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John Anderson of Montana Dies After 46 Years in Bozeman
Bozeman marks the passing of John Anderson, an ex-slave and frontiersman who killed Little Sitting Bull during the Yellowstone expedition of 1874. At 86, he enters a Los Angeles soldiers home after 46 years in Bozeman. The story recalls his role in the Rosebud clashes and the Custer era campaigns that shaped Montana history.
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Fort Keogh
Miles City
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Crook
Joseph
Nez Perces
Anderson
Vernon
Stanley
Northern Pacific
Sioux
Fort Benton
Missouri
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Great Porcupine
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Rosebud River
Big Horn
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Little Big Horn
Jack Bean
Zach Yates
H. J. Happy
Happy
Bowles
Rock Creek
Major Reed
Jim Bowles
Reed
Lewistown
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