One Dollar Sparked Two Men To Prosperity
A Montana lawyer recalls charging a dollar for his first homestead papers after arriving in Bozeman in 1903. Years later a farmer, now wealthy from Victory Liberty bonds, donated a substantial $8,000 subscription while the attorney celebrated his own enduring single dollar.
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Liberty Loan Committee
Justin M. Smith
Gallatin County Victory Liberty Loan Committee
Bozeman
Mr. Smith
Liberty Loan
Chamber of Commerce
O. A. Lynn
Mr. Lynn
Slayer Surrenders After 60 Mile Ride in Carter County
William Hedrick of Climax confesses to killing neighbor Bruce Cochrane near Cli max over a disputed homestead boundary. He claims self defense after a stockraising partnership near Climax, Carter County, and turns himself in to Sheriff Dea gue at midnight.
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Slayer
John Deague
Ekalaka
Carter County
William Hedrick
Climax
Bruce Cochrane
Cochrane
John Colter Explorer of Yellowstone and Fur Trader
John Colter, early commercial traveler for Manuel Lisa, blazed trails from Montana to Yellowstone. He joined Lewis and Clark, trapped beaver across Crow and Blackfeet regions, survived a dramatic tribal pursuit, and escaped death by diving into a beaver lodge. He later escorted dispatches to St. Louis, married, and died on the Missouri frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
John Colter
Manuel Lisa
Lisa
Yellowstone
Big Horn River
Colter
Yellowstone Park
Daniel Boone
Lewis and Clark
Fort Mandan
Journal of
Lberty
St. Louis
Hunter
Rod Tsan Cruses
Christopher Columbus
Missouri
The
Platte
Yellowstone Valley
Clark
Custer
Big Horn
Billings
Crow Nation
Wind River
Wind River Range
Jackson Hole
Teton Pass
Pierre’s Hole
Potts
Three Forks
Hugh D Cook Named Chairman of Rotary Casualty Insurance
Hugh D. Cook of Helena. Montana, president of Western Accident and Indemnity, was named chairman of the casualty insurance section for the International Rotary program at its Salt Lake City meeting. The 12 month appointment was announced yesterday and places Cook at the head of the vocational section for the June 16 to 20 convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Salt Lake City
Hugh D. Cook
Western Accident and Indemnity Company
Helena
International Rotary
Wesley BE. King
Utah Capital
Montana
Memory of Daly Daughter Leads to Butte Traitor Capture
The man known as Henry Bodte or Herbert Wilson, a former Butte miner and spy for Germany, is serving 10 years on Governor's Island. Mrs. James W. Gerard, wife of the ex ambassador to Germany and daughter of Marcus Daly, identified Bodte by memory. Bodte’s varied career included service in U S and Russian and Mexican forces before spying for Germany.
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Henry Bodte
Butte
Herbert Wilson
Governor’s Island
New York
James W. Gerard
Germany
Marcus Daly
Montana
Bode
United States Army
Japan
Russia
Philippines
California
Mexico
Madero
United States
Fort Bliss
Berlin
Gerard
Uncle
Sam
Secret Service Department
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Gallatin
Victory Liberty Loan
Gallatin County
Justin
Lisa’s
Crows
Yellowstone National Park
Madison River
Madison
Hugh Cook
Casualty Insurance Section International Rotary
Hell
Montana Joint Stock Land Bank
This Bank
Banking Corporation OF
Honolulu
San Francisco
United States Navy
Bodte
Second
China
Henry Bode
Cascade
Great Falls
Cascade Bank of
Great Falls, Mont
C. B. Roberts
N. T. Lease
Clyde Wilcox
A. M. Shannon
A. E. Gable
A. F. Bartholomew
J. W. McHenzie
Farm Loan Department
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