Coffin Plunges Down Montana Logging Chute in Odin Tale
In a remote Montana highland, pallbearers Tom Ross and Frank Miles transport the coffin of John Brown after a night of storm and peril. With no priest present, they hijack a logging chute to lower the body, braving blizzards, wolves, and a 75 foot drop before retrieving the remains.
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Frank Miles
Butte
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Miles
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Goliath Skeleton in Montana Tree Top Tale
An Indian conflict tale recounts Bill Bowie and Long Horse of the Crow tribe. The narrative follows a gamble with the Blackfeet, Bowie's marriage to Wild Mink, and a dramatic height of Long Horse before his death in combat.
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Lewistown
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Mink
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Blackfeet
University of Dublin
Angus MacPhearson
Dublin
Glasgow
McPhearson
Sure Shot Bill Built Ore Plane 50 Years Ago
In Castle Montana a miner named Sure Shot Bill built a glider around 1890 using lodge pole pine for a skeletal monoplane. The remaining skeleton rises behind Castle, and locals recall his failed attempt to fly, choosing mining over aviation.
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Baker given life for killing foe near Malta border
James Baker aged 25 pled guilty to first degree murder in the 1936 grievance revenge killing of Pat Barrows 41 near the Canadian border 72 miles north of Malta. He was sentenced to life by District Judge John Hurley with no defense offered. Sheriff Campbell took him to Deer Lodge prison. Barrows left four children. Baker is father to three.
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Pat Barrows
Malta
John Hurley
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Ray L. Campbell
Deer Lodge
Fred C. Gabriel
Barrows
John Barrows
Legacy funds enable Montana children's home and Deaconess school debt relief
Legacies from late Dick Chandler of Musselshell county total $182000 for the Montana children's home and hospital and the Montana Deaconess school in Helena. After taxes each will receive about $75000 with around $50000 to retire debts on the Deaconess building and the remainder added to the school endowment. The children's home would become debt free for the first time in 25 years, with the rest placed in its endowment. Chandler died in 1940 and funds will be available soon.
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Musselshell County
Montana Children’s Home
Montana Deaconess School
Helena
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Ralph N. Lodge
Deaconess School
Milo F. Dean
Emergency road service calls rise in 1939
Reports show U S automobile owners used emergency road service 30 940 000 times in 1939 an increase of 13 percent from the prior year reflecting growing dependence on roadside assistance.
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Legacy Assists Children's Home
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