Mount Jackson A Glacial Peak and Blackfeet Scout Legend
Mount Jackson stands at 10 023 feet in Glacier National Park beside Mount Cleveland 411 feet higher, honoring Blackfeet scout William Jackson known as Siksikakoan. He aided Reno and Custer forces at Little Bighorn, escaped Sioux lines, later built a ranch on the Cutbank River and died from injuries sustained in his perilous frontier career.
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Glacier National Park
Mount Jackson
Mount Clevland
Mt. Jackson
William Jackson
The
Little Big Horn
Custer
U.S.S. Cavalry
Jackson
Reno
de Rudio
Girard
O’niel
Miles
Northern Plains
Blackfeet
Cutbank River
Rockies
Montana Supreme Court to Hear Boxing Law Question
The Montana Supreme Court will hear on September 22 whether the state has a law banning boxing matches. AG Ford contends a referendum repeal does not restore the old statute, while District Judges Law and Lamb hold no reinstatement occurred. The case hinges on the Kiley boxing bill and its repeal under referendum.
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Montana
Supreme Court of
Ben B. Law
Bozeman
E. M. Lamb
Butte
S. C. Ford
Supreme Court
Theodore Brantley
William L. Holloway
John Hurry
Patton
Cooper
Ford
Raze House At Regina Linked To Riel Legend In Montana
Montana veterans of the Northwest Mounted Police learn that Regina’s guard house where Louis Riel was hanged in 1885 will be torn down to make way for new brick barracks. The article recalls Riel’s years in Montana teaching on Sun River and his controversial career culminating in treason trial and execution at Regina.
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Northwest Mounted Police of Canada
Montana
Regina
Louis Riel
Mounted Police
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
Dominion
Alex C. Botkin
Helena
Riel
Congress
Fort Benton
Winnipeg
Republic of Manitoba
United States
Sun River
Babe
Beattie
Thomas Scott
Garnet Wolsey
Provencher
Manitoba
England
Russia
Batoche
Gabriel Dumont
Frog Lake
Big Bear
Little Bear
Assitubofrne Military Reserve
Havre
MacDonald
Ottawa
John Brown
Northwest Territory
St. Boniface
Harper's Ferry
Dr Anson Ford Buttes First Postmaster and Pioneer
In Mount Moriah cemetery lies Dr Anson Ford butte’s beloved early pioneer and first postmaster. He arrived before the town’s founding, never rich from mining claims, yet earned friends with wit and steadfast loyalty. He hoped Butte would become the world’s greatest mining camp.
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DR. Ford
Butte
Montana
Mount Moriah
Butte Hills
Anson Ford
Ford
Camp
Hiis
Tie
Double murder mystery on Great Falls ranch puzzle police
Police investigate a baffling murder plot after a dog eats poisoned food intended for its owner. Frank Phillips died at a Cascade area ranch in January 1918 and his son Deforest Phillips followed a year and a half later from the same poison.
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Great Falls
Strychnine
Frank Philips
Cascade
Deforest Phillips
Frank Phillips
Deforest Philips
Jay Phillips
Frank
Deforest
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MT. Jackson Towers
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Portland
Knotty Point
Raze House
Breeds
Thy
Frog's Lake
Mexico
Gruff
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