Avro Oil and Refining to Build Large Lewistown Plant
Rapid progress on the Avro Oil and Refining refinery at Lewistown, Montana, led by Vice President Herbert A. Hover, with construction started July 23. The plant will reach 4000 barrels daily by November 1, with 22 tanks and multiple stills and piping, located between the Great Northern and Milwaukee lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atro
Oil and Refining Company
Lewistown
Herbert A. Hover
Helena
Los Angeles
O. W.belden
Bank of
Fergus County
Avro
William Parker
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Austria
Rumania
Montana
Hover
Great Northern
Clark’s Montana career tale spans frontier trade and travel
Senator W. A. Clark recounts four decades in Montana history from ox team entry to placer gold founding fortunes. He details early journeys from Colorado to Fort Benton via mackinaw and river steamers, noting Fargo and Diamond City gold, Fort Benton traders, and Perils of river transit. He recalls boyhood dreams, Western weather, and migratory routes toward Bentonsport and Connellsville with vivid frontier life.
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Society of Montana Pioneers
W. A. Clark
Montana
Territory
Colorado
United States
Lewistown
Civilization
Missouri River
Fort Benton
Sioux City
Mackinaw
Diamond City
Philadelphia
Thomas C. Power & Co
I. G. Baker & Co
Place
St. Louis
Poplar Educator Builds National Reputation In Public Schools
Frank N. Mitchell, superintendent of Poplar schools, is cited as a key asset and a national achievement driver for the town’s 1,200 population. The article notes Mitchell’s farming roots, dedication to the district, and widespread recognition including praise from the Boston Journal of Education for his musical and educational programs.
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Poplar
Frank N. Mitchell
Mit‘chell
Chautauqua
Billboard
Ufe
A. E. Winship
Boston Journal of Education
United States
University of New York
Roosevelt County
Columbus
Hatchery Output in Montana to Triple Under Plan
Montana's hatchery system will triple capacity with new plants at Red Lodge Big Timber Billings and Lewistown boosting annual fry production from 9 million to 27 million. Red Lodge and Big Timber to produce 3 million eggs yearly for Beartooth forest, with Billings to hatch pike bass pickerel sun and catfish and Lewistown planned after Billings.
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Montana
J. H. Brunson
Red Lodge
Big Timber
Billings
Lewistown
Anaconda
Emigrant
Somers
Brunson
Beartooth National Forest
Great Falls
Georgetown
Flint Creek
Flathead Lake
Glacier Park
Loch Leven
Madison
Montana Trek Ends With Rest and Return
The travelers describe marching over ice to a station three miles away where a stock tender warmed coffee and a night on the bare floor by the fire. After horses were released at sunset they faced delays, then reached a stage coach near Salt Lake City. They rested in Salt Lake City before resuming to Helena on schedule.
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Montana
Omaha
Helena
Denver
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
North Platte
Salt Lake
Ben Holladay
Rocky Mountain
South Park
Cache la Poudre
Bridger
Yellow Creek
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Lewistown Arc
McCormick
Washington J. McCormick
Yankton I
Bentonsport
Iowa
Connellsville
Tion
Great West
Lewis
Clarke
Washington
Cincinnati
Prince of Wales
Fair Ground
South
Memphis
New Orleans
Canton
Mississippi
W. J. McCormick
Missoula
Washington Jay McCormick
Clark
Lord Northcliffe
England
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