Athabasca Dick Enlists After Northland Odyssey
A burly lumber jack known as Athabasca Dick, real name Lyle Darling, enlists in the US Army as he recovers at Camp Dodge. Darling, who guided Robert W. Service on a Mackenzie river trek, becomes the subject of a Service poem after their voyage from Lac Labiche to Edmonton.
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United States Army
Great Falls
Robert W. Service
Athabasca
Service
Lyle Darling
Darling
Camp Dodge
Mackenzie River
Mackenzie
Peace
Edmonton
Jim
Lac Labiche
Hudson Bay
Bick
Mountaineer McIntosh Builds Fame In Dillon July Fourth Feat
John H. McIntosh, a Montana sports writer and rising star athlete, recalls his 1902 Dillon July Fourth triumph. He wrestled to claim Montana's middleweight title and earned over 1250 dollars after boxing a heavyweight rival, then became a famed referee and sports figure in the Northwest.
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Montana
John H. McIntosh
Butte
Northwest
McIntosh
Butte Inter-Mountain
Butte Evening Post
Milly Adams
Catch
Dillon
Pugilist
Idaho
Robinson
Police
Stone
Beaverhead
Langford Peel a Noted West Gunfighter in Helena
The Helena cemetery holds graves of frontier figures including Langford Peel born in Liverpool who died in 1867 with his boots on. The tale traces his early Leavenworth kindness to Conley and Rucker, the Salt Lake City stage of fortune, a fatal duel with Rucker, and Peel’s rise as a feared gunfighter across Nevada and Carson City.
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Langford Peel
Helena
Montana
Nevada
Liverpool
Peel
Eel
Peel Peel
Kansas
Missouri
Leavenworth
Conley
Rucker
Paul Week
Salt Lake House
Robinson
Salt Lake Hotel
Dave
Miller
California
Carson City
Bis
West
Virginia City
Muchacho
Tom Daly
Billy Maguire
Muchaco
Dick Paddock
Paddock
el Dorado
Johnny
Mar
Pat Lannan
Lannan
John Bull
Salt Lake
Bull
Indian Creek
Hurley & Chase
Montana Schools Need Sharing Up
Montana education reform posters at the state fair highlight unequal district valuations and teacher pay. The Montana Department urges county unit system adoption, open year schooling, higher teacher salaries, and expanded taxes to improve access and efficiency.
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Montana
Helena
May Trumper
Chouteau County
Butte
Fergus County
State Department
Committee On Education of the
National Association
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Great Falls Service
S “Athabasca Dick
Jackpot Jim
John McIntosh
Sweden
Russia
Montane
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