Merrill Riddick Makes 5000 Mile Record Flight Across Country
Montana aviator Merrill Riddick completes a 5000 mile journey touching Texas Chicago and Washington. He faces army scrutiny at Belling Field yet continues passenger flights and seeks new work while funding a drill project on a frontier oil structure near the Montana Canadian border.
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Merrill Riddick
Montana
Country
Alberta
Oi City
Lineham
Calgary
Canada
Liveham
Europe
William Livingston
Livingston
Oil City
John Lineham
International Line
Blackfeet Reservation
Standard Oil
Frantz Corporation
Frantz
Louis Hill
Great Northern
Havre
Standard
Elk Basin
Imperial Oil Company
Bowes Structure Oil. Company
Texas
Louisiana
George M. Day
Bowes
Merrill K., Riddick
Carl W. Riddick
Washington
Belling Field
Army
O. O
Chicago
Gary
Ind
Riddick
Valparaiso
Hamlet
Monroeville
Indiana
Merrill K. Riddick
Lewistown
William Berkin 95th birthday pioneer of Montana
William Berkin, celebrated his ninety fifth birthday at a dinner in Butte hosted by his son John Berkin. A veteran settler and copper prospector, he drove the first mule train from Fort Benton to Virginia City and helped found the Mountain Chief mine before settling near the Orphan Girl mine.
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William Berkin
Montana
John Berkin
Butte
Berkin
Fort Benton
Missouri River
Virginia City
Murray Hospital
Mountain Chief
Minnie Healy
Leonard
Corinne
Utah
Union Pacific
Swansea
Wales
Orphan Girl Mine
W. A. Clark
Bannack
Counties Warned to Repair Roads in Montana Pact
County commissioners in Montana are warned to maintain all roads built with federal aid or face penalties. George W. Lanstrum and John N. Edy say neglected roads will trigger deductions from federal road funds, urging strict cooperation to keep a smooth serviceable surface.
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United States
Boards of County Commissioners
Montana
George W. Lanstrum
State Highway Commission
Lanstrum
John N. Edy
Commission
KJ Lanstrump
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Fire destroys Fort Assinniboine buildings near Havre
State officials opened an investigation into the destruction of Fort Assinniboine structures near Havre led by State Fire Marshal Mentrum. Reported losses include two thirds of the fort’s 20 plus buildings and large quantities of lumber bricks and pipes carted away, with minimal enforcement to stop the depredations.
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Fort Assinniboine
Havre
Mentrum
United States
Riddick's Airmail Feats in 1919 Summers Flight
Riddick joined the aviat ors handbook in 1919 and flew air mail between Washington and New York. He logged extraordinary flying time, endured dense fogs and rough Atlantic weather, skimmed waves over New York Bay, and completed the journey to Baltimore and College Park before resigning from the air mail service in September 1919 to pursue commercial aviation.
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Belling Field
M. F. Scanlon
Riddick
Texas
Chicago
Washington
Scanlon
Harry Gessford
Army
Gessford
Dayton-Wright Company
Dayton
Ohio
New York
Atlantic
Hudson
New York Bay
New Jersey
Delaware
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
College Park
France
Airmail Service
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Earl Hyde
Morgan-Guggenheim Syndicate
Irvine Stewart
Midwest Geological Department
Metzner, Brown & Company
Billings
Kenton
Wheeling
W. Va
Old Son
Old Concord
Bowes Structure Oil Company
Mr. Day
Wyoming
West Virginia
Massachusetts Avenue
Ures
Dent Place
Carl Riddick
State Highway Board
Bolling Field
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