Remembering the Freighter Era and Carroll’s Rise in Western Trade
The article recalls the decline of mule and hull trains as railways expanded across western routes. It highlights the bull train era supplying gold camps and forts, and notes Carroll, built by Matt Carroll with partners, as a transient freight rival to Fort Benton and a hub for Diamond R Transportation Co. between the Mississippi and Pacific coast.
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West
Prairies
Far West
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountains
Carroll
Fort Benton
Missouri River
Matt Carroll
E. G. Maclay
George Steele
Col
Charles A. Broadwater
Great Diamond R Transportation Co
Mississippi
Pacific Coast
St. Louis
Sioux City
Last of all Teams Leaves Great Falls for North 1874
The narrative recalls the Diamond R freighting era as Colonel Broadwater and partners built roads and fords toward Carroll and Last Chance with mule and bull trains. It covers Fort Benton’s boom, the Diamond R’s rise, battles with Indian country, and the hard life of bullwhackers on seasonal routes to mining camps and military posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benton
Yellowstone
F. D. Pease
Broadwater
Pease
Fort Union
Helena
Great Northern
Judith Country
Last Chance
Diamond City
Virginia City
Colonel Broadwater
Musselshell
Carroll
Great Diamond R Company
Rocky Mountain
Matt Carroll
Ireland
America
Missouri River
Fort Pierre
Dakota
American Fur Co
Chippewa
Key West
United States Infantry
George H. Blake
Fort Walla Walla
Wash
John Mullan
Mullan
Coeur d’Alene
Montana
Mississippi
Pacific Coast
Diamond R Company
John J. Roe
Nicholas Wall
Idaho
Northwest
Canada
Utah
Camp Cooke
Judith River
Fort Claggett
Army Post
Indian Agency
Gibbon
Custer
Colonel Baker
Sitting Bull
Baker
Huntley
Diamond R
Maclay
St. Louis
Sioux City
Judith Basin
Union and Pacific
Ogden
Corrine
Northern Pacific
Miles City
Sam Gordon
Governors Call for Lawmakers Sympathetic to Economy Program
Gov. Sam C. Ford told the Billings Kiwanis club that further economies in Montana state government require legislators who support such a program. He framed the message as essential to continued fiscal restraint and prudent administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Sam OC
Ford
Billings
Speer Neads Rotary Nomination Unanimous at Miles City
O D Speer of Deer Lodge was unanimously nominated as governor designate of Rotary International for the Montana district at the state convention in Miles City. Election to be finalized at the international convention in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speer
Montana Power Leader Urges Spending on Guns Over Plants
S. P. Hogan of Butte, secretary of Montana Power, argues private utilities in the Pacific Northwest can meet defense power needs without federal plant expansion. He notes 280 generating stations with 2 250 000 kilowatts and 6 000 trained workers, and questions spending 200 million dollars to condemn private properties for new lines. He prefers funds go to guns, tanks and airplanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Northwest
S. P. Hogan
Butte
Montana Power Company
Horan
Northwest
Fort Peck
Grand Coulee
Bonneville
Hogan
Montanan Whittinghill Named Special Assistant in Denver
Charles Whittinghill of Sidney has been appointed special assistant to the U S attorney general in the Denver anti trust division. James Mc Henderson, head of the division, announced the appointment yesterday. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J N Whittinghill of Helena MT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Whittinghill
Sidney
J. N. Whittinghill
Helena
United States Attorney General
Denver
Anti-Trust
James Mc. Henderson
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Great Falls
North
Main Street
Keogh
Glendive
Buford
Union Pacific
No Man’s Land
Yellowstone Valley
Akien
California
San Francisco
Montana Power
Minarer
Mont
Cash Peterman
Paul
Anaconda Sales Company
Anaconda, Montana
Sunny Brook
Kentucky
National Distillers Products Corporation
New York, N
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