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Big Timber and Its Early Trail to the West
The article traces Big Timber's origins from a Dornix relocation in 1883 to the 1889 founding of the Big Timber Pioneer. It notes Captain Clark's 1806 Yellowstone entry, the Crow agency at Mission Creek, the 1882 railroad spur to Dornix, and early residents like George Washington Cook. It also covers Joins of the Mirrielees family and local lore around snipe hunting and early jail life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William West
Meagher
Sweet Grass
Carbon
Tri- County
Montana
Makpee
Chevalier de la Verendrye
Montreal
Teng
Verendrye
Missouri
Great Falls
Crazy Mountains
Sweet Grass County
Boulder River
Beartooth Mountains
Wyoming
Clark
William Clark
Yellowstone
Big Timber Creek
Lewis and Clark
United States
Yellowstone Valley
Gallatin Basin
Tanner
Diamond City
India
Coleman Suet
Big Timber
Captain Puett
Nebraska
le Mott
Port Ellis
Little Timber Creek
Mission Creek
Dornix
George Washington Cook
Cook
St. Paul
Big Timber Pioneer
Morton Hatch
James Mirrielees
Bessie H. Mirrielees
University of Montana
Mirrielees
Tuscon
Big Bee
Wesern Pacific
George A. Bruffey
Ohaan
Mr. Green
al Stubblefield
Green
Bozeman
Big Timer
Ella Bailey
Mrs. Bailey
Coulees
Jimmy Dorsey
Dorsey
Old Erin
Wisconsin
Mid-Western States
Andrew Wormser
Sweet Grass Country
Reverend Wormser
Wormser
Wormser Menage
Wash