Montana Man: Sleeping Sickness Ends in Death Foregone
Theodore Heslebeck, a young man from a South America bite in a North Carolina port, travels to Montana seeking relief from sleeping sickness. Despite an anti-toxin briefly reviving him, doctors warn no chance of recovery as he remains in a stupor at the poor farm near Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Heslebeck
Butte
Jed Freund
South America
North Carolina
Heslebeck
Northwest
Montana
Holters Extend Paint Business by Spokane Branch
Holter Hardware of Helena and Spokane becomes Northwest's largest paint varnish and brush distributor by acquiring a Spokane factory branch of Acme White Lead & Color Works. The move expands territory from the Dakotas to the coast. George Shipman joins as paint supervisor. Also notes memory ties among pioneers and the Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Holter Hardware Company
Helena
Spokane
Northwest
Acme
Montana
Washington
Idaho
Wyoming
Holter Company
Portland
Minneapolis
Salt Lake
Dakotas
George Shipman
Acme White Lead & Color Works
Reput
United States
Pioneers
Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers, Who
Pioneers of Montana Gather at Butte Reunion
This week on Friday and Saturday August 29 and 30 Butte hosts the annual reunion of Montana pioneers 52 years or longer in the territory. Old friends relive frontier days of gold camps road agents vigilantes and trail life as more founders pass on.
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Pioneers of
Montana
Territory
Butte
Nnally
Silver Bow County
Columbia Gardens
Senator Hoffman a Montana frontier figure remembered
Bozeman Senator Charles W. Hoffman, retiring Montana Pioneer Society president, recalls a life among Fort Randall and Fort Buford traders, Missouri river fur trade, gold camps and early Butte mining. Survivors recount 1864 to 1875 camp fortunes, W. A. Clark, Marcus Daly and the Alice claim, with silver's rise shaping Butte’s wealth.
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Charles W. Hoffman
Bozeman
Montana Society of Pioneers
Montana
Hoffman
Fort Randall
Missouri River
St. Louis
Upper
Missouri
Hudson Bay
Bridger
Kit Carson
Wilderness
Senator Hoffman
Forts Randall
Buford
Fort Ellis
Gallatin
The Robbers Roost at Madison County remembered
The Robbers Roost near Virginia City on the road to Sheridan in Madison County remains a landmark once serving as a Plummer gang rendezvous. The tale recalls Daly and his treacherous end at Warm Roost and the 1875 death of Bill Fairweather, discoverer of Alder Gulch placer diggings.
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Virginia City
Sheridan
Madison County
Daly
State Insane Asylum
Bill Fairweather
Alder Gulch
Treasure Box At Montana Pioneers Meet In Butte
At the Montana Pioneers meeting in Butte this week, veterans who walked the ground of 1864 recall the early placer miners who found little gold. They note Butte’s later mineral wealth, including silver ore shipped to New Orleans and Swansea, and copper production totaling about 1.25 billion dollars since 1882, alongside a population surge from a handful to 70,000.
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Butte
W. L. Farlin
Travona
Fort Benton
Missouri River
New Orleans
Swansea
Wales
Farlin
Dexter
W. A. Clark
Walker Brothers
Salt Lake City
Utah
Marcus Daly
Daly
Alice
Walkerville
Rolla Butcher
Bull Team
Ophir Gulch
America
Montana Pioneers
Missouri
Atlantic
First Helena merchant never closed his eyes for 47 years
John Randolph Watson, 82, claims to be Helena’s first merchant and founder of a store in 1864 at Last Chance. Survived a 1856 burn that left him unable to close his eyes for 47 years until a 1901 operation. Roosevelt connection, travels, and later life in Portland Maine.
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Helena Merchant
John Randolph Watson
Helena
Watson
Theodore Roosevelt
Montana
Portland
Maine
Society of Montana Pioneers
St. Joseph
Plains
Denver
Virginia City
Diggings
Seth Bullock
U. S. Revenue
John R. Watson
Watson Brothers
Last Chance
Edgerton County
Colonel Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Alaska
London
Col. Roosevelt
Africa
Bullock
Roosevelt
Standish
Iowa
Hahnemann Hospital
Lawyers Hound Thaw Across Cities for Pay
As long as he has money, New York and Philadelphia lawyers pursue Harry Thaw relentlessly. The bitter legal battle draws continued attention, with attorneys across two cities vying for fees and headlines.
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New York
Philadelphia
Harry Thaw
Major Flour Milling Deal Expands Montana Mills
The Montana Flour Mills Co at Lewistown buys the Bozeman Milling Company for 375000 dollars, boosting daily capacity from 2500 to 4000 barrels. The enlarged group will operate mills at Great Falls Lewistown and Harlowton with Bozeman’s mill elevating to 1500 barrels daily.
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Montana
Flour Millis CO
Lewistown
Bozeman Milling CO
Twin Cities
Coast
Montana Flour Mills Co
Bozeman Milling Company
Montana Flour Mills Company
Great Falls
Harlowton
Bozeman Mill
McClave
Milwaukee
Great Northern
Bozeman Company
McClare
William N. Smith
Rodney J. Anderson
John R. Swift
Sam Stephenson
First National Bank of
Norman B. Holter
Helena
Thomas A. Marlow
Wilford J. Johnson
James E. Woodard
Messrs. Johnson
Woodard
Bank of
Fergus County
Oliver W. Belden
Nelson Story
Story
T. B. Story
C. W. Sweet
Gallatin Valley
Kansas Struggles to Meet Public Calamity Demands
A terse Kansan assessment notes public calamities overwhelm state systems as officials wrestle with response capacity. Analysts cite funding gaps, delayed alerts, and coordination hurdles affecting resilience. Citizens express concern over timely warnings and resource distribution.
Aging Recruiter Pranks and Frontier Life of LePage
Charles LePage of Chateau aged 72 or 71 in error, slipped past a recruiting officer by claiming 45 years old. He entered as a blacksmith but World War I ended before active service. He moved to Montana in the early 1870s as a buffalo hunter and witnessed Custer’s final defeat at the Big Horn. He lived a restless frontier life and welcomed the old west’s pull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles LePage
Chateau
Germany
LePage
Montana
Big Horn
Custer
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Holters Extend Paint Business
Heine
Frontiersman
Society
Charles 8. Warren
Rod Leggat
The
Tom McTague
James A. Sanders
Summit Valley
Independence
Alderguich
Bannock
Big Butte
Main Range
Rocky Mountains
Independence Districts
Buffalo Gulch
Centerville
Ophir
Silver Bow Creek
Town Gulch
Dublin
Parrot Gulch
Sultana Gulch
Missoula Gulch
Centennial Brewery
Independence District
Whiskey Gulch
Gimlet Gulch
Rocker
Silver Bow
Arkansas
Somerville
Helina
Minnesota
Kansas
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