Whack Ryan’s Folly and Frontier Justice on Montana Trail
The tale recalls Whack Ryan a bold Montana frontiersman who mocked danger during Captain Fisk’s 1866 northern expedition. A stubborn Swedish immigrant defied orders risking a mutiny type response, leading to a mock hanging and a tense night before rescue and mercy.
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Montana
Ryan
A. J. Noyes
Beaverhead County
James Fisk
Helena
Cuba
Spain
Minnesota
Night under the stars that birthed a Montana empire
General Charles S. Warren recalls a starry 1867 night when he shared a campfire with Charles A. Broadwater near Deer Lodge. They slept side by side after food and talk, revealing Broadwater as a trusted freighting manager who would later become a Montana empire builder and Warren’s lifelong friend.
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Charles S. Warren
Old Timers
Jove
Deer Lodge Creek
Stewart
Silver Bow
Cottonwood Creek
Deer Lodge
Missouri
Silver Bow Diggings
Cottonwood
Charles A. Broadwater
Diamond R
Beaverhead Valley
Murphy, Higgins & Company
Montana
Forthcoming Montana Census to Use Three Districts
Montana plans a 1920 census with three districts Western comprising Beaverhead to Silver Bow led by James W. Faulds in Missoula Northern led by Dr. W H Barth in Great Falls Southern centered on Billings under Paul Lynch The fourteenth census will count population agriculture manufacture forestry forest products and mines with about 750 enumerators overall and a January 2 start date.
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Samuel
Montana
Sam
Beaverhead
Broadwater
Deer Lodge
Flathead
Gallatin
Granite
Jefferson
Lewis and Clark
Lincoln
Madison
Mineral
Missoula
Powell
Ravalh
Sanders
Silver Bow
James W. Faulds
Stevensville
First National Bank
Cascade
Chateau, Daw
United States
Big Horn
Carbon
Blaine
Carter
Custer
Fallon
Fergus
Meagher
Musselsheh
Park
Powder River
Prairie
Rosebud
Wibaux
Stillwater
Sweetgrass
Treasure
Wheatland
Yellowstone
Billings
Paul Lynch
W. H. Barth
Barth
Great Falls
Roosevelt Memorial Drive Mac Montana Editorial Endorsed
Missoulian editor M J Hutchens promotes a national Roosevelt Memorial fund with Montana’s share set at 25000. Senator Kennedy leads the state effort while William Boyce Thompson heads the national movement. The editorial recounts Roosevelt’s affection for Montana and calls for civic gift by all residents.
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Wiliam Boyce Thompson
Martin J. Hutchens
Missoulian
Roosevelt
Montana
New York Police Board
New York
Mulberry
Trouston Streets
T. R
Albany
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Pardoned Man Kills Man Then Dies By Own Gun
Carbon county farmer Louis Anderson is shot to death by renter Jack Maki after a dispute over a haystack. Maki shoots Anderson multiple times, then kills himself by touching off the shotgun with his toe. Both men are Finns. Anderson had prior life term for a water dispute and was pardoned.
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Ryan
West
Cuba
Louis Anderson
Carbon County
Jack Maki
Anderson
Maki
Hill
Andrew Tuikka
Daredevil American Named for Escape Attempts
A fragment notes a man earned nationwide notoriety as the "daredevil American" for sensational escape efforts, marking him as a prominent figure in headlines across the country.
Prince Eyes Pretty Girl at Lethbridge Dance
An American girl, Miss Helen Little, was chosen for a dance by the Prince of Wales during his visit to Lethbridge Alberta. The niece of Thomas Good, mine superintendent at Washoe, Miss Little attracted royal attention and shared two dances that evening. Next spring Billings will host a large United Products canning factory and warehouse, with a brick main building 500 by 100 feet. Machinery for beans peas and tomatoes will be installed, and boiler houses erected in spring.
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James W. Faulds
Stevensville
Montana
Thompson Falls
J. R. Faulds
Northwest Tribune
Montana State Press Association
Faulds
Bruce Wells
United States Senate
Prince of Wales
Lethbridge
Alta
Helen Little
Miss Little
Thomas Good
Washoe
Billings
United Products Company
Death of Dr H W Stevens Former Anaconda Physician and Mayor
Dr. H W Stevens died at 57 after 32 years practicing medicine in Anaconda. He was a prominent figure in local Republican circles and served as mayor in 1900. He was a past exalted ruler of the Anaconda Elks lodge. He is survived by a widow and seven children.
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H. W. Stevens
Anaconda
Republican Counsels
Lodge of the Elks
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Frontier Joker
Northern Trail
General Warren
Charles Broadwater
Charles Warren
Son
Garfield
Glacier
McCone
Phillips
Pondera
Richland
Sheridan
Teton
Toole
Valley
Census Bureau
M. J. Hutchens
The
Montana Regiment
Greenan
War Department
362Nd Infantry
348Th
362Nd
Prince
Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek, Mich
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