Old Montana cattleman recalls 1870 fair and new auto camp
A Helena visitor recalls the first state fair in 1870 and describes the new automobile tourist camp on the grounds able to host 1000 cars with a weeklong stay. He recalls Don Kohrs and the ponies while noting modern improvements like sanitary facilities lights running water camp stores and daily service for auto tourists.
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Montana
Helena
Deer Lodge
Don Kohrs
Faro Bank
Sorrel
Free For All
Amos Townsend
Rattler
Fair Grounds
First Montana Masonic Lodge and the 1862 Montana Lodge
Grand Historian Langford recalls the 1862 first Masonic lodge in Montana formed by three Master Masons on a Grasshopper Bannack expedition. He describes the ritual's impact after a long trek from Minnesota and the moment of fraternal bonding amid autumnal Montana. He recounts an 1867-ancient crossing anecdote near Silver Bow creek involving suspicious riders and a terse exchange about a train of 130 men.
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Bannack
Nevada
Virginia City
Langford
Montana
Dakota
Grasshopper
Minnesota
Rocky Mountains
Charlton
The
Plains
Deer Lodge
Silver Bow Creek
H. A. Biff
Quitting Coffee and Tea for Postum Health Boosts
The passage urges quitting coffee and tea due to caffeine as drugs and promotes Postum as a sleep aiding alternative. It describes Instant Postum and Postum Cereal, claiming improved energy, endurance, and overall well being after 10 days, and advises purchasing from grocers.
Planned Springs Club Eyes White Sulphur Springs Resort Rise
The Springs club backed by Montanans plans to transform White Sulphur Springs into a modern health resort with a hotel sanatorium hospital and landscaped grounds. It aims to attract eastern visitors and has organized local supporters including Livingston investors. The club will mark Belt and Castle mountain trails and publish a state pamphlet on the Smith river valley scenic wonders.
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Great ‘Falls
Ston
Belt
Castle Mountains
Deep Creek
Smith River Canyon
Sheep
Diamond City
Smith River Valley
First Murder of a Mason Sparked Fraternal Bond in New Territory
An unnamed traveler recalls meeting a Mason whose murder had occurred earlier on the same road. He had learned details from companions about the killing and describes how sharing Masonry created a lasting friendship between them. The anecdote emphasizes brotherhood and the order’s place in a developing frontier community.
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Mason
Montana couple seeks marriage license at Capitol
A young couple rode a Ford to the Montana state Capitol to marry but could not obtain a license or ceremony there. Officials said licenses are issued by county authorities, not the state, leading the pair to seek the county courthouse for the needed civil rite.
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Montana
Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Montana
Thomas Sillers
State House
Dick" Dickinson
Capitol Guide
County Court House
Head Board From Lyons Grave Reaches Montana Library
Warren Nichols of Butte turns over a head board found near Virginia City to the Montana State Historical Library. The board marked Haze Lyons executed by Vigilantes on January 14, 1864, with inscriptions faded but legible under close inspection.
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Warren Nichols
Butte
Virginia City
Lyons
The
State Historical Library
Hare Lyons
Nichols
Haze Lyons
Vigilantes
Virginia
Dillingham
Boulder Springs 1 in New Hands
Improvements costing thousands of dollars will be made at the Boulder Hot Springs hotel once material and workers are secured. J. E. Murray of Butte, owner of the property, made the announcement that work will be completed before winter.
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J.B. McGoren
Boulder Hot Springs
Boulder Hot Springs Hotel
McCormick
Butte
J. E. Murray
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First Territorial Exposition
FIRST
Masonic Lodge
Mullan Military Road
Eek
Capitol
Famowa High
Wayman
OF Historical ‘Library
Boulder Springs
J. E. M Cormick
Yey
Butte Business College
Business College
U. S
Rice Brothers
Owsley Bldg
Uel
Hickory Soft Coal
Hickory Trio
Hickory
Kelley-How-Thomson
Lee
Dae Hs
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