Pioneers Recall Great Beav erhead tale of Bill Bivens and stagecoach hold up
An Old Timers club meeting in Beaverhead heard a veteran recount a 1870s tale about Bill Bivens, a famed pioneer linked to Bivens’ Gulch. He described a Virginia City to Bannack journey, a night of heavy drinking, and a dramatic stagecoach hold up by Buck Stinson Ned Ray and George Ives, culminating in a spectacular shootout and escape.
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Pip' Rg
Old Timers’ Club
Hutte
Beaverhead
Bill Bivens
Madison County
Bivens’ Gulch
George French
Hunt
Pleasant Valley
Bannack
Virginia City
Point of Rocks
Ryan Canyon
Dillon
Twin Bridges
Bill
Bannacck
Tom
Guess
Henry Plummer
Buck Stinson
Ned Ray
George Ives
Herbert Slade
Territory
Montana
Plummer
Slade
Delmonte Hill
Stote
Stinson
Express
Askins May Be On the Yellowstone Chase for Jail Breaker
Under Sheriff Lyndes and a group of citizens pursued a man named George Askins after he fled custody from the American hotel. Officials suspect he recently escaped Dillon jail and may be headed toward Miles City, with a $100 reward offered for his capture.
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Lyndes
Hoff
George Askin
Rakin
Northern Pacific
Askin
Sheriff's Office
Dillon
Askins
Waddingham
Miles City
Ye J Price Returns from Butte Copper Camp
An OCR fragment notes Ye J Price returning from Butte Copper Camp after an unspecified trip. The text mentions a bus ride likely related to business.
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Ye J. Price
Butte
Orit-Copper
Many Cattle Dead in East Montana
S J Scott of Oswego Montana reports from the CK outfit riding 148 miles from Oswego to Miles City. He notes heavy cattle losses on the first sixty miles and across divides as grass remains scarce. Sheep are increasing in the country, and he observes tense relations between cattlemen and sheepmen as a brutal cold snap hits the region.
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Live Stock World
S. J. Scott
Oswego
Montana
CK Outfit
Ranch
Miles City
Oswigo
Staudaher Brock Incorporated Forms In Dillon
Staudaher Brock Incorporated filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. The firm, to transact general mercantile business and operate a freighting line in Beaverhead county, lists E F Brock W R Brock E C Staudaher and W L Staudaher as incorporators with $6000 capital subscribed.
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Brock, Staudaher & Co
Dillon
Secretary of State
Beaverhead County
E. F. Brock
W.R. Brock
E. C. Staudaher
W. L. Staudaher
U S S BOILERMAKERS MAY STRIKE CLOUDS RISE OVER RAIL LINE
A dispatch from Pocatello reports about sixty boilermakers and helpers in Oregon Short Line shops will quit at 9 am Monday May 11 amid a push to support the Union Pacific strike. Rumors say Lima shops may join. A later note says the strike was postponed fifteen days and workers express relief despite no grievance.
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Butte
Pocatello
Oregon Short Line Railway
Brotherhood of Locomotive Boilermakers
Harrisman
Union Pacific
Lima
Oregon Short Line
McNeil
Union Pacife
Bertha Hunteman Leaves Monday for Institute Work
Miss Bertha Hunteman departs Monday evening for the northern part of the state to undertake institute work there.
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Bertha Hunteman
Drowned Woman Found After Overexertion Near Lakeview
Mrs. Robert Duff wife of M. Y. Transportation Co was drowned May 3 three miles north of Lakeview after fainting from exhaustion while returning from Lakeview. Coroner jury ruled death by overexertion. Services held in Lakeview with Gilbert Hunt preaching and Sunday School choir singing.
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Examiner
Lakeview
Robert Duff
M. Y. Transportation Company
Red Rock River
Mr. Duff
Horoes
Johnie Barrett
Monida
Lake
Wednesady
Levi Shambow
Gilbert Hunt
Duff
Mrs J K Blake Recuperates After Illness
Mrs J K Blake has been quite ill for two weeks but is slowly recovering. Mr and Mrs Levi Shambow of Monida visited their son George Shambow and Mrs J E Blake of Lakeview at the start of the week.
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J. K. Blake
Levi Shambow
Monida
George Shambow
J. E. Blake
Lakeview
High School Notes From Local Events
Botany trip to hills northwest of town by the class and Mr Tyree studied hydrophyte and xerophyte habitats with flowers for her bariums. Arbor Day picnic at Beaverhead Canyon with sophomores and freshmen chaperoned by Prof Thomas and Miss Holt. Theta group hosted by the Misses Featherly at Mrs Mauld’s home. Theta plans a private theatrical to conclude a series of entertainments. Chemistry class completes the textbook and begins analytical chemistry.
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Tyree
Prof
Thomas
Miss Holt
Beaverhead Canyon
Carl Stahl
Henry Melton
Theta
Featherly
Mra Mauld
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