Kipp and Fort Piegan Defy Hudson Bay in 1831 Standoff
James Kipp led a 44 man expedition to build Fort Piegan at the Marias mouth in 1831. He used bold diplomacy and a barrel of whisky to win Blackfeet trade and fend off British rivals, securing the American Fur Company dominance from the Yellowstone to the Marias and paving the Fort Benton era.
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Kipp
Hudson Bay
Missouri River
Rocky Mountain Country
Montana
Hudson Bay Company
James Kipp
Kenneth McKenzie
American Fur Company
Fort Union
Yellowstone River
Marias River
Fort Benton
Blackfeet
McKenzie
Fort Picgan
Burger
New Post
Fort Piegan
Indiana
Union
Marins
Yellowstone
New Ferro-Manganese Plant Opens in Great Falls
The Anaconda Copper Mining Company starts Montana’s largest ferro-manganese plant in Great Falls at the government request. Output reaches 90 tons daily, enabling two steel ships per day and supplying 10 000 tons of steel treatment. The facility adds 85 jobs, costs over 500 000 dollars, and uses 100 000 volt power stepped to 6 600 and 85 100 volts for six furnaces operating at 1600 C. First furnace began September 17.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Great Falls
Montana
Missouri River
Pittsburg
New York
Arreread
Amsterdam
Washington
Christiania
Petrograd
Springfield
Mass
Smith & Wesson
War Labor Board
Okmulgee
Okla
General Pershing
France
Alsace
Pershing
Chicago
Wild Bill Thompson
U. S. Senate
Medill McCormick
Eau Claine
American Red Cross
Belgium
el Paso
Teex
Mexico
Otto Johnson
C. H. Wilson
Butte
Paris
Germany
Lenine
Trotzky
Home Defense Guard
Home Guard
New York City Gas Meters Read by Camera
Gas meters across New York City are being recorded by camera creating a permanent record of each regular reading. The move aims to improve accuracy and streamline billing as utility officials deploy new monitoring devices citywide.
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New York City
Lawmakers listed as fifteen holdovers dominate state Senate slate
Among fifteen holdover senators ten are Republicans and five Democrats. Meagher and Rosebud counties show Republican nominees with no opposition on the Democratic ticket. House races reveal several unopposed Republican candidates in Blaine, Big Horn and Richland, with full tickets elsewhere.
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Meagher
Rosebud Republi
Legislative Assembly
Rosebud
State Senate
House
Blaine
Big Horn
Richland
Senate
Prairie—Ww
S. Haley
Holdover
R. Ravalli
Frank Cone
Hamilton Thatcher
D. Richland
H. A. Gallway
D. Stillwater
J. H. Leuthold
H. J. Calhoun
D. Sweet Grass
Henry Ellingson
R. Teton
T. O. Larson
CC. C. Davis
D. Toole
William Bourke
T. L. Clark
D. Valley
J. L. Slattery
J. Scott
James Griffin
Broadwater
D. Neil
Hugh Broderick
D. Carbon
Michael Doyle
J. L. Chrystal
D. Fallon
C. Conser
C. E. Lieurance
D. Fergus
O. W. Belden
John A. Wilson
Herman C. Otter
Homer Goodell
George Evans
B. ¥. Gordon
E. G. Worden
World War Era Briefs From Across The Globe
A compilation of wartime notes reports the Montana ship launch in Newport Virginia, mass draft registrations, Yankee advances in the St Mihiel sector with German captures, profiteering donations in Philadelphia, and defense lines. Also covered are gas shell discoveries, political trials, and various regional dispatches from Europe and America.
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Newport
Montana
Washington
St. Mihiel
Philadelphia
Logan Coal Company
Paris
Antwerp
Metz
London
South Africa
Bridgeport
Conn
Wilson
Stockholm
A. V. Razvozoff
Baltic
Petrograd
Cleveland
Ohio
Eugene V. Debs
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KODAK
Schoettner Studio
Main Street
West
America
Beaverhead County
George Seatherly
R. Big Horn
G. ¥. Burla
George McCone
R. Deer Lodge
J. B. Goose
R. Fallon
Booth
J. H. Bergstrom
Herrick
B. C. White
Flathead
Robert Pauline
J. J. Erickson
D. Gallatin
George O. Arnold
Gould
D. Meagher
James T. Wood
Mineral
G. R. Cooper
Wilkinson
Missoula
Ed Dondon
Frank H. Cooney
D. Musselshell
Dan Slayton
R. Park
Dan Healey
D. Phillips
George H. Clay
R. Powell
C. H. Williams
THE
W. L. Fitzsimmons
W. M. Mulaney
W. T. McKeown
Jasper Haaland
Maggie Hathaway
J. R. Faulds
J. Earl Jones
R. Rosebud
L. W. Robinson
J. R. Middleton
L. W. Carpenter
Estelle Hopson
D. Sanders
J. W. Gladden
N. P. Howes
D. Sheridan
John S. Nyquist
A. L. Jensen
D. Silver Bow
W. E. Carroll
F. C. Fluent
H. J. Grimes
Charles §. Henderson
James M. Hinkle
KB. B. Howell
Charles F. Jones
George H. Scott
Sam H. Treloar
Charles S. Warren
Levi S. Wild
J. S. Crigg
Edgar M. Andrieux
Charles Boulware
Hugh S. Carroll
Arthur V. Corry
W. F. Dunn
John J. Foley
J. J. Harrington
Dan M. Kelly
Don B. King
W. J. McMahon
William Meyer
BE. T. Mooney
O. M. Gudmansen
Walter L. Hurd
Sweet Grass
C. W. Denel
G. C. Derry
Thomas M. Kehoe
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
1St National Bank
Western Accident & Indemnity Company
Helena
Concord
Jonathan
Wagner
Rome
D’anjou
Kieffer
Express
Greenacres
Wash
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