Montana Horse Buyer Johnny Conway Pioneered War Fittings
Johnny Conway, a Montana horse buyer from Madison County, helped ship cattle to foreign markets and supply mounts for the Boer War and World War I era. He bought thousands of horses, profiting as prices rose from four to forty dollars per head. Conway supplied Paris and London with mounts while later facing U S Army requisitions and French, English, and Italian commissions.
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Johnny Conway
Montana
Virginia City
Conway’s
Alder Gulch Society
Bob
Frank
Johnny
Billy Conway
Madison County
Billy
Billings
Sarpy Creek
Big Horn County
Ogden
Daly Stud
Cheyenne
South Africa
Italy
France
Vessel named in honor of Montana reporter Connolly
A 7000 ton tanker launched by Pennsylvania Shipbuilding at Gloucester New Jersey was christened the John M. Connolly in honor of a former Montana reporter who worked for the Butte Inter Mountain and Helena Daily Record before 1903. Connolly later lived in Denver and died October 31 1916. The daughter of the Denver Gas and Electric company president christened the vessel.
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Montana
John M. Connolly
Helena
Butte
Denver
Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Corporation
Glouster
N. J
Connolly
Ireland
England
Butte Inter Mountain
Helena Daily Record
State House
Record
Albert Hawkins
Portland Oregonian
Frank F. Farrar
Denver News
Fred Beckholdt
John C. Dierks
Salt Lake Tribune
Harry Yeager
Great Falls Bank
Antana
Colorado
Denver Gas and Electric Company
Ex-Farmer Boys Now Capitalists
Two Swiss brothers, Christian and Peter Yegen, rise from laboring on Montana ranches to become major Montana capitalists. Starting with train journey money and humble jobs, they build Yegen Bros Inc., a Billings department store and banking, livestock, and land holdings across the state. Their empire includes thousands of horses, sheep, cattle and banks in Billings, Anaconda, Butte and Gardiner, with interests throughout the West.
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Switzerland
South Dakota
Northern Pacific
Montana
Charley Bair
Forsyth
Billings
Christian Yegen
Peter Yegen
Yegen Bros, Inc
Pete
Chris
Anaconda
Butte
Gardiner
West
Montana Alaska Pilot Works On Mississippi River
Captain Hiram Beedle, known as Hy Beedle, returns to piloting on the Mississippi after serving as a Yukon pilot in Alaska. A Montana resident, he regards Billings as home though he spends winters in Montana and summers guiding freight boats for the government on the Mississippi as part of preparing the nation for war.
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Hiram Beedle
Ai River
Sam
Hy” Beedle
Montana
Billings
Home Sweet Home
Mississippi
Missouri
Iron Horse
North
Alaska
Yukon
Yellowstone
Registered nurses in state now number 687
Montana reports 697 registered nurses under state law with 64 enrolled for Red Cross work. The survey tallies hospital training schools, enrolled pupils, graduates, and nonregistered pupils for 1917 1918, noting 261 total registered, 97 fall 1917 enrollees, 320 potential 1917 1918 enrollees, 21 not registered, and 9 graduates in 1918.
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Montana
Margaret Hughes
Red Cross
American Nurses’ Association
National Nurses’ Association
Miss Hughes
First whiskey distillery near Yellowstone key to early Montana trade
Nearly eighty five years ago a whisky distillery near the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers powered Montana's early economy. Kenneth MacKenzie of the American Fur Company built the plant to supply liquor for fur traders and Indian relations, operating near Fort Union for months and enabling large fur profits despite government bans. The venture, begun with Omaha and Council Bluffs shipments, showed how liquor shaped frontier commerce and tribal exchange.
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Montana
Treasure State
Yellowstone
Missouri
North Dakota
Missouri River
Iowa
Illinois
Kentucky
American Fur Company
Kenneth MacKenzie
Fort Union
MacKenzie
Maximilan, Prince of Wield
Miles City
St. Louis
Fort Leavenworth
London
England
Maximilian
Iowa River
Council Bluffs
Fort Pierre
Maximilan
Chateau
Indian Department
United States
Mississippi River
Dakotas
Traders Forego Competition For Superior Indian Maize Liquor
The narrative describes traders aligning against rivals by using Indian maize from Montana and Council Bluffs. Montana corn whiskey proves purer than other liquors, while occasional Council Bluffs supply steamers supplement stock. Mandan corn yields a palatable, sweet distillate praised by pioneers and Native traders. MacKenzie notes in a letter his stance amid these trade dynamics.
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Council Bluffs
Montana
MacKenzie
Soldier Masons Organize Lodge Under Montana Jurisdiction
Soldiers of the 163rd regiment forming Montana Army Lodge No. 1 under Montana grand lodge authority. The temporary unit aims to confer degrees and honor fallen brothers while serving in World War I, with officers led by Worshipful Master L. A. Foot and others named, under rules preserving jurisdiction and demits after muster out.
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Masonic Fraternity
Montana
North Dakota
Kentucky
Army Lodge
Army and Navy
United States
Grand Lodge of
Grand Master
Union
Grand Secretary
Montana Rules Lodge
Montana Army Lodge
Grand Lodge of Montana
L. A. Foot
Jesse B. Roote
William O. Whipps
Olsen
Panosephernhagen
William Pippy
MacKenzie Distillery Tale Quieted by Indian Trade Laws
The article recounts Alexander MacKenzie operating a Fort Union distillery supplying liquor to Indians in the early 1830s. Distillery profits favored Indians while depleting corn, prompting rivals Wyeth and Cerre to investigate. Complaints to Indian affairs halted production, ending MacKenzie's North Dakota Missouri operations, with his eventual relocation to St. Louis.
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MacKenzie
American Fur Company
Wyeth
Cerre
Fort Union
Nathaniel J. Wyeth
M.S. Cerre
Missouri
Fort Leavenworth
William Clark
Indian Affairs
St. Louis
Pierre Chateau, Jr
Chateau
General Clark
Red River
States
Ghost of Great Exploit and the Helena Soldier
Julius Barney of Helena and several Montana towns kept thousands in line next to godliness as a laundry magnate. He served in the First Montana infantry and joined Funston’s expedition to Aguinaldo. Barney claims he helped secure the Filipino generalissimo’s capture, though official records differ. His escape from punishment and moment of glory are recounted as part of a storied incident in the Philippine war.
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Julius Barney
Helena
Lewistown
Montana
First Montana Infantry
Fred Funston
Aguinaldo
Funston
Barney
Kansas
War Department
Glory
German-born farmer backs Red Cross and war loans
Klaas Andriesen, a Billings bench farmer near Shepherd, born in Germany, showed no pro-German sentiment. He could not afford liberty bonds during the loan, but after selling his crop he subscribed heavily to the Red Cross, the army Y M C A, and camp recreation funds and pledged to buy more bonds in the next loan.
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Klaas Andriesen
Billings
Shepherd
Germany
Red Cross
Army Y. M. C. A
Camp Recreation
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Farmer Boys
Christian Yegan
Thomas Biddle
Henry Atkinson
Upper
Soldier Masons
First Army
Gen. Aguinaldo
Chieftian
National Life Insurance Company of Montana Legal Reserve Company
Daly Bank
Butte, Mont
Lewiston
Butte Floral Co
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