Paul McCormick remembered as pioneer commander and Montana figure
A letter from Colonel J. J. Allen at Berkeley recalls Paul McCormick, former Fort Pease commander in 1875 and a landmark Montana figure, detailing pioneer days and clashes with Indians, the fort’s construction, and memories of old comrades as he reflects on mortality and memory.
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J. J. Allen
Berkeley
Cal
Paul McCormick
Montana
Billings
Columbus’ News
Fort Pease
Tax Commission bill is killed in Senate battle
In a dramatic Senate fight the measure to create a tax commission was killed on a motion to table. Opponents led by Senator J E Edwards of Rosebud cited last November’s 14000 vote against the proposition while Senator Rolla Heron of Custer County led supporters. The roll call ended 32 for tabling and 20 against with names of legislators listed.
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J. E. Edwards
Rosebud
Heron
Senate
Rolla Heron
Custer County
Rosebud County
Booth
Burgess
Burlingame
Church
Clark
Coburn
Cone
Cooper
Craig
Dearborn
Donlan
Edwards
Esh
Galway
Haaland
Haley
Hazelbaker
Hefferlin
Larson
Leuthold
Lowe
McCone
Mears
Page
Parker
Paul
Slattery
Stewart
Meagher
Dear-Lodge
White
Anderson
Connelly
Cowan
Dixon
Foster
Greening
Greenup
Griffin
Harmon
Jensen
Junod
Kirton
Lewis
Long
Loy
McKay
Mains
Pauline
Borvik
Last Frontier Tales of Dearth and Matrimonial Hopes
A Sand Springs Montana Star feature jokes about a gender imbalance with local men advertising themselves as eligible husbands. It lists suitors Glen Hensely William Fields Patrick Carroll Alvin Larson Wilson Corey Carl Whittle and others, describing traits and marriage aims. Also noted: tribes from Fort Peck Fort Belknap seek $18.75 million in land claims, hiring Washington attorney with 10 percent fee, based on 1851 treaty rights.
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Europe
Montana
Springs
Mont
Star
Sand Springs
Alvin Larson
Alvin
Wilson Corey
Benedict
Corey
Larson
Dilo
Carl Whittle
Havre
Washington
Rose
Isaac Blount
Wolf Point
Henry Archdale
Oswego
Assinniboines
Fort Peck Reservation
Simon
Raymond Feather
Harlem
Fort Belknap Reservation
Native tribe claims vast Montana lands under 1851 treaty
Assinniboine Indians of Fort Peck and Fort Belknap reservations allege the 1851 treaty ceded 7.5 million acres in northern and central Montana. They assert Uncle Sam granted lands now worth hundreds of millions, contending the treaty was repudiated.
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Uncle Sam
Montana
Fort Peck
Fort Belknap
Land for a Reservation in Northern State Overlooked
The article notes a plan to grant land for a Native American reservation in the northern part of the state, but an oversight affected the process. It outlines implications for tribes and local authorities and signals potential corrective steps.
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Paul M’cormick
Batte
Redskins
McCormick
Jim Edwards
Jim
Colorado
Bill Brockway
Zed Daniels
Muggins’ Taylor
Major Pease
George Herendeen
TAX Commission
Bill
John E. Edwards
Rolla P. Heren
Garfield County
Glen Hensely
Harry
William Fields
Will Field
Pat
Danny
Patrick Carroll
Jane
Carroll
Mitchell
Mitchell Royalties
Wildscholtz
Joe Miller
Catlett
Cat Creek
Glory Hole
Mitchell Treasury
Mitchell Company
Mitchell Royalties Company
A. B. Mitchell
Mitchell Petroleum Group
Mitchell Holdings
H. Leonard DeKalb
John Hill
A. B. Mitchell Frank Labatt
Merle C. Greene
Lewistown
Lewistown, Mont
MNA
Assinniboine Indian Tribe
Montana Flour Mills Co
Harlowton
Great Falls
Bozeman
Ty's
The
Optican Optometrist and
Optician
Great Falls, Mont
Beaver
Richard P. Hoenck
North Main
Butte
McHee
Montana’s Oil
Hover-Schwarzs Unite
Macdonald
Unit-Eleven
Blackburn
Hartford Accident & Indemnity. Company
CAT Creek Center Syndicate
Ieee Up
Home Office
H. J. Kelly
Register. U
Land Office
H. B. Martin
Barton & Company
211 Bank Electric Building
CAT. Creek Center Syndicate
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