Athabasca Dick Enlisted After Northland Hero Tales
A burly Great Falls recruit known as Athabasca Dick and real name Lyle Darling enlisted in the infantry. He later offered stories of Arctic travel with Robert W. Service, who wrote a poem featuring Darling as the famed guide. Darling is recovering at Camp Dodge hospital from a hip injury.
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United States Army
Great Falls
Robert W. Service
Athabasca
Service
Lyle Darling
Darling
Camp Dodge
North
Mackenzie River
Mackenzie
Peace
Edmonton
Athabasca Dick
Jackpote Jim
John H McIntosh’s Lone July 4 Triumph in Montana Boxing
John H McIntosh, famed Butte sport writer and future referee, rose from college boxing to become Montana’s middleweight champion and boxing challenger in Dillon on July 4, 1902. He defeated a heavyweight blacksmith on points then via knockout after a brutal fourth round, earning over 1250 dollars and lasting fame in a single day.
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Montana
John H. McIntosh
Butte
Northwest
McIntosh
Butte Inter-Mountain
Butte Evening Post
Milly Adams
Dillon
W. A. Jones
Beaverhead County
Pugilist
Idaho
Robinson
Police
Stone
Fin
Beaverhead
Langford Peel the Gunfighter Dies in Helena Tale
The Helena burial ground holds Langford Peel’s faded inscription, a famed Nevada gunfighter who died in 1867 at age 36. His life beside wilderness winters, fortunes, and duels is told through anecdotes of Leavenworth, Salt Lake City, Carson City, and Virginia City.
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Langford Peel
Helena
Montana
Nevada
Liverpool
Peel
Peel Peel
Kansas
Missouri
Leavenworth
Conley
Rucker
Salt Lake City
Pee
Salt Lake House
Robinson
Salt Lake
Dave
Rucker Peel
California
Carson City
West
Virginia City
Muchacho
Tom Daly
Billy Maguire
Muchaco
Dick Paddock
Paddock
el Dorado
Johnny
Pat Lannan
Lannan
John Bull
Bull
Indian Creek
Hurley & Chase
Peet
Montana Schools Need Shakeup Urged at State Fair
The Montana state department urges education reform noting unequal district valuations and long school terms. Posters show rich districts spending far more per child than poor ones, with calls for county unit systems, higher teacher pay, year-round schooling, and expanded taxes.
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Montana
Helena
May Trumper
Chouteau County
Butte
Fergus County
Nquor
State Department
Committee On Education of the
National Association
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Great Falls Service
S “Athabasca Dick
Lac Labiche
Hudson Bay
Packer
Jim
Jackpot Jim
John McIntosh
Commercial Street
Miller
Sweden
Russia
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