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.
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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.
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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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
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State Game Board
Choutenay
Bullivan
Geraldine
Fort Denton
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Bessie McClelland, M. A
the World
Frank Hawks Wiszheres No Eves Cone
Awks
RANS
President Ortezs
Senor
ARMEE
San Ramos
Franz
AIR Hawks
Hawks
Gomez
Diablo W' Deci
George
Jerry
Capt
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Janet
Post
Frank Hawks
Capt. Frank
Jerry-You
Capt. Hawks
Dwight Clap Linn Grove
Lowe
Mike Cook
Rumford
Ruby Coope
Oklahoma City
Okla
Doris Crader
St. Louis
Billy Crum
Greeneville
Tenn
Stella DuVal Garnett
Allan Egelston
Charlotte Metzger
Grand Rapids
Mich
Hardy Murphy Ensley
Als
Mary Alice Noll
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Robert Osenbaugh
Hartford City
Walter Rockway
Tacoma
Wash
Evelyn Rosen
Dorchester
Mass
Robert Strow
Captain Frank
General Foods
N. A
O Post
Battle Creek
Michigan
City State
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