William Owsley founder of Butte and the faith which made him rich
William Owsley, pioneer and former mayor of Butte, dies in Twin Bridges. He arrived with little more than a sack of flour and a slab of bacon, built the Owsley block in downtown Butte, backed quartz mining ventures, and helped transform the mining camp into a permanent city. His life spanned the rise from placer digging to planned reclamation projects in Idaho and Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Owsley
Twin Bridges
Butte
Montana
Territory
Owsley
Placer Diggings
Big Butte
Butte Hill
Clark
Deer Lodge
W. A. Clark
M m County
United States
Marcus Daly
Daly
Comstock
Virginia City
Walker Brothers
Salt Lake City
Anaconda
Senator Heart of
California
Haggin
Owsley Block
Andrew Davis, Sr
First National Bank of
Park and
Main Street
Cary
Roberts
Idaho
Young Montana Hero Receives Distinguished Service Cross
Montana teen George Whitcomb, 18, son of mining man Charles Whitcomb, earned the Distinguished Service Cross for valor at the Argonne. Enlisting in 1917 at 16, he fought with Company B, Ninth Machine Gun Battalion, through Chateau-Thierry, the Marne, Jaulogne, Vesle, St. Mihiel, and Meuse Argonne. He pressed to aid fallen crew under heavy fire to keep his gun in action and later received the medal from General Pershing after a 30 mile hike to the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
George Whitcomb
Charles Whitcomb
Argonne
Young Whitcomb
France
Chateau- Theirry
Marne
Jaulgonne
Vesle River
St. Mihiel
Meuse Argonne
Whitcomb
General Pershing
Andernach
Rhine
Snyder
Malta
Pershing
Wheatland County Girl to Christen a Battleship
Miss Juanita Laura Cook, Montana girl by adoption, will christen a U S ship for Wheatland County in recognition of its Fourth Liberty loan success. Born in Wauconda Newfoundland, she moved to Judith Gap in 1916, worked in the Judith Gap post office, studied at Billings Polytechnic, and graduated in 1918. Her war work and Red Cross service earned unanimous county support. Details of the launch are being arranged in Washington with Ninth district war loan headquarters in Minneapolis to handle the arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Laura Cook
Uncle Sam
Wheatland County
Montana
Wauconda
Judith Gap
Billings Polytechnic Institute
Errani
U. S
Wheatland
Hondér
Red Cross
Washington
Ninth District War Loan Organization
Minneapolis
Liberty Loan
Ninth District
Juanita Cook
Edita Paper in Germany Sends Montana News Abroad
Walter Wryn of Great Falls, now in Montabaur, Germany, has mailed Montana friends copies of the Bridgehead Sentinel No 1 Vol 1 a new paper issued by the American division men in Germany. It proclaims progress follows the American flag wherever planted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wryn
Great Falls
Montabaur
Germany
Montana
Kalispell Farm Loan Association Builds Relief Fund
The Kalispell Federal Farm Loan association allocates its Spokane bank first dividend of 700 dollars. Ten percent goes to reserve while the rest is added to an undivided profits fund for member relief during temporary financial hardship. Directors voted to retain the dividend in this central fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reserve
Review of the Statutes Enacted by Senator Booth
A statewide review notes major changes in election law. Senate bill 124 would send the issue to a September 1919 vote to adopt a state convention system for selecting federal and state officers, with primaries still used for county offices. It also covers rotating ballot design, independent candidate limits, revised bond restraint actions, stock subscription notes, and amended workmen’s compensation, tax exemptions, and a new grain grading and warehouse commission. The special election decides whether the new system or the present primary law governs next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin S. Booth
Legislative Assembly
Senate
United States
State Central Committee
Montana
Compensation Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Commission
United States Department of Agriculture
Campaign to curb after effects of infantile paralysis
The state board of health launches a campaign against postparalysis complications led by Marion L. Fox a Harvard specialist who will head efforts from Great Falls and assist physicians and health officers in local communities. She will work through doctors and officers and travel as needed to combat deformities in affected children. Captain Charles A Rexroad of Butte arrives in New York aboard the transport Calamares bearing the Distinguished Service Cross the Belgian Croix de Guerre and other honors as the Ninety first division’s fighting chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Marion L. Fox
Harvard
Miss Fox
Great
Montana
Charles A. Rexroad
Butte
New York
Calamares
Butte Friends
Also Mentioned on This Page
Son
D.S
Edita Paper
Hercules Macaroni
Hercules
Montana Macaroni Manufacturing Company
Great Falls, Mont
Cascade
Cascade Bank of
Great Falia
Mont
Capi AL
C. B
N.eetenee
Clyde Wilcox
A. M
A. EB. Asset
A. F. Bartholomew
Mgr
Farm Loan Department
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!