Gasoline Can Mistaken for Fuel Oil Triggers Fatal Blaze
A driller Claude J. Skies near Rapelje mistook a gasoline can for fuel oil and caused a stove explosion that ignited a room housing Mrs. Perry Garrison. An assistant tool dresser, unnamed, rescued Mrs. Garrison, wrapping her in bed clothes and pulling her from the flames while Skies suffered third degree burns. The stove blast drove flames through walls, scorching Mrs. Garrison and injuring others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude J. Skies
Hailstone-Keenga
Rapelje
Hospital Authocee
Er Bkles
Lfe
Perry Garrison
Skyles
Fast One Customer and Grocer Hatched Ruse
A customer asks why a grocer never calls on him for payment. The grocer replies he never asks a gentleman for money, and later explains that after a certain time he assumes nonpayment means the customer is not a gentleman and then requests payment.
Captain William Clark Sacred Lineage in Nez Perce Legend
Montana historians recount Captain William Clark’s possible Nez Perce wife on the Lolo river and a son Tzi Kai Tzae born around 1806, with Nan Langford and Governor Dixon preserving documents and a 1905 Missoula photo linking Clark to the tribe amid debate over paternity.
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William Clark
Levise Clark
Jefferson
Nez Perce
Montana
Lo Lo Creek
Tzi-Kai-Tzae
Joseph
N. P. Langford
Clark
Mary Clark
Tzi-Kal-Tzae
Barly
Flathead Indian Reservation
Joseph M. Dixon
Lewis and Clark
Missoula
Pacific Coast
Mary
Chooho-Min- Milth-Chii
Dixon
Lucy
Arlee
Northwest
Tzi-Kai- Tzae
Tza-Kai-Tzae
Rockies
The
Big Hole
Miles
Bear Paw Mountains
Indian Territory
Tzi-Kai-Tzae F
LoLo Valley
Idaho Line
Ravalli County
Lolo
Pro- der
Montana Historical Society
Pacific
Langford
Elliott
Walla Walla
Nez Perces
Lewis & Clark Fame
Tza-kai-Tzac
Flathead
They Can't Put You in Jail for That
A quoted exchange features a bold claim that jail is not possible for a certain act, met with a defiant reply from a man who declares his presence despite the assertion. The dialogue reflects a confrontational stance and a challenge to legal or social limits.
Early Life in Bannack Montana A Mercantile Sketch
Martha Edgerton Plassmann recalls Bannack as Montana Territory capital in 1864. She describes main street life, Frame House rows, notable residents like Col Sanders and Henry Plummer, local businesses Swift Thompson Oliver, and social scenes with saloons, dances, and river canyon surroundings. The piece ends noting continued agricultural page continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannack
Montana
Snake River
Grasshopper
Grasshopper Canyon
Yankee Flat
Colonel Sanders
Mr. Zoller
Vails
Henry Plummer
Main Street
Plummer
George French
Ned Ray
Bucky Stinson
A. J. Oliver & Co
Swift & Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Henry
King of Buffalo in Yellowstone Monarch of the herd
The Yellowstone bison Tuskegee, reputed to be the largest American bison, is described as fierce and battle ready in Lewis R. Freeman’s account. He charged a six in hand coach years ago, killed fighting elk, and led the herd after a period of dispersal under a new superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone Park
Old Tuskagee
Lewis R. Freeman
Yellowstone
Mr. Freeman
New England
Tuskegee
Violet Springs
Game Patrol
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For
By Martha Edgerton Plassmann
Butte
Oylar
DR. F. A
I. Main St. Butte
King OF Buffalo
Tuskagee
Onticura Laboratories
Dept. R
Williston
Williston, No. Dakota
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