Daniel Webster Tilton Pioneer Montana Publisher Dies
Daniel Webster Tilton who founded Montana’s first newspaper and ran the state’s first book and stationery shop in Virginia City in 1863 died last month in Sheridan Madison County at age 80. Born July 3 1839 in Silver Creek New York he moved west with 100 dollars and built the early Montana press scene including the Montana Post and the City Book Store. He published Dimsdale’s Vigilantes history and helped launch Montana’s first real printing plant in 1865.
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Sheridan
Madison County
Daniel Webster Tilton
Montana
Virginia City
Tilton
Silver Creek
Chautauqua County
New York
St. Joseph
Pike’s Peak
Colorado
Denver
Platte House
Colo
H. N. Blake
Chumasero
James H. Mills
Benjamin Dittes
Dittes
Helena
Montana Post
Jackson Street
City Book Store
Post
Campbell Press
Prince of
D. W. Tilton
Dimsdale
Butte
Montana Jury Convicts Hedrick of Second Degree Murder
William A. Hedrick is sentenced by Judge Conner to not less than 25 years nor more than 50 years in the state penitentiary for murder in the second degree. He shot Bruce Cochran near Climax after a long feud, killing him while Cochran rode a horse and Hedrick fired repeatedly as Cochran allegedly threatened him.
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Montana State Penitentiary
Conner
William A. Hedrick
Hedrick
Bruce Cochran
Climax
Cochran
Eva Bayliffe
Ekalaka
Passing of Paxson the Montana Artist in Missoula
Edgar Samuel Paxson, Montana artist long linked to state history, dies in Missoula. His murals in Helena and Missoula depict early Montana incidents. his best work includes Indian portraits and scenes of the frontier. Paxson’s studio collections of Indian costumes are famed in western Montana.
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Missoula
Edgar Samuel Paxson
Montana
State House
Helena
Court House
Our State
Paxson
Philippines
Custer
Joseph
New York Academy of Art
Ictures
St. Louis
Appreciation of Edgar S Paxson
Ed Paxson crossed the big range but his memory and paintings endure. The writer recalls Paxson as a pioneer painter and soldier who loved Montana and the Old West, noting his pictures preserve a world civilization cannot erase.
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Paxson
Big Range
Angel of Death
Montana
A B C CARS TO KEEP FREIGHT LOW
Helena leaders promote the A B C refrigerated car system to cut ice and loading costs, testifying before the Interstate Commerce Commission that savings reach 30 to 79 percent on ice and 20 percent on loading space. Trials show 10 to 13 hours saved on Chicago New York trips, with steady temperatures and no re icing. The Penwell family leads the venture with plans for refrigerated city trucks and Canadian adoption possible.
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Lewis Penwell
Helena
Automatic Refrigeration Company
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
R. R. Hargis
Wilson and Company
Penwell Company
Hargis
Chicago
New York
Commission
Penwell
Matt Staff
Ira Wight
Wight & Pen
Also Mentioned on This Page
FIRST
Pioneer
MAN OF State
State Historical Library
W. W. Cheely
Madisonian
John Buchanan
Buchanan
W. F. Sanders
Mr. Singleton
Messrs. Perry and Snell
Messrs
R. Delacy
David van Dewirken
Salt Lake
Main Range
North
Ole
Gambing
Stone
Willian A. Hedrick
Carter County
Passing of
Edgar S. Paxson
Charles M. Russell
A. B.C
Tropical
Mexico
Battle Creek
Michigan
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