White-skinned Exhibit Quest Sparks Indian Trade Tale
The account recounts Joe Revere and a companion guiding a barter caravan from Benton on September 12, 1887. They traveled with two wagons and 10-mule teams loaded with calico, guns, beads, knives, and wheat to trade with northern Indians, describing how bread made from wheat became a prized food among aborigines.
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Elno
Joe
Tri
Joe Revere
Benton
Hyes G
Mr. Elges
Joe Benes
Park Open Through Snow Halts Traffic at Yellowstone
An official states Yellowstone National Park will remain open to visitors until snow blocks all routes this fall. The narrative recalls Arctic travel, fur trade, and survival, detailing encounters with Indigenous peoples, dog sled journeys, guard duties, and hardships from Fort Benton northward, including hunting caribou, wolves, and bears, with waning provisions and makeshift meals.
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Yellowstone
National Park
Edmund B
United States
Revere
Fort Benton
Salt Lake City Man Teaches Fishing On Trailside Lake Visit
A. J. Hanson of Salt Lake City guided his wife Mrs Hanson to Lewis Lake in Yale Idea National Park for trout fishing. She hooked a long angling battle, landing a 21 pound mackinaw after 25 minutes, a 104 pound claim later weighing by her husband as a comparison. The piece then shifts to reminiscences about German immigrant Elges detailing life in Germany and the United States, his service, and naturalization stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Hanson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Hanson
Lewis Lake
Ye Idee Tele National Park
Eda
Fort Benton
Revere
Benton
Mr. Elges
Hanover
Germany
Hartz Mountains
Goettingen
Henry
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Doorn
Holland
Wilhelm I
Bismarck
Hitler
Elges
Africa
United States
Mineapolis
Montana
Medora
N. C
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy
Diamond R Outfit
Great Northern Railway
Biges
Yellowstone
Boulder River
McLeod
Big Timber
Belgium
Sells Floto
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Tigis
Livingston
Frank Henry
Joseph Wall Pioneer Farmer and Indian Fighter
A long obituary recounts Joseph Wall Wahl born in Baden Germany, died at Dillon. He served as a young recruit under General Howard during the Nez Perce pursuit, served in Fort Halleck and Fort Bidwell, carried mail, and saved a wounded Cowan in the Little Fire Hole basin. He emigrated with brother George to the west, saved money to become a rancher, and witnessed major campaigns including the Bear’s Paw and Big Hole battles.
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Joseph Wall
Wahl
Dillon
Howard
Win Pa
Wesegheny
Baden
Germany
Jess Joseph
Pullabingh
Ave Sam
Joseph
Geare
Pittsburgh
Ponble
Wagner
George
1St United States Cavalry
Fort McDermott
Nev
Fort Bidwell
Calif
Fort Halleck
Halleck
Elko
Idaho
Montana
Buffalo Horn
Air Cave
George Wall
Jasoe
Sore Wall
Lo Lo
Itter Root Valley
Big Hole
George Wail
Gibbon
Helena
Bear’s Paw Moon
Cowan
Fire Hole
No Cases of Spotted Fever Reported in 1938 Missoula
County officials note a record year with no spotted fever cases in Missoula and western Montana. Tick fever vaccines treated about 6000 residents at city hall as Dr. Pease and assistants administered serum. Officials credit public acceptance of the preventive serum for the unusually quiet season.
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Missoula
D. Pease
Montana
Pease
Bozeman Broadcasting Firm Is Incorporated
Ed Craney of Butte Barbara Sprague Craney also of Butte and R B Mc Nab Jr of Bozeman filed articles of incorporation with Secretary Sam W Mitchell for BM Broadcast of Bozeman. The firm will engage in radio broadcasting and related purchasing and selling. Capital stock listed at 25000 dollars in 250 shares with McNab holding 125 Craney 124 and Barbara Sprague Craney 1.
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Ed Craney
Butte
Barbara Sprague Craney
R. B. McNab Jr
Bozeman
Sam W. Mitchell
Bozema
McNab
Craney
Bar Sprague Craney
West Boulder ranch memory Amid New Jersey safety drive
A memoir fragment recalls a trip by a traveler from Livingston who bought steamship tickets from the late Wiliam Grabow, learned of his mother’s death at the post office, and then settled on a ranch on the West Boulder. The piece notes a 29 percent drop in highway fatalities in New Jersey after four months of compulsory vehicle inspection.
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Wiliam Grabow
Livingston
Grabow
West
Boulder
New Jersey
Brother Van Dredel and the Nez Perce War
The article recalls Rev. W. W. Van Dredel known as Brother Van, an early Montana Methodist minister active in the Nez Perce war. It describes his brave stance defending others, his courage despite a feared violent conflict, and contrasts with other clergy, including Dr. Thomas Iliff, who helped organize disciplined defense in Missoula during the Bitter Root tensions.
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Montana
States
W. W. van Dredel
Van
Nez Perce
Thomas Corwin Iliff
Bitter Root Valley
Missoula
Bitter Root
Missoula Mills
Thomas Iliff
Tiff
Ohio University
Orde
James A. Garfield
Barnela
I Srere
Charlot Peteten
Alk
Missouliaris
Leutenant
Sap Company
Garfield
Tliff
Indiana
Dr. Iliff
Iff
Helena
W. Walla
Radeng
Peters
Bister
Burmeister
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W. A. Elges
Wpa
Beattie
Bozeman Broadcasting Firm IS Incorporated
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