Cooke City Montana poised for revival by new railroad
Major D. Gay Stivers ships to France while Cooke City on the southeastern Yellowstone edge prepares for a rail link. The Cooke City Transit Company plans a 52 mile metal surfaced line funded by Eastern capital led by Tom Stout and Robert I. McKay to open Montana's famed mining camp to gold silver lead and copper deposits.
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Cooke City
Jay Cooke
Northern Pacific Fame
America
Montana
Secretary of the Interior
Yellowstone National Park
Gardiner
Cooke City Transit Company
Tom Stout
Lewistown
Robert I. McKay
Ohio
Old Camp
Butte
Park County
Cooke
Yellowstone Park
National Park
United States
Interior Department
McKay
Montana bankers and cattle king partners in 40 year friendship
David G. Browne of Fort Benton and Charles O. Robinson of Chicago, leaders in Montana banking and beef selling, are highlighted in a portrait of a 40 year friendship. The piece recalls Browne’s rise from freighting in the 1870s to heading Stockmen’s National Bank and Robinson’s role with Clay Robinson & Co. as a top livestock broker, noting historic cattle prices, markets, and the growth of Montana’s beef industry.
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Chicago
Montana
David G. Browne
Fort Benton
Stockmen’s National Bank
That City
Charles O. Robinson
Clay, Robinson & Co
Livestock Commission
Charlie Robinson
Treasure State
Dave” Brown
Rocky Mountain
Wyoming
Nebraska
Bank of Northern
Charles BE. Duer
T. BE. Collins
Hirshfield
J. W. Carroll
Browne
Texas
Clay
Robinson
Milk River
Doc
Dogo
Rome
Italy
Miles City
J. P. Alter
Rawlins
Mr. Robinson
G. F. Swift
Swift & Co
Iliff
Colorado
Scott & Hanks
John Harris
Union
Shipments To Sammies Restricted Under New Order
A new ruling effective April 15 restricts shipments to soldiers overseas. Only items requested by the recipient and approved by a regimental or higher commander may be sent. Marines and sailors are not affected. Local offices may accept unexamined shipments but future checks will verify compliance before boarding.
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Express Company
Montana Lieutenant in Engineers Plans France Visit
First Lieutenant Jack Tyler of Montana, on leave in Great Falls, just finished an officers training camp in Virginia and expects to depart for France soon. He praises the US engineers serving with France and Britain and says the trainees are eager to join the fight against the Huns. Tyler grew up in Great Falls and previously served at Camp Lewis where he earned a commission.
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D. Gay Stivers
Montana
Rough Rider
France
Secretary of War
Quartermaster’s Department
Washington
Stivers
Blank
War Department
Engineers
Jack Tyler
Great Falls
Virginia
Tyler
A. Tyler
American Society of Equity
Hved
Camp Lewis
Huns
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Horn Miller
Miller
Alaska
Pick
Tig
Middle West
Union Pacific
Wall Street
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northern Pacific
Pacific
Rocky Mountain District
L. C. Tanzer
Seattle
Columbus
Stillwater County
Nez Perces
Bayonne
N. J
Gardner
Shoo Fly
Republic
Elk Horn
New World
Million Dollar Corporation
Yellowstone Chemical CO
Mont
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
1St National Bank
Elk Run Ranch
L. Velie
Thomas Melvin
Elk Run Ranch, Highwood, Mont
Dave Browne
United States Engineers
Saint Paul, Minn
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