Photographing the Whirlwind Northern Montana Funnel Cyclone
A Blaine county surveyor A G Middleton photographed a rare funnel shaped cyclone near Chinook Montana last summer. The storm tore a county bridge and several homesteaders shacks from their foundations as it moved rapidly southward. Middleton captured the event with his Kodak recording the violent winds.
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Montana
Chinook
A. G. Middleton
Blaine County
Middleton
Kodak
Life of Montana Pioneer James Gemmell Bridges Empires and Trails
The stirring life of James Gemmell spans Canada 1837 rebellion exile to Van Diemen's Land and escape to New York. He later trapped with Jim Bridger in the West, traded with Crows and Sioux near Yellowstone, and helped build Salt Lake landmarks before ending as a Madison County farmer in Sheridan Montana.
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Newgate Prison
London
Daniel Webster
van Dieman
Australia
New York
Horace Greeley
James Gordon Bennett
Montana
Jim Bridger
James Gemmell
Sheridan
Gemmell
Scotland
Canada
Toronto
America
England
Francis Head
Lower Canada
Short Hills
Sir George Arthur
William Musson
William Ketchum
McIntosh
Jones
Niagara
Court of Queen’s Bench
Caleb Cushing
United States
Lord Brougham
Kingdom
van Dieman’s Land
Canton
Hobart Town
Sir John Franklin
Northwest Passage
van Diemen’s Land
Bedford
Mass
New York Harbor
New York Tribune
New York Herald
Astor House
van Diemen's Land
Oregon Boundary
Pacific Coast
Fort Bridger
Green River
Bridger
Yellowstone Park
Big Horn
Oregon
Salt Lake
Brigham Young
Jim Bridger the Daniel Boone of the Rocky Mountain Era
Jim Bridger, born 1804 in Richmond Virginia and died 1881 in Missouri, was a famed mountain man and guide who helped open the Rockies, mapped passes, built Fort Bridger, and guided expeditions including Bonneville. He was trusted by military leaders, married to a Shoshone woman, and left a legacy as a frontier icon whose final resting place remains unknown.
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Jim Bridger
Daniel Boone
Rocky Mountain Territory
Montana
Rocky Mountains
Bridger
Captain Bonneville
Rockies
Washington Irving
Great Salt Lake
Yellowstone Park
Siar
Richmond
Washington
Jackson County
Missouri
Fitzpatrick
Rocky Mountain Fur Company
Fort
Gunnison
Sheridan
Yellowstone
James Bridger
Ontier
Burke Wool Clip Sells for Record Montana Price
Representing Union Wool Company of Boston Ed Frazier of Billings closed a 400000 pound wool sale for J H Burke of Hogan at 52 cents the highest price ever paid in Montana and a second deal for Sieben Grimes of Helena at 50 cents for an estimated 240000 pounds.
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Union Wool Company
Boston
Ed Frazier
Billings
J. H. Burke
Hogan
Montana
Sieben & Grimes
Helena
Last Chance Gulch Gold Finders and Legacy in Helena History
Historical notes recount the 1865 discovery in Last Chance Gulch Helena by Georgians Cowan Stanley and Johnson and the 2,073 dollar big nugget found above Nelson gulch. It chronicles early prospecting, subsequent mining rushes, and lingering lure of placer gold in Montana's famed diggings.
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Helena
Last Chance Gulch
Main
Broadway
John Cowan
Robert Stanley
Gabe Johnson
Sunriver
Masonic Temple
Cornelius Hedges
Lewis and Clark County
The
Historical Society of
Montana
George J. Woody
Abraham Mast
Prickly Pear
Virginia City
Wood
Mast
Messrs
Minnesota
Ten-Mile
Maxwell, Rollins & Co
Nelson Gulch
Indignant youth mocks firms yet dodges streetcar fare
A local lad who rails against thieving corporations is described as the same person who palms his nickel when a streetcar conductor misses him. The piece notes his habit of avoiding fare whenever possible.
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Monte Christo
Deseret
Ogden
Jordan
Hendricks
Hot Springs
Utah
Brigham Young Gemmell
Arkansas
Cedar City
Bishop Hamlin
Young
Legion
Mountain Meadow
John D. Lee
Madison County
St. Louis
Ers
Burke
ELK Run Herefords
Elk Run
Duncan McDonald
Mgr
Highwood
Shirley
Ford
Great Falls
Mont
Ereford
King Cattle Company
South St. Paul, Minn
B. Power
John Evans
Cascade
N. S. Ranch
GUN River Stock & Land Company
Helena Sith
Sun River
Earth
He Is
Rocky Mountain Fire Insurance CO
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