Wyeth’s 1832 voyage shaped Oregon and Montana links
Captain Nathaniel J. Wyeth toured the Northwest in 1832, crossing from Independence to Fort Vancouver on the Columbia. His journal describes Flathead country, Blackfoot clashes, Flathead hospitality, and Missoula camps, highlighting his role in guarding American claims and western Montana’s inclusion in U S bounds.
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Oregon
Montana
Rocky Mountains
Lewis and Clark
Nathaniel J. Wyeth
Massachusetts
Northwest
The
Historical Society of
Wyeth
Independence
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Idaho
Washington
Fort Vancouver
Hudson’s Bay Company
Vancouver
St. Louis
Oregon Territory
Mr. Wyeth
Columbia River
Spokane
Clark’s Fork River
Flathead
Lend O’reille
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific Railroad
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
Atlantic
United States
Big Hole
Salmon River
Bonneville
Green River
Fontenelle
Fitzpatrick
Sublette
Wind River
Big Horn
Yellowstone
John McLoughlin
McLoughlin
Columbia
Congressman Palfrey
Childless Married Men To Be Advanced In Draft
The Carbon county exemption board has placed childless married men in class one and expects other local boards to follow. The move covers men married up to eight years and aims to replenish the class one pool as Montana nears exhaustion. E M McMahon, organizer for the Sixteenth regional board, cited broader draft age controls and the work or fight order to compel men into essential labor, with non essential industries likely expanded.
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Carbon County
Helena
Carbon Board
Montana
E. M. McMahon
of the War Industries Committee
General Crowder
Montana young women to sell W S S at state fair event
A plan by Montana war savings campaign directs 86 young women statewide to sell war stamps at the state fair from September 9 to 14. Each county will crown the top sellers with trips to Helena, cash prizes, and a chance to compete for state fair prizes, with a $500 stamp prize awaiting the top team.
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Montana
Turner
Helena
New Schools and Drives Across Montana This Year
Fairfield firms plan four new schools this year while Anaconda reports sugar search yields flour. Butte treble a tuberculosis drive aids 353 patients in a month as Livingston notes Yellowstone Park will close September 15. Delegates from state lodges meet, wheat yields 15 bushels per acre, Havre issues $65000 school permit, and Butte launches a $190000 Y M C A fund drive. Helena notes draft totals will leave 2321 in Class One. Big Blackfoot railway authorization completes from McNamara to Clearwater. Lewistown fair proceeds with no free attractions amid wartime restrictions. Helena considers Elks clubhouse purchase for civic center. Roundup forms defense councils. Butte reports a buried war garden mine shaft. Helena finishes Wolf Creek road after six years. Great Falls offers $75 thrift stamps prizes for Cascade county youth clubs. An Anaconda auto crash at 80 mph ends with no injuries. Deer Lodge lion slays livestock damage, slain by Roumanian herder. Billings faces levee dispute threatening power to dam and Yellowstone bridge, possibly abandoning the power house.
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Fairfield
Butte
Livingston
Yellowstone National Park
Asonic
Yellowstone County
Havre
Helena
Montana
Helmville
McNamara’s Landing
Clearwater
Lewistown
Fergus County
Chamber of Commerce
the Elks
Wolf Creek
Great Falls
Cascade County
Anaconda
Ralph McMonigle
Deer Lodge
Billings
Montana Power Company
Yellowstone Bridge
Bonanza Silver Strike Near Superior Montana Report
The Jerome silver lead mine at Keystone nine miles from Superior produced a 24 foot vein assay of 12 percent lead and nine ounces of silver. Operated by Sam and James Harvey since 1907 the property shows further high grade potential with a stronger strike recently uncovered. Cattle shipments from Montana to market are triple last year and record prices are noted.
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Montana
Jerome
Keystone
Superior
Iron Mask
Sam
James Harvey
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le Roche Mauvais
Horse Plain
Porte-d’enfer
Hellgate
Missoula
Buffalo Country
Main Range
Bitter Root
Jefferson
Mississippi
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
Western Accident & Indemnity Company
Commonwealth
New York
Baltimore
Hugh D. Cook
Conn
W.S.S
Musselshell
Bonanza
Butte College of Telegraphy
Butte, Montana
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