Outlaw Schneider Narrowly Killed by Vigilantes in 1884 Canyon
In fall 1884 in Little Prickly Pear canyon two vigilantes Joe Fleck and Harry Flicker faced bandit Fred Schneider who held them at gunpoint. A road house keeper intervened and with Fleck and Flicker they trussed Schneider up and hung him briefly before rescuers from nearby hunters cut him down. He later served time in a Montana penitentiary. the tale ends with a note on his rescuers and lingering river country life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Outlaw
Fred Schneider
Little
Prickly Pear Canyon
Rocky
Chouteau County
Pike Sandusky
Joe Fleck
Harry Flicker
Helena
Flick
Flicker
Chicago
Joe
Wood Street
Canyon
Great Falls
Schneider
Little Prickly Pear Creek
Road House
Lion Creek
O. K
James Ralston
James McKiligan
Fort Benton
Little Prickly Pear Canyon
Little Prickly Pear
Big Medicine Rock
Rea Family Persuades Use Of Damaged Corn For Corn Pone
At Fort Ellis Missouri officers test damaged shelled corn feared to kill livestock. Captain G C Doane refuses sale but allows two sacks outside the barn for the Rea family and friends to use. The corn is ground into meal and leads to corn pone dishes and a remark about a Missourian’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallatin City
Doane
Puss Rea
Fort Ellis
Eastern Montana seeks normal school amid county split push
Montana legislators face a flood of county-creation bills as Eastern towns push for a normal school. The McCone plan would cap new counties by property value, while a new herd law aims to ease crop damages from stock. A five justice supreme court and Lane’s reclamation plan also loom as potential session changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State House
McCone
House
Senate
Franklin K. Lane
Department of the Interior
Supreme Court
W. H. Nichols
Billings
United States
Fletcher Maddox
Great Falls
Cascade County
Judge Pickett
Helena
Rea and Johnson Face Off Over Missouri Hotel Pole
In Virginia City 1864 William Rea refused to remove a Missouri Hotel sign after paying rent to Blinkeyed Johnson who ran Union Hotel. Johnson threatened force, Rea defended with a shotgun, bluffing vigilantes and Missouri bushwhacker claim. The dispute cooled and Johnson later befriended Rea.
First Gold Nugget of Montana Donated to State Library
The famous Alder Gulch discovery nugget, instrumental in Montana’s birth, was donated to the State Historical Library by Mrs. Granville Stuart. James Stuart found the nugget on Gold Creek on May 21, 1862, and kept it in a buckskin pouch. the diary notes a $22 haul, with half in one nugget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alder Gulch
Montana
State Historical Library
Granville Stuart
James Stuart
Gold Creek
Main Range
Rockies
Stuart
Virginia City
Powell
Blake
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bad Man
Ebert
Milwaukee
Prospect
Supreme Bench
Miss. Rea
Miss Rea
Missouri River
Rea’s
Quartermaster Department
G. C. Doane
Reas
A. Bergeson
William Muth
Lewis and Clark
Brad H. Franklin
Mineral County
John R. Page
Granite County
Legislative Bureau of the
Montana Newspaper Association
America
William
Johnson
Matt W. Alderson
Gallatin County
John M. Bozeman
William Rea
Virginia
Plains
Missouri
Union Hotel
Rea
Missouri Hotel
W. Rea
Ken
Capt. Williams
X. Beidler
Doc Steele
Gallatin Valley
Logan
Three Forks
Nicholas
Paris
Germany
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