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High Cost of Living in Montana in 1865 Miners Seized Food
Narrative recalls 1865 Montana hardships from Bannack to Virginia City. Food riots erupt as flour scarce and prices soar. distribution under Colonel Sanders guides fairness. Flight of goods, mules, and stage lines reveal a fragile frontier economy amid winter blockade and political moments.
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Montana
Selby
Ohio
Bannack
Barrett's Place
St. Louis
Salt Lake
Cache Valley
Utah
Logan City
Horse Prairie Creek
Salt Lake City
Virginia City
Ely Olinghouse
Ridenour
Hackberry
Arizona
Mr. Ridenour
Jim Murray
Helena
Ben Holliday
X. Biedler
Pullers Springs
Captain Slade
Julesburg
Colo
Overland Stage Line
Madison River
Iowa
Castner’s
Territory of
Frank L. Worden
Chouteau
Deer Lodge
Missoula
Samuel T. Hauser
John H. Rogers
Alexander E. Mayhew
Washington J. McCormick
Madison County
James Stuart
Deer
Legislative Assembly
Last Chance Gulch
Jefferson Valley
Boulder
Montana City
Clancy Creek
East Helena
Whitlock Union
Grizzly Gulch
Snake River
Taylor, Thompson & Co
Joseph Marion
George Mann
Main Street
Wilbur F. Sanders
Lincoln
Edgerton
Sanders
Hosmer
Rocky Mountains