Early Montana Pioneers Recall 1872 Missouri River Boat Race
Rev W W Van Orsdel of Great Falls recounts Montana’s first and only boat race on the Missouri in spring 1872 between the Far West and the Nellie Peck. The voyage lasted 17 days 20 hours covering 1950 miles amid Indians and wood shortages with Buffalo Bill and Rain-in-the-Face noted among the encounters.
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Missouri River
W. W. van Orsdel
Great Falls
Butte
Montana
Far West
Nellie Peck
Buffalo Bill
West
Brother van
Sioux City
Fort Benton
Chief Rain-in-the-Face
Sitting Bull
Morgan a Bridger trail pathfinder and Montana pioneer
Abram M. Morgan a charter member of the Society of Montana Pioneers recalls joining Jim Bridger at 17, traveling 1864 with 196 wagons to Virginia City, aiding Vigilantes in Alder Gulch, and witnessing the era of frontier justice before making a fortune in Montana.
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Abram M. Morgan
Society of Montana Pioneers
Butte
Mr. Morgan
Jim Bridger
Morgan
Bridger
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Virginia City
California
Fort Laramie
Big Horn River
Aldergulch
Wilson
Compton
Helena
Dry Gulch
Law and Order
Pioneers Denounce Anarchy Bolshevism and Disloyalty
The Montana pioneers at their convention denounce bolshevism and anarchy and pledge to uphold Americanism. Judge W Y Pemberton of Helena spoke on defending the flag and the established government, urging action against those who promote Bolshevism and related dissensions.
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West
Montana
W. Y. Pemberton
Wanderer Finds State Changed in Ghost Town of Coulson
Fred Ohland, a former Coulson resident, returns to Billings after 36 years to find Coulson nearly vanished. He learns Coulson vanished with the railroad in 1882 and that his daughter, now Mrs. Frank L. Mann, is living in Billings. Ohland’s wife died years ago and his family has dispersed.
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Northern Pacific
Billings
Coulson
Billings Union Station
Here
Fred Ohland
Frank L. Mann
Ohland
International
Livingston
United States
Seattle
Onland
Early travelers reach Virginia City after long journey
Mr and Mrs Wassweiler moved on from their camp travels and reached Virginia City. They later went to Helena in 1865, bought land near Helena Hot Springs, built a hotel, one of the first substantial buildings in the area, and Mrs Wassweiler died in 1908.
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Townsend
Leavenworth
Powder River
Wassweiler
Butte
Golden West
Diggins
Custer
Virginia City
Montana Pioneer W F Barton Aged 96 At Butte Meet
W F Barton the oldest Montana pioneer aged 96 attended the Butte meeting. He came west in 1862 with Fisk's expedition and helped found Montana City. He worked for Root Davis in Virginia City and later ran a diamond freight train before settling in Butte where he has lived since. He notes younger pioneers come west seeking fun but vows to keep order.
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W. F. Barton
Montana
Alder
Butte
Fisk
Little Prickly Pear
Montana City
Pat Wall
Mr. Barton
Boy's Arm Saved After Basin Mill Circular Saw Accident
Wilbur Carlson a 16 year old sustained a complete arm severing when it contacted a circular saw at Basin saw mill. He was rushed to a Helena hospital where surgeons reattached the limb and expect to save it barring infection.
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Wilbur Carlson
Basin
Helena
irrigation mission heads to Washington for irrigation aid
Mayor Louis Newman of Great Falls leads a delegation of northern Montana communities that left for Washington on Saturday to urge Congress to provide irrigation aid.
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Louis Newman
Great Falls
Montana
Washington
Congress
Kid Curry Still At Large Said Seen In South America
Phil Buckley recalls finding Kid Curry in a 1914 Minneapolis film showing a Buenos Aires rodeo. Buckley, whose brothers hunted the bandit, says Curry was a master pistol shot and remained alive, possibly in South America, with reports varying over the years.
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Kid Curry
Montana
Phil Buckley
Chouteau County
Minneapolis
Buckley
Buenos Aires
Curry
Kansas
South America
Mabie
Jim Moran
Havre
Moran
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Missouri
Nelson Gulch
John Bolt
Deer Lodge
Mr. Bolt
Idaho
Gold Creek
Bannack
Alder Guich
Bevins
Silver Bow
Vigilantes
Henry Plummer
Plummer
Bolt
Dakotas
F. J. Wassweiler
America
Wanderer
Bad Man
North Country
Harlem
Little Rockies
Milk River
Canadian Line
John
Frank O'Neill
Curry Boys
Pike Sandusky
Sandusky
Doc
Curry Place
Kan
Belknap Reservation
Surry
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