Chieftain Red Box Red Fox Explains War Time Pride
Chief Red Box Skinhusha of the Blackfeet told a Butte church audience he has seen more war paint on New York society women than on his people. Red Fox, teaching there on Indians and the war, spoke of democracy, broken treaties, and Patriotism.
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New York
Red Box Skinhusha
Butte
America
Red Fox
Germany
Red Cross
United States
Whitehall
Tepee Order of America
Famous Overland Stage Drivers Known to Montana Pioneers
The article recalls historic Overland stage drivers on the Salt Lake City to Virginia City line opened by Ben Holladay in 1864. Notable figures include William Williams who led a dramatic Virginia City to Salt Lake ambush, Colonel Bill Trotter the long time driver and later division agent, Sam Getts who carried the last mail before the golden spike, Bishop West famed for frontier calm and profanity-free conduct, and others tied to Fort Buford and Montana frontier life.
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Salt Lake City
Virginia City
Ben Holladay
King of the Overland
Salt Lake
Holladay
Spotswood
Atchison
California
Forts Kearney
Laramie
South Platte River
Julesburg
Montana
Bob Martin
Frank Williams
Martin
Kansas
Big Sandy
Liberty Farm
Fort Kearney
Williams
James Brown
L. F. Carpenter
David Dinan
W. K. Mers
A. J. McCausland
A. S. Parker
Charles Parks
Dinan
McCausland
Mers
Parks
Parker
Carpenter
Brown
Overland
Bill” Trotter
Old Windsor
Boulder
Jefferson County
Trotter
Concord
Old Julesburg
Colorado
Slade
Jules
O'fallon’s Bluffs
Willow Island
Getts
Sam V. Getts
Cascade
Cascade County
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Ed. B. Kilburn
Bishop” West
Pony Express
Rodney P. West
West
New England
Bishop
Virginia Canyon
Idaho Springs
Rare Wheat Specimen Proves Productive For Montana Tests
County Agent Scott of Musselshell county has secured one bushel of banned Turkey Red wheat for experiment use from a five bushel world supply. Developed by Kansas State College, the hardy strain suits Montana dry areas and will be distributed to growers next year for exhaustive testing. Fred Metzger of Rothiemay district expects 40 sowings this season as yields promise high with heads containing up to 162 berries.
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Scott
Musselshell County
Kansas Agricultural College
Montana
Fred Metzger
Rothiemay
Burbank
Burbank Super Wheat Harvested and Compared in Trial
The Bozeman agronomy department harvested its test plot of Burbank super wheat. Seed from Luther Burbank in California was planted among eighteen fall wheat varieties. The Burbank yielded 54.6 bushels per acre, ranking twelfth, compared with Montana 36 at 82.6. A Red Cross unit in Honolulu includes Chinese Japanese Portuguese and American women.
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Agronomy
Bozeman
Burbank
Luther Burbank
California
Montana
Red Cross
Honolulu
Laws Enacted in Early Montana Reflect Territorial Life
The 1860s Montana legislature enacted quirky laws reflecting frontier governance. Measures created night watchmen powers in Helena, mandatory firemen for sessions, and a first census. They regulated Lord’s Day activities, trout fishing rules, barred crooked gambling, permitted the Upper Missouri River navigation company, and criminalized carrying concealed weapons with fines.
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Montana
Territorial Legislative Assembly
Helena
Thomas Francis Meagher
Edgerton County
Lewis and Clark County
Legislative Assembly
Bannack
Jake de Hart
Upper Missouri Navigation
Upper
Missouri
Missouri River
Fort Benton
Three Forks
Gallatin City
N. W. Burris
G. W. Stapleton
John D. Ritchie
A. W. Brookie
F. Moore
B. S. Peabody
Richard F Lawless
Pioneer leader Charles Hoffman elected Montana Society head
Charles Wheeler Hoffman, longtime Bozeman resident and prominent banker and rancher, was named president of the Montana Society of Pioneers at the annual Anaconda meeting, highlighting his status among Gallatin Valley settlers.
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Bozeman
Anaconda
Charles Wheeler Hoffman
Montana Society of Pioneers
Gallatin Valley
Hereford Breeders Organize in Montana
An enthusiastic Helena meeting last week formed the Montana Hereford Breeders association. Hal B. Ives of Helena was elected state president. Other officers include George B. Cook vice president L Chatterton secretary treasurer Lester H. Thompson D A Carlock George B Franks Frank G Doll and Ben Cardwell to fill key roles.
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Montana
Helena
L. Chatterton
Spion Kop
Cascade County
Lester H. Thompson
Bozeman
D. A. Carlock
Carlyle
George B. Franks
Cardwell
Frank G. Doll
Pleasant Valley
Flathead County
Ben Cardwell
Billings
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Blackfeet
Columbia’ University
Black Hawk
Stewart
Baker
Wilson
Western Plains
Denver
Cherry Creek
W.N. Byers
Mountain News
Gallatin
Hoffman
Fort, Randall
Dakota
Fort Buford
Yellowstone River
Buford
Lfe
Northwest Fur Company
Durfee & Peck
Charles Larpentour
Fort Ells
Bozeman National Bank
Romained
Commercial National Bank
Senator
W. Hoffman
Hereford Breeders
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Great Falls, Montana
1St National Bank
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