Golden Spike Ceremony at Gold Creek 1883 Montana
A distinguished Montana crowd gathered at Gold Creek near Hellgate Canyon on September 8 1883 for the Northern Pacific final spike ceremony. German counts and barons watched as General Grant spoke while Henry Villard hosted and the crowd cheered the coast-to-coast completion. The event underscored Montana’s stake in rail expansion and the later Montana Union line through Pipestone Pass and Mullan tunnel.
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Gold Creek Station
Hellgate Canyon
Northern Pacific Railroad
Montana Territory
Henry Villard
Northern
Pacific
N. P
Montana
Mr. Evarts
General Grant
Henry M. Teller
Colorado
Interior
Arthur
Henry
Northern Pacific Company
Puget Sound
St. Paul
Villams
Northern Pacific
Utah & Northern
Montana Union
Pipestone Pass
Butte
Mountain Range
Mullan
Deer Lodge
Silver Row
Flathead Valley A Beauty Spot Rich In History
The Flathead Valley south of Flathead Lake blends rich history with fertile farming. Indian tribes once thrived here alongside early missionaries famed as black robes. Four bands sought aid from Selish messengers, culminating in embassies to St. Louis in 1831 32. Today Polson sits on the lake’s south shore, a gateway to orchards dairies and diversified agriculture.
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Flathead Lake
Kalispells
Kutenais
Pend d’Oreilles
Montana
St. Louis
William Clark
Lewis
Pacific Coast
Flatheads
Polson
John Ritch and the King Albert Cigarette Heist
John Ritch, ex-newspaper man and Lewistown proprietor, famed for poaching cigarettes, recalls a WWI trip with a party of congressmen and reporters. In Belgium he slipped a royal monogrammed cigarette from King Albert, joking that the taste matched Montana’s own stock and that the stunt was “dead easy” despite war conditions.
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Munach
Belgium
John Ritch
Myrtle Motion Picture House
Lewistown
Kitch
Montana
John
Johm
Commonwealth
Washington
United States
State Department
General Pershing
Pershing
Foch
Haig
Henry W. Patton
Hoquiam
Wash
Ross Hammond
Freemont
Nebraska
Tom Stout
Ritch
Amit
Milnontaire
King Albert
Furnes
Stont
Albert
Helena winners named in state fair movie contest
Helena Mrs. Alec C Johnson Jr was awarded first honor Miss Eric McLaren second and Mrs Laura Vessey third in the state fair movie contest. Three medals were awarded to the winners.
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Helena
Alec C. Johnson, Jr
Eric McLaren
Laura Vessey
Fortune Comes to Anaconda Woman With Hidden Stock
Mrs Helen Heale of Anaconda, a restaurant waitress, learned she owns 2500 shares of Goldfield Consolidated Mining and Milling. The misprint quote of 17 dollars led to discovery of uncollected dividends estimated between 15000 and 20000 dollars. Additional stocks in her possession may raise her fortune further.
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Goldfield
Anaconda
Helen Heale
W. H. Harrigan
Turf Cafe
Heale
Harrigan
Cleveland Hall Youngest Judge in Montana History
Judge H Cleveland Hall age 27 is named to the Seventeenth district bench in Montana following Judge Hurry's elevation to the state supreme court. A native of Montana and Helena education, he served with coast artillery and studied law at Ann Arbor. He practiced in Havre before forming a partnership with Max Kuhr and will move to Glasgow with his wife to begin his duties.
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Hurley
Supreme Court
J. H. Hall
H. Cleveland Hall
Seventeenth Judicial District of
Montana
Stewart
John Hurry
United States
Judge Hall
Seventeenth District
Judge Hurry
Ann Arbor
Mich
Helena
Havre
Legal m
Norris & Hurd
E. L. Norris
George E. Hurd
Glasgow
Skull Remains Linked to 1889-90 Rustler War
In Billings area a bullet pierced skull and crushed bones were found 14 miles northwest of Billings by four boys. Elders think the bones belong to cattle rustlers exterminated during the 1889-1890 rustler war. Coroner ruled no inquest due to age.
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Billings
Smith
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Flathead Valley
America
Charles Bielenberg
George H. Taylor
Adjutant General of
G. A. KR
Simon Manewirth
Columbia Falls
Portland
Cleveland Hall
Seventeenth Judicial District
Postum Ceres
Bett Cere Creek
Michigan
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