Beaverdhead County Tales of Vigilantes and Early Montana
Skeletons of two bandits hanged by vigilant townsfolk near Weeksville Montana were unearthed by road crews. The 1882 incident followed Sweeney’s attempted murder at Campbell’s saloon and the subsequent lynching of Dick the Diver Ohio Dan and The Barber. relics include a pencil, boot, and a gold piece. The article then celebrates Montana stockgrowers leaders and Beaverhead county’s role in cattle colonization and early settlement.
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Montana
Weeksville
Northern Pacific
Thompson Falls
Alder Gulch
Sweeney
Campbell
Pepe
Barber
Eader
Dick the Diver
Dan
Cleveland Place
Ohio
Forthcoming Meeting Recalls Early Montana Stock Pioneers
The Montana Stockgrowers Convention looks back at the state’s pioneering stockmen from the 1860s including P H Poindexter and W C Orr of the P and Q company who drove cattle from California to Montana. The narrative recalls vigilante eras, road agents, and early ranching on Horse Prairie and Bear Creek as Dillon grew from a ranch outpost to a railroad town.
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Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Miles City
Free Range Country
Milestown
Nonce
Old Miles City
Montana
Theodore Roosevelt
Tenderfoot Stockman
United States
Africa
Association
Pierre Wibaux
Marseilles
France
John Clay
Edinborough
Free Range
Charlie Robinson
Dillon
Beaverhesd
Homer Faust
Montana Stockgrowers’ Convention
Fornia
P. H. Poindexter
W. C. Orr
P. & Q” Company
California
P & QO
Poindexter
Orr
Martin Barrett
Joseph @hineberger
Shineberger
Virginia City
Barrett
Plummer
Dutch John Wagner
John
Vigilance Committee
Craig Cornell
Cornell
Utah and Northern
Phil Lovell
D. E. Mellen
James Mauldin
A. F. Graeter
Thos. H. Hamilton
Early Beaverhead Ranching Roots Spur Settlement and Trails
The passage outlines squatter rights enabling land claims in Beaverhead county and notes large ranches formed this way. It describes overland cattle drives from California and the formidable journey amid unknown terrain and hostilities, followed by the first sheep herds from Oregon.
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Beaverhead County
California
Oregon
Diamond Dyes Offer Easy Home Dyeing for Women
Diamond Dyes markets its 16 cent packages with simple directions for dyeing and tinting clothing and fabrics at home. The ad urges customers to demand the Diamond Dyes name on the package and refuse substitutes.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tana Stockman
Montana Stockgrowers' Association
Marquis de Mores
Blood Royal
Medora
Beaverhead River
Bannack
Henry Plummer
Beaverhead
Big Hole
Joseph
Ontana
Horse Prairie
Beaverhead Valley
James Selway
Call
Teddy Blue Abbott
Deuce Ranch
Fergus County
A. E. Gracter
Butte
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