Montana Pioneer Brothers Recall Franklin Era Adventure
The article recounts Montana pioneers Bill and Buck Buchanan, famed for gold camps and Arctic exploration roots. It links their adventures from the 1860s Moccasin mountains to Yogo creek discovery and their later ties to Sir John Franklin’s doomed northwest passage search. It also notes Montana figures Harold M. White and local lineage.
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Montana
Bil
Buck” Buchanan
California
Buchanan Brothers
Seven Seas
Bill Buchanan
Mocassin Mountains
Judith Basin
Moccasin Mountains
Yogo Creek
Judith River
Rocky Mountains
Black Hills
South Dakota
Franklin
Bill
Sir John Franklin
Northwest Passage
Arctic
Buchanans
John Franklin
Rae
Lady Franklin
Fox
England
Gore
King William’s Land
Lancaster Strait
Behring Strait
America
Bill” Buchanan
Spirit of Meagher Inspires Fighting Irish Regiment Ahead of France
The piece recalls General Thomas Francis Meagher and the Fighting Sixty-ninth as New York's regimental heart, detailing its 1851 formation, Civil War exploits from Malvern Hill to Gettysburg, and Meagher’s later Montana tenure and dramatic death.
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France
Bissouri
Thomas Francis Meagher
Territorial
Montana
Meagher of
Sword
New York City
New York
Meagher
Europe
Sixty-ninth
Sixty-ninth Regiment
Charles&. Roe
Michael Corcoran
Corcoran
Prince of Wales
King Edward
Fort Sumpter
United States
War Department
Morgan
Robert Nugent
FE. W. Summer
McClellan
Richmond
Malvern Hill
Porter
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Marye
Chancellorsville
Fifth Maine
Secretary of War
Gettysburg
Wheat Field
Little Round Top
Pickett
Father Corby
Atte
Wilderness
Spottsylvania
Virginia City
Sidney Edgerton
England
Ireland
Young Ireland Party
van Dieman’s Land
Tasmania
Mokler's Wyoming Rise From Montana Printer to Mayor and Banker
A. J. Mokler, once a Great Falls printer who helped launch the Industrial Publishing company and the Great Falls Tribune, built a Wyoming fortune. He served Casper as mayor, chaired Wyoming's Republican state central committee, declined the governor nomination, and now develops Casper real estate and oil holdings with an estimated $200,000 fortune.
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A. J. Mokler
Montana
Wyoming
Casper
Republican State Central Committee of
Mokler
Great Falls
Casper Press
Mohler
Roosevelt
Salt Creek Country
Why a Girl Forgives A Kiss Return
A humorous saying explains that a girl may forgive a kiss when she hopes the man will respond in kind and keep the playful exchange going. The line mocks expectations of reciprocity in romantic moments.
Mrs. T. J. Walsh Dies in Baltimore
Mrs. T. J. Walsh wife of United States Senator Walsh died in Baltimore after a several week illness following a minor operation. She was well known in Montana where she had lived for many years and had many friends.
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T. J. Walsh
United States
Walsh
Baltimore
Montana
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Fergus County
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Montana Flour Mills Company
Lewistown
Harlowtown
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Barlow Cheadle
BE. K. Cheadle
Ancon
Panama
Harry O. Willard
Fifth Cavalry
Camp Stewart
Texas
John Rae
Hudson Bay Company
H. M. White
Ntajor
Missouri River
Great Falls Tribune
Flowerree Sheep & Horse Company
Miles City
Telegraph
Flowerree Sheep & Horse Co
Lowry
Safety First
First National
First National Bank
Helena
Montana Capital
Ayed Alince
Montana Farm
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