Plenty Coups Story of Pranks and Crow Way in 1881
In September 1931 Glendolin Damon Wagner recalls Plenty Coups, Crow chief, recounting a boyish prank of eight years involving masked meat theft from camp. He describes Crow mothers’ gentle discipline, life in tepees, and songs urging strength, bravery, and readiness to fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendolin
Damon Wagner
Chief Plenty Coups
Simon Bulltail
Coups
Plenty Coups
Big Brother
Blue Creek
Big Shoulders
Pryor Creek
Montana Press Association elects leaders at Missoula convention
Dan Whetstone of Cut Bank named first vice president with Lloyd Raw of Lewistown and W. B. Vennard of Terry as other vice presidents. Glasgow Courier wins top weekly award. front page and editorial pages honors go to Glasgow Courier and Flathead Monitor respectively. Officials note tribal conflicts and Plenty Coups lore in historical passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre Daily News
Montana State Press Association
Missoula
Dan Whetstone
Cut Bank
Lloyd Raw
Lewistown
W. B. Vennard
Terry
Glasgow Courier
Flathead Monitor
Pondora County News
Courier
Boulder Monitor
Pondera County News
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Offers Nervous System Help
A vintage ad promotes Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women with nervousness irritability and fatigue. It claims the product supports general resistance calms quivering nerves and eases symptoms linked to female functional disorders, with over a million reported benefits.
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Pinkham
Covered Wagon Babies Attend 54th Pioneer Meeting
Three women who rode covered wagons to Montana in the pioneer era, Augusta Trask Mary Valston and Mollie Klein, attended the 54th annual Montana Pioneers convention. Valston recalled an 1865 siege by Indians near Fort Laramie. Trask born 1862 in a wagon. Klein born 1865 in a wagon. all served as past presidents of the Society.
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Society of Montana Pioneers
Augusta Trask
Deer Lodge
Mary Valston
Mollie Klein
Los Angeles
West
Valston
Plains
Fort Laramie
Alder Gulch
Montana
Mr. Klein
Meredith
Dave) Fifer
Klein
Prominent Montana Citizen Dies at Deer Lodge Ranch
A pioneer-era resident died recently at his ranch near Deer Lodge. He belonged to Williams & Pauley, prominent central Montana flockmasters. Williams served 16 years as Powell county senator and led the Montana Woolgrowers' association as president. He also ran for U S senator on the Republican ticket several years ago.
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Montana
Deer Lodge
Williams & Pauley
Big Flockmasters
Willams
Powell County
Montana Woolgrowers’ Association
United States
Plenty Coups Story Ties Warpath Memory to Crow Fight
In a Billings interview Chief Plenty Coups recalls a 1880 clash with Blackfeet that followed a Crow horse raid. Dr. W. A. Allen and local settlers joined Plenty Coups as they repelled the attack near Lake Basin, saving Allen’s life and ending Blackfeet thefts in Yellowstone valley. 5 million bushel crop anticipated and wheat shipments noted in Chouteau county reports.
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Plenty Coups
Dr. Allen
Red Horse
Footsore
Echeta Casha Asha
Yellowstone River
W. A. Allen
Billings
Chief Plenty Coups
Allen
Canyon Creek
Prince
Lake Basin
White Eagle
Bill Brockway
Gene Irwin
Charley Demaris
Alkali Creek
Antelope Point
Irwin
Simon Bulltail
Coulee
Rattlesnake Butte
Chief Plenty Coupe
Plenty Coupe
Plenty
Ceos War Club
Yellowstone Valley
Flathead Sportsmen Seek Kiln Lake Refuge Plan
Flathead Sportsmen's Association urges closing Lone Pine area and creating Kiln Lake refuge with 5000 acres to develop into a natural zoological park. The state fish and game commission tour of Flathead Lincoln counties discussed a migratory bird refuge near Kiln Lake, fish ladders, removing barriers and vermin control to aid wildlife protection.
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Flathead Sportsmen’s Association
Lone Pine
Kiln Lake
Flathead
Lincoln
Whitefish
Libby
Kalispell
State Fish and Gate Commission
Helena
B. L. Price
Laurel
Nick Dondelinger
Anaconda
A. J. Baumgartner
Great Falls
P. G. Gutensohn
J. A. Weaver
John Schofield
Harry Lay
Lewistown
Kila Lake
Ashley Lake
Rexford
Yank
Troy
Roe
Trout Planted in Park Lakes
Park officials report about 1 118,700 native and 240,000 bow trout have reached fry size and were planted in park lakes. Additional fish will be released later, reaching fry size. the stock is expected to be ready for anglers.
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Lloyd Justus
Papyrus Making Through Ancient Civilizations
The Egyptians first created paper by layering papyrus strips at right angles. Subsequent Greeks after Alexander the Great and Romans used soaking, pressing, and drying to finish the process.
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Press Association
John F. M. Travis
Polytechnic
Billings Polytechiic Institute Polytechnic
the Open Door
Charles WH. Williams
Chouteau
Chouteau County
Big Sandy
Fort Benton
Highwood
Geraldine
Carter
Loma
Genoa
Flathead Refuge
United Karakul Fur Sheep Company
Twin, Falls, Idaho
Lot
U. S. Bureau OF Mines
Copper Mining CO
Butte, Montana
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