On the Trail of the Murphy Gang
A Madison valley posse pursues the Con Murphy gang across Idaho and Wyoming. They capture three thieves at Rexburg after a brutal night of rain and gunfire, then corner Don Murphy in a bishop’s house and kill Mund. Murphy dies after escape attempts, while the posse condemns vigilantism but remembers his gentleness.
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Con Murphy
Kid Cowboy
Madison River
Rocky Mountains
Idaho
Heavy Lake
Poase
Boulder Valley
Madison ‘Valley
Madison
Rea Brothers
Henry Lake
Jackson Hole
Snake River
Camas Creek
Camass Creek
John Edmundson
Spencer
Three Tetons
Wyoming
Horge
Tartar’s Ferry
George Mund
Don Murphy
Mund
Henry Edmundson
Murphy
Union
Market Lake
Pose
Chage
Utah
Dillon
Virginia City
Boulder
Helena
Lewis and Clarke County
Yellowstone
Silver Bow County
Silver Bow
Prickly Pear Bridge
Madison Valley
Basin News Patchwork of Summer Plans and Cattle Movements
A. J. Noyes and wife arrive in the Ajax ranch area from Dillon for a Basins summer. Arthur Tong invests in horgesa near Dillon. Cattle moves include 155 head for upper ranch from North Fork, fed at Ben Dunbar’s. Ore-hauling Jennings and Evans report 85 percent silica ore bound for Butte smelters. George H. Stewart returns from Bedrock with cattle to J. D. Mallon of Denver. Basins merchants push for a telephone line and Stage link to divide routes.
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A. J. Noyes
Ajax Ranch
Dillon
Will
Basin
Garrett Hibbler
Oscar McVay
Ben Dunbar
North Fork
Carey and Kellogg
Omaha
Dewey
Aly Jennings
Virgil Jennings
Johnny Evans
Divide
Butte
George H. Stewart
Bedrock
J. D. Mallon
Denver
Stewart
Anaconda
Ralaton
William Roe Visits Dillon On Grazing Reserve Inquiry
William Roe vice-president and managing director of the State Bank of Dillon was in the city that week interviewing Forest Supervisor Seel regarding grazing cattle on the reserve. Roe, a member of the vigilante committee that hanged Henry Plummer, helped found Montana’s first bank Isaac Roe & Bro. at Bannack and had interests in Virginia City and Alder gulch, including a 1864 placer claim with David Jones.
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William Roe
State Bank of
Dillon
Seel
Rove
Henry Plummer
First Bank
Montana
Banking Chonge
Isaac Roe & Bro
Bannack
Virginia City
Aldergulch
David Jones
Roe
Virginia City Times
East to West Travel Deals Promised by Rail Agent
An East to West travel notice offers greatly reduced spring and summer rates for one way and round trips. It invites readers to share names of friends or relatives intending to move West and promises representatives will contact them with cheapest routes. Address C. A. Walker, General Agent, Chicago and North Western Ry.
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C. A. Walker
Chicago & North-Western Ry
P. O. Box
Paul Jones Cigars Distributed in Dillon Montana
Readers note Gooch and Coon distribute Paul Jones cigars in Dillon Montana with imported style and local pricing. The message highlights availability through Dillon distributor channels for smokers seeking the brand.
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Paul Jones
Gooch & Coon
Dillon
Mont
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Murphy Gang
Big Hole Basin
Arthur Tong
Squaw Creek
Horgesa
George B. Owen
Wisconsin
Irug
B. R. Stevenson
Emil Klein
Ajax
John Peterson
Hana Jorgenson
Salmon River
Jorgenson
Theodore Sorenson
Peterson
Charlie Shultz
Daniel Tovey
Charlie
Antelope Springs
Messrs
George , Carey
F. G. Kellogg
Blake Hammer
Beaverhead
Tre
Beaverhead Grocery
Olmsted & Logan
Liquor House
S. S. Patterson
Dillon, Montana
Apollinaris
Bethesda
Arcadian
Idanha
Val Blatz
Milwaukee
Dillon Laundry
Dillon Steam Laundry
The
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Chicago
Union Depot
C.S. Williams
West Second South St
Salt Lake City
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