Pleasures and Adversities Shape Early Dillon Life
Long account traces Dillon Beaverhead county growth from 1880s fires to brick business blocks and a maturing town. It highlights Sure Shot Bill's gambling tales, builders like Thom son Ferris White Dart and Orr, the Dillon Tribune’s century record since 1880, and key pioneers Poindexter Orr Carter Bishop White Mann and others shaping culture and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Thomson
Sebree Ferris & White
Eliels
L. C. Fyhrie
William C. Orr
Idaho Street
Montana Street
Kirkpatrick Brothers
Montana
Helena
Geo. W. Dart
Montana and
Bannack
B. F. ‘White
First National Bank
Huber’s
Eliel’s
Dart’s Hardware Store
Dart’s
Trash & Graves
Dillon Tribune
The
Tribune
Hiram Brundage
Sheridan
Dillon
F. E. Foote
Foote
the Tribune
Beaverhead County
Glimpses From Old Files of The Dillon Tribune
Glimpses note a Pullman sleeper spin enjoyed by Mr. T. under Isaac Spencer’s supervision. A Sunday dispute among Alder Gulch Celestials near Virginia City over water rights led to a free fight, killing three and wounding about twenty miners. Eliel upgrades his store with a new shingle roof. Montana visitors returning from the United States praise their winter trip to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Spencer
Mr. T
The
Celestials
Alder Gulch
Virginia City
Mr. Eliel
Utah & Northern Progress Near Dillon in 1881
In April 1881 the Utah & Northern track reached 12 miles north of Dillon with an average of three quarters of a mile laid per day. Next week they expect to lay a full mile daily. The Helena coach carried 21 passengers on Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah & Northern
Dillon
Helena
Beaverhead County votes Bannack out as county seat to Dillon
In May 1881 Beaverhead County voters chose Dillon over Bannack for county seat by 671 to 497, a 174 vote margin. April passenger totals by coach lines show 740 travelers leaving Dillon, plus 180 by fast freight and private conveyances, for a 920 total. Twenty seven freight cars arrived, the Helena steamboat Helena to Bismarck trip carries 200 upbound passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Bannack
Dillon
Helena
Virginia City
Butte and
Deer Lodge
Sheridan hotel grand ball and Knowles resort plans
Mr. Fred Schultz prepares a grand ball and fireworks at his Sheridan hotel for the Fourth. Dillon society hosts an Ice Cream and Strawberry festival at the schoolhouse tonight. Knowles Warm Springs becomes a popular resort with a new Beer Garden. Marcus Daly sells the Anaconda mine for 30000 to coast residents who plan rapid development. Ed Marlowe runs a livery and feed stable at Helena and First street. A construction train collision caused a handcar to derail into a Chinese puzzle near the river bridge last Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Schultz
Sheridan
Ed. Marlowe
A. S. Rife
Helena
First Street
Fron Melrose
Broken-hearted buck Indian at depot seeks lost wives
A distressed Bannack man at the railroad depot described two “negro green squaws” he says left his lodge with buffalo robes. He wishes to telegraph or catch his wives, noting that Indian women imitate white siblings by running away with favored men amid civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck
Sitch
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bill
Bill Benson
Bret Harte
Shasta County
California
P. H. Poindexter
W. M. Oliver
Poindexter & Orr
William B. Carter
John FA Bishop
B. F. White
J. M. Mann
Mississippi
Barnum
Group OF Montana Pioneers
T. C. Powers
Chicago
Fort Benton
Bismarck
Ladies of the
Dillon Literary Society
Marcus Daly
Anaconda
Mel‘rose
Dillon, Montana
Tendoy
E. of Becco
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