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Newspaper

Dillon Examiner

Location

Dillon, Montana, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1936

Page

5

Naming of Powder River Legends Tied to Frontier Past

Prairie County tale chronicles why Powder River and nearby features bear their names. The piece traces Custer era skirmishes and Gen. Terry connections to Terry city, notes Laroque’s journal entries, and explains river sandbars, quicksands, and a buried treasure myth. It highlights the Kempton ranch’s 2000 acres, 57 springs, and the showman Berney Kempton who toured Europe with Dr. Carver.

Powder River William West Terry Prairie County George Armstrong Custer Alfred H. Terry Custer General Terry Battleground Yellowstone River Francois Antoine Laroque Prairie Land Laroque Rocky Mountains Montana Wyoming C. W. Grandy Terry Schools Pacific Coast Ray Kampf Berney F. Kempton Kempton Ranch Cherry Creek Bill Cherry Big Nose George Big Nose Europe Kempton Home Ranch James B. Kempton Colorado Tongue River Kempton Lazy G Dr. Carver Young Kempton Vienna Warsaw Moscow Petrograd Russia Sweden Germany Australia Berney Kempton Kempton Hotel Rey L.'Kempf Red McDonald America England Red Mr. Kampf Butte Sitting Bull Leson R. McLean Sheep Mountain Baldwin 5Th Infantry Terry Chamber of Commerce Fallon H. S Gigliotti California Italy Mussolini Methodist College Rome American Legion Cameron Cammy

Frontier Tales From Prairie County Montana

Montana frontier tale recounts the pursuit and capture of Dutch John after he steals the Gray John horse from rancher Martin Barrett. Barrett and companions defend the Stable, track the bandit through deep snow, and force his retreat with loaded firearms in a tense standoff.

Dutch John Bandit Martin Barrett Joseph Shineberger Horse Prairie Montana Virginia Bannack Barrett Tom Pitt Gray John Dave Melton Melton du John Baguick John Buck Stinson Henry Plummer

New Nutrition Specialist Joins Montana Extension

Miss Bessie E. McClelland, OU graduate with a Chicago nutrition masters, becomes foods and nutrition specialist for the Montana extension service. She assumed duties Sept. 21, succeeding Miss Frances Smith, with prior work at the Resettlement Administration in Kansas.

Bessie E. McCleLland University of Oklahoma University of Chicago Montana Extension Service J. C. Taylor Frances Smith Miss McClelland Resettlement Administration Kansas Kansas Extension Service Lawrence Kan

Open Season on Antelope in Choutenay County

The state game board declares an antelope hunting season from October 4 to October 20 in Choutenay County excluding the Bullivan game preserve. Four hundred animals may be killed, one per hunter, with 100 permits reserved for county farmers in Geraldine and 300 permits issued to hunters with game licenses from the Fort Denton courthouse.

State Game Board Choutenay Bullivan Geraldine Fort Denton

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