New County Named for McCone After Boundary Split
Dawson county, long the state’s largest by area, was divided creating Garfield and McCone counties. McCone, 2736 square miles with about 5.27 million dollars assessed value, and Garfield with similar valuation, follow editor F S Kalberg’s bid to honor Senator George McCone. Circle hosts temporary county seat.
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Dawson
Qld
Dawson County
Rhode Island
Sixteenth
Legislative Assembly
Montana
Garfield
McCone
Caw‘bon
F. 8. Kalberg
Circle
George McCone
Sixteenth Legislative Assembly
Kalberg
Richland County
Fisk's Gold Seekers Trek to Deer Lodge and Beyond
Dr Dibb records the 1862 overland trek from St Paul to Idaho led by Captain James L Fisk. The diary traces June departures from St Paul to Fort Abercrombie, numerous river crossings, buffalo hunts, Indian encounters, near misses with grizzly bears, the move toward Deer Lodge and the Blackfoot country, and ends with San Francisco and a Pacific crossing, noting towns, camps, and prices along the way.
Veterans Welfare Commission formed to disburse $225000
Governor Stewart appoints Major Sheridan Captain Cutts and Corporal Pew to lead the new veterans welfare commission. The body will distribute 200000 for aid and relief of returned soldiers and 25000 for a welcome commission, with expenses limited to necessary costs. Members serve at the governor’s pleasure and are unpaid beyond allowances.
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Sheridan, Cutts and
PEW
Soldiers' Welfare Commission
Charles L. Sheridan
Bozeman
William Cutts
Butte
C. E. Pew
Helena
Veterans’ Welfare Commission
S. W. Stewart
Soldiers’ Welcome Commission
Welfare Commission
Miltary Service
W. W. McDowell
J. ©. Kinney
Wibaux County
Will Moudhiitok
Missoula
W. B. George
Bilings
Sam TD. Gaza
United States
Montana
Washington
Lost record from Fisk expeditions found in Minneapolis trunk
A diary from Dr William Denton Dibb, physician on Captain Fisk’s three wagon train expeditions to Montana, is discovered in an old Minneapolis trunk. The 22 000 word record recounts buffalo hunts, bear fights, Indian treaties, Sioux raids, a mine prospect in North Dakota, and a clash with U S troops. It covers the 1862 first expedition with notes to follow installments on later voyages.
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Fisk
Dibb
St. Paul
Minn
Idaho
James L. Fisk
Fort Abercrombie
Dakota
St. Cloud
E. W. Burritt
N. P
Bottineau
Otter Tail
Red River
Breckenridge
Missouri River
Pembina
St. Joseph
Langford
Pierre Bottineau
Burritt
Coulee
Minnesota
Montana
Minneapolis
Wiliam Denton Dibb
Minneapols
Minnehaha Falls
Minnehaha Creek
N. P. Langford
James H. Dibb
Great Falls
North Dakota
Malta Hero Clifford Jordan Receives Distinguished Service Cross
Private Clifford M. Jordan of Company L 16th Infantry earned the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism near Cantigny France on June 2 1918. Under intense machine gun and artillery fire he advanced and helped move a wounded soldier over about one kilometer. Home address listed as J I B Harson Malta Montana.
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Malta
A. Malta
Clifford M. Jordan
Cantigny
16Th Infantry
France
Jordan
J. I. B. Harson
Mont
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F. S. Kalberg
Plains
East Branch
Maple
Bond
Coteau
Turgiss
Missouri
Fort Union
Fort Kipp
Gros Ventres
Fort Benton
Box Elder Creek
Willows
Little Dog
Diggins
Deer Lodge
Yellow Country
Deer Creek
American Yorks
Pike’s Peak Gulch
Coeur d'Alene
Johnny
Charlton
Pelouse
Walla Walla
Boise
Portland
San Francisco
Golden Age
California Rangers
Bay of Acapulco
William Denton Dibb
James 1.Isk
David Charlton
Constitution
Ariel
Alabama
Panama
Cape Hatteras
New York
Chicago
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