Hard Montana ranger career spans 36 years
Walter J. Derrick rose from Dakota plains to supervisor of Custer national forest in Montana. He began as an assayer in mining, became a ranger after a long wait, then faced hard work, limited gear, and rising responsibilities. Derrick retires after 36 years shaping timber reserves, fire protection, livestock grazing, and recreation.
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Walter J. Derrick
Dakota Territory
Montana
Alps
Switzerland
United States
National Forests
Missoula
Derrick
Custer National Forest
Forest Service
Billings
Francis Walter
America
Middle West
Custer Forest
Detroit
Michigan
Walter
North
South Dakota
Spink County
Conde
Webster
Neihart
Nelhart
Mont
Diamond-R Mining Co
Philipsburg
Sunrise
Bunker Hill
Basin Gulch Placer
Granite-Bimetallic Consolidated Mining Co
Dutch Matt
Powder River Spirit Guides Montana 91st Division Return
The Montana 91st Division revival at Camp White Oregon is marked by ceremonies led by Brig. Gen. E. S. Ott. Corporal Fred Angell honors a 1918 order and cigarette pledge to Ott, as veterans recount the old division’s Argonne battles and Pershing tribute. The narrative links World War I heroism to the reactivation of a storied unit and its Powder River battle cry.
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Argonne Forest
Montana
Powder River
E. S. Ott
Fred Angell
Angell
Camp White
Ore
Ott
Buck
Er Buck
91St Division
United States
91St
Wyoming
Custer
Sitting Bull
Texas
Camp Lewis
First Corps
Gondrecourt
John J. Pershing
Argonne
Lee Gautshe
Gautshe
F. K. Dover
Dover
Gerhardt
Valley Forge
Gettysburg
O. F. Miller
Gesnes
France
P. G. Katz
Eciisfontaine
Serg
L M. Seibert
Epinonville
Chester H. West
Bois de Cheppy
Jhas
Prairie County Montana ranch land highlights and history
Prairie County hosts diverse landscapes from fertile farming land to rugged badlands with scenic spots like Kempton ranch and Big Sheep mountain. The piece notes land values, irrigation progress, and historic events including 1938 flood, 1932 county clerk coin toss, and Terry’s rise as a stock shipping center.
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Prairie County
Montana
Prairie
Kempton Ranch
Powder River
Kempton’s
Big Sheep Mountain
Yellowstone
Terry
Clark
Crook Rock
Cabin Creek
Montana- Dakota Utilities Co
Miles City
Glendive
Soil Conservation Service
Buffalo Rapids
Milwaukee Railway
Custer Creek
Glenn Buckingham
Roy Stith
Stith
Buckingham
Ares
Fallon
Mildred
Spring Creek
Lippincott’s Typewriter a Milestone in Montana Territory
W I Lippincott noted as the territory’s first stenographer in 1884 and the first to bring a typewriter to Montana. He sold it to Joe Rosenthal who called it a faultless speller, then to Judge DeWitt and finally to J Ross Clark for Clark Bank use where the machine served many years.
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W. I. Lippincott
Territory of
Montana
Joe Rosenthal
Remnants Club to Hold Infantry Reunion Sept 26
Bert Keller president calls the Remnants club assembly for the 362nd infantry in Shelby on September 26. He urges all former 362d members of the 862d infantry from World War I to attend, promising an important meeting. Reservations to Bert Keller Shelby Mont.
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Bert Keller
Remnants Club
Shelby
862D
Keller
362D
Mont
Falls Couple Have 4 Sons in Service and a Daughter in War Industry
Constable and Mrs. Joe MacPherson of Great Falls announce four sons in the armed forces and a daughter in war industry. James Robert MacPherson, commissioned as a lieutenant at Lowry Field, is bound for Tampa. Joseph MacPherson Jr. is approved for pilot training at Santa Ana and may earn wings. C. J. MacPherson, 20, plans to enlist in the naval reserve, with two years of college training. F. K. MacPherson serves with Marines in the Pacific. Helen Marie works at North American in Inglewood.
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Constable
Joe MacPherson
Great Falls
Army Air Force Training Command
Lowry Field
Colo
James Robert MacPherson
Jimmy
Tampa
Fla
Santa Ana Army Air Base
California
Joseph MacPherson Jr
Army
Falls
C. J. MacPherson
North American Aircraft Factory
Naval Reserve
Corp
F. K. MacPherson
Setup Is Confusing To Indian Stockman
Roy Longknife a Belknap Indian stockman recalls a jail fine after his son received a medal for killing ten Japs in the army. He notes the irony of his own small town arrest and a ten dollar fine. Natives pick every coffee berry by hand in Central America and Colombia.
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Roy Longknife
Belknap
Lodge Pole
Central America
Columbia
County Reaches 1737 Square Miles By 1917
The text notes that by about 1917 the county had grown to its current area of 1,737 square miles, marking a geographic expansion in that period.
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W. J. Derrick
By Eric Thane
Whitehall
H. E. Bolster
Montana State College
Bolster
Lewis
Yellowstone River
J. W. Montague
Bismarck
N. D
Montague
Northern Pacific Railroad
Alfred HH. Terry
Dawson and
Lippincott
Infantry
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Weil
DuPont Paints
DuPont
Montana Hardware Co
Butte Great Falls
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