgerton and Jim Slade. He defends Slade’s hanging as unjust, notes Edgerton’s struggles with Confederate arrivals, and recalls Ives’s execution and vigilante justice in Alder Gulch. He also describes mining life near Last Chance and ranching south of Cascade.
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Montana
Jimmy Austin
Cascade County
Sidney Edgerton
Akron
Lincoln
Edgerton
Austin
Jim Slade
Slade
Jimmy
Jules Beni
Julesburg
Colo
Denver
Jules
Virginia City
Texas
Georgia
Missouri
Alder Gulch Diggin
Davis
Lee
America
F. George Heldt
Ohio
Sanders
Idaho
Missouri River
Lewiston
Sweetwater
Bannack
Montana Territory
Territory
Utah
Ives
Wilbur Sanders
Alder Gulch
George Ives
Alex Carter
Tom Thurman
Tom
Last Chance Gulch
John Cowan
Fort Benton
Uncle Sam
Canada
Billy Conrad Sed
Cascade
Boos and a Beautiful Rider Thwarted a Western Desperado
A California tale recounts Boone Helm a notorious killer foiled by a fearless woman who rode 200 miles to warn a target. Helm’s planned murder was stopped when the ranch owner sheltered the riders and Helm was disarmed. The woman later vanished from the romance, and Helm moved on marrying someone else.
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Boone Helm
Missouri
Boone
Virginia City
Reinhard Heydrich
Hitler
Mr. Helm
California
Helm
N. P. Laneford
Yreka
Homer
Boston
Deferments Sought for Ranch Workers in War Effort
Democratic National Chairman Edward J. Flynn urges President Roosevelt to grant deferments to skilled ranch workers. He warns ranchers face livestock sales and meat shortages if harvest help is unavailable, stressing cowboys and sheepherders cannot be trained quickly.
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Edward J. Flynn
Roosevelt
Flynn
United States
Smelter Official From Montana Dies in Chile
V. P. Antonich, Chile Exploration Co. smelter superintendent at Chuquicamata and longtime Great Falls resident, died recently in Antofagasta Chile. He became Chile smelter superintendent in 1941 after 22 years with Chile Copper Co and 17 years at the Anaconda Copper Mining Co Great Falls plant before moving abroad.
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V. P. Antonich
Chile Exploration Co
Chuquicamata
Chile
Great Falls
Antofagasta
Antonich
Chile Copper Co
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Great Fall
Lewistown Named for Major of Seventh Infantry
Lewistown Montana derives its name from Camp Lewis located where the city’s business section now stands. Historian David Hilger cites War Department records and Helena Herald reports noting Camp Lewis was named for Maj William H Lewis of the Seventh Infantry, with local petitions and post office moves shaping the town’s naming.
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Lewistown
Mont
Camp Lewis
David Hilger
State Historical Library
Wiliam Ludlow
War Department
Carroll, Mont
Yellowstone Park
Hilger
George L. Browning
Seventh Infantry
Reed’s Fort
Reed
F. A. Janeaux
Postoffice
Janeaux
Postoffice Department
Idaho
Camp Baker
Fort Logan
Fort Shaw
Sun River
William H. Lewis
Seventh Infantry Regiment
Forts Shaw and
Ellis
General Gibbons
Helena
Judith Basin
Big Spring Creek
19Th Infantry
Railroad Official Dies in California
W C Sloan assistant vice president of Northern Pacific Railroad and general manager of lines west of Livingston died recently in San Bernardino California after several months illness. Sloan headquarters were in Seattle and he was one of the best known railroad men in the west with many Montana friends.
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W. C. Sloan
Northern Pacific Railroad Co
Livingston
San Bernardino
Calif
Sloan
Seattle
West
Montana
Heath Bottomly Named Acting Regimental Adjutant at West Point
Heath Bottomly of Helena has been appointed acting regimental adjutant for the summer session at West Point, making him second in command among cadet officers. He is the son of Montana official R V Bottomly, first assistant attorney general.
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Heath Bottomly
Helena
West Point
Bottomly
R. V. Bottomly
Montana
Skirts and Jackets Reflect War Era Confidence in New York
The article details wartime fashion with narrow straight silhouettes in New York designs. Skirts feature single kick pleats or light draped pleats, jackets stay around 25 inches and are often collarless, while Dickies vestees and turned back collars add a fresh touch. Accessories highlight feminine flair despite fabric limits.
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New York
War Production Board
Romantic pink rose frock headlines summer dance fashion
Ann Thomas models a romantic summertime dance frock featuring pink roses on white with black stripes. The skirt forms a bouffant silhouette while the bodice uses tucked white organza with black velvet ribbon lacing.
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Ann Thomas
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George M. Casey
Oregon
Euclid
Pacific
Rogue River Valley
California Trail
Aristotle
Pals
Shotgun Point
Portland
San Francisco
Canary
Jane Withers
Hollywood
Jane
Kentucky
Sunny Brook
National A Duties Products Corp
7Th Infantry
Anaconda
Anaconda Sales Co
Anaconda, Montana
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