Mount Jackson of Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet scout
Mount Jackson in Glacier National Park rises to 10 023 feet and ranks behind Mount Cleveland. It honors William Jackson a Blackfeet scout famed for guiding a retreat at Little Bighorn and for escaping Sioux lines. He later built a ranch on the Cutbank River and died about two decades ago from lifelong injuries.
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Glacier National Park
Mount Jackson
Mount Cleveland
Mt. Jackson
William Jackson
the Little Big Horn
Custer
U.S.S. Cavalry
Jackson
Major Reno
Reno
de Rudio
Girard
O’niel
Miles
Northern Plains
Blackfeet
Cutbank River
Rockies
Has Montana any boxing law now
The Montana Supreme Court will hear Sept 22 a case on whether a boxing ban remains in force after the referendum. Judges Law and Lamb ruled no law exists. Attorney General Ford appeals, arguing a killed measure is like a vetoed one and still repeals the prior statute.
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Montana
Supreme Court of
Ben B. Law
Bozeman
E. M. Lamb
Butte
8. C. Ford
Sureme Court
Theodore Brantley
William L. Holloway
John Hurry
Patton
Cooper
Supreme Court
Ford
McDonald
Razing Regina Hangman House Echoes Riel Legend
Montana veterans of the Northwest Mounted Police learn that Regina’s guard house where Louis Riel was hanged on November 18, 1885, will be torn down to make way for new barracks. The piece recounts Riel s exiles in Montana, his 1884 bid for half breed rights, and his dramatic trial and death at Regina.
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Northwest Mounted Police of Canada
Montana
Regina
Louis Riel
Mounted Police
Canadian Pacific Railway
Loulis Riel
Canada
Dominion
Alex C. Botkin
Helena
Riel
Congress
Fort Benton
United States
Repubic
Thomas Scott
Garnet Wolsey
Provencher
Manitoba
Scott
Ottawa
Sun River
England
Russia
Batoche
Strategicoe
Gabriel Dumont
Frog Lake
Big Bear
Little Bear
Assiniboiine
Havre
MacDonald
John Brown
Northwest Territory
St. Boniface
Winnipeg
Harper's
Dr Anson Ford Butte's First Postmaster Remembered in Montana
In Mount Moriah cemetery lies Dr Anson Ford an early Butte pioneer and its first postmaster He never made a fortune though he kept faith in Butte He treated patients and offered a public space for debate and stories while swearing like a trooper and voting Republican He predicted Butte would become the greatest mining camp.
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Montana
Big Camp
Butte
Mount Moriah
Butte Hills
Anson Ford
Ford
Dr. Ford
Double murder mystery unfolds in Great Falls ranch
Police probe a murder plot after a dog eats poisoned food prepared for Frank Phillips and his son Deforest at a Cascage ranch. Strychnine killings date to January 16, 1918, with a will missing and $10,000 ranch wealth at stake. Jay Phillips, Frank’s brother, is held on burglary charges connected to the case.
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Great Falls
Strychnine
Frank Phillips
Cascage
Deforest Phillips
Deforest Philips
Rand
Jay Phillips
Frank
Deforest
What Is Home Without a Mother or Mexico Without a Mur
A fragment ponders home and nation, asking what home is without a mother and what Mexico would be without a wall. The line hints at themes of motherhood and national boundary.
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Mexico
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MT. Jackson Towers
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Portland
Knotty Point
Raze House
Republic of Manitoba
Breeds
Frog’s Lake
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