Dillon's Ghost City Glendale and the Story of Wijunjon
In Dillon Montana the rise and fall of Glendale a mining hub 20 miles north is recounted with its 1880s boom and later ghost town status. The piece interweaves frontier life with the tale of Wijunjon the Pigeon's Egg Head an Assiniboine chief who journeyed to Washington and was killed by his own people for his truth telling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone
Washington
Plains
Utah and Northern
Dillon
Glendale
Montana
Hecla Consolidated Mining Company
Butte
Glandale
Poindexter
Cottonwoods
Hubér Bros
Eliel Bros
Governor White
Sebree
Ferris & White
Dan Chapman
Dart Hardware Company
Corinne
Metlen
Dart
Dilon
First National
Yellowstone Park
Wonderland
Park
Assiniboines
Wijunjon
Yellowstone River
Major Sanford
Upper
Missouri River
Sanford
Winjuton
Fort Union
Wilunton
Willnjon
St. Louis
George Catlin
Willnson
Willnton
New Yor
Philadelphia
Wilunson
Someowe
Wijunjun
Montana Boys Train At Historic Camp In New York
Montana youths join quartermasters at Madison Barracks Sackett's Harbor New York and at American Lake Washington forming supply units for overseas service. The article notes west coast and eastern recruits, historic battlefield sites, and the mix of Montana leaders and peers from across the United States as they drill, signal, and learn French while awaiting deployment to France.
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Lew Ruskin
Madison Barracks
N. Y
Quartermaster Corps
Montana
American Lake
Wash
United States
California
Oregon
Washington
Utah
Sackett’s Harbor
Lake Ontario
New York State
Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence River
Adirondack Mountains
Sackett’s
Britain
Americas
York
Canada
Jacob Brown
Madison
General Sherman
General Grant
Texas
Pacific Slope
Fort McDowell
Vancouver Barracks
Fort George Wright
Far West
William Penn
Alabama
Florida
France
Butte
Albert Gusdorf
Joseph P. Casey
Stanley Webber
Stanley Rooks
William Sullivan
Dillon
Robert Williams
Billings
William Shoemaker
Maurice Alexander
Chinook
Oscar Kaber
Miles City
Dwight Ethell
Lewistown
Howard Newell
Forsyth
William Reed
Missoula
Lafayette Schank
Fort Slocum
Fort Thomas
Indiana
Ohio
Middle States
Fort Douglas
Cal
John 8. McGovern
General Pershing
Brownsville
406Th
Knights of Grip Aims to Spy Catch in Travel League
Montanamen traveling salesmen join the Commercial Travelers' Patriotic league to aid the government by reporting traitorous citizens and spreading patriotism. Mose Silverman of Helena champions the effort as 700000 commercial travelers pledge support and fundraising for patriotic causes and families of enlisted men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Intersts of Commerce
Grand Forks
United States
League
Old Dennis Ryan of St. Paul Dead
Dennis Ryan, famed St. Paul hotel builder and mine fortune earner, died at 72 in his own Ryan hotel. He rose from Utah minework to wealth, knew Montana stockmen, and invested in Hallock Kennedy lands and a lumber firm. His life spanned Ireland Canada the United States and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Dennis Ryan
St. Paul
Twin Cities
Ryan Hotel
Ryan
Palmer House
Chicago
Montan
Utah
Ireland
Canada
United States
Illinois
Mary Rasche
Baltimore
Draft men need permits to cross into Canada
Inquiries to customs officers explain that no state department passport is required to travel to Canada but registered draft registrants often face delays while cases are investigated. A permit can be obtained by applying to the local draft board, providing an address and agreeing to monitor calls and return immediately if summoned.
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State Department
Canada
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dillon Town
Catlin
Missouri
Pierre Chouteau
American Fur Company
Wilunjon
Hind
West
Thomas Melvin
Elk Run Ranch
Knights OF Grip
National Life Insurance Company of
Legal Reserve Company
Daly Bank
Butte, Moat
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Great Falls
1St National Bank
Banking Corporation
Helena
Safety First
First National Bank
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