Mineral County Mining Boom Nets Bright Future for Superior
A. P. Johnston of Superior says the Coeur d'Alene district shows renewed activity across Wishereek to Saltese with many mines working, drill testing under way, and Iron Mountain zinc mining restarting. He notes four new drilling rigs, old landmarks fading, and Superior at the center of a growing quartz and placer belts with timber and water power nearby.
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Coeur d'Alene
Mineral County
A. P. Johnston
Superior
Wishereek
Saltese
Iron Mountain
Coeur
Coeur d’Alene
Walla Walla
Wash
Johnson
Three Forks Storysignaling Deaths and Treacherous Trails
In an 1832 Eight The Three Forks region tale recounts Vanderburgh and Bridger deaths amid Blackfeet Gros Ventres alliances. Journal accounts detail Lewis and Clark’s earlier contact with the Gros Ventres and the brutal retaliation that followed, shaping the area’s dangerous frontier history.
Fur trade rivalries and Mineral county resources in 1832 notes
The State Librarian of our Historical society recalls the clash between the American Fur Company and the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. Trappers led by Eleary Vanderburgh and Jim Bridger reached the Three Forks and engaged in land patenting and post office relocation. Mineral County agriculture is highlighted as underexploited yet valuable with potatoes yielding high per acre—amid intense 19th century business rivalry.
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Cock Robbin
Vanderburgh
Bridger
Three Forks
Beaver Country
Our Historical Society
American Fur Company
Rocky Mountain Fur Company
Eleary Vanderburgh
Jim Bridger
Jefferson River
Johnston
Mineral County
Fitzpat
Arapahoes
Arkansas
Crow Country
Black Hills
Nez Perces
Rocky Mountains
Prairie
Fitzpatrick
Missouri
White Pine Blister Rust Threatens Montana Forests
The Montana agricultural and forestry departments warn that white pine blister rust discovered near Nelson, British Columbia endangers western Montana pine stands. An eradication campaign targets cultivated black currants as the rust’s key vector, with state and federal agencies coordinating to remove currants and protect timber. Experimental eradication work will start next summer in Montana and Idaho to safeguard white pine forests.
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Agricultural Department
Nelson
B. C
Montana
North America
Europe
New England
West Coast
Vancouver
Revelstoke
Nelson B. C
Oklahoma
Washington
Montana Department, of Agriculture, Labor and Industry
Montana State Forestry Department
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Commissioner of Agriculture
Idaho
Hy Rapiom for Pyorrhea and Oral Infections
Remarkable radiu m based remedy promoted for pyorrhea and other oral infections. Claims include killing germs and stalling tissue decay, with a price of 8.60 per bottle and notes on gum healing and tooth saving.
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Bclence
Golden Medical Discovery Promoted By Dr Pierce
A distinguished citizen Dr B V Pierce is celebrated for fifty years of herbal remedies. The Golden Medical Discovery is billed as a blood medicine and stomach alterative that clears the skin improves circulation and eliminates pimples. It claims to beautify through better blood and asks readers to request tablets or liquid or send 10 cents for a sample.
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B. V. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Golden Medical
Invalins Hotel
Buffalo
N.Y
Great Northern Ordered to Install Automatic Control in Montana
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered the Great Northern railway to install an automatic train control device on 106 miles of track from Williston to Wolf Point, Montana, despite a petition to avoid the cost. The $90,000 expenditure faces opposition from railroad officials and a dissenting commissioner who urged a block signal extension as safer and cheaper.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Great Northern Railway Company
Williston
Wolf Point
Montana
McManamy
Hall
Ottman
Commission
Great Northern
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Fron Mountain
M. E. Plassmann
Alexis Pillow
Pierre’s Hole
Rich
Northwest
Washington Irving
Wind River Mountains
Gros Ventres
Prairies
Great Falls
Judith Country
Upper
Marias
Lewis
North
Lewis and Clark
Hayti
WAR Party OF the
Baye
Bayer
Bretesh Columbia
G. N
McMillan Fur & Wool Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Sirocco
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