Brackett Recalls Frontiers Life From Buffalo Hunts To Ranching
The interview with Oscar Brackett recounts years of buffalo hunting along the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers, beaver trapping, wood yards for steamboats, and later sheep and cattle ranching in Dakota territory. He notes the harsh winter of 1886 87 and the shift from hunting to farming and stockraising as the region settles.
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Little Missouri
Lake Station
Yellowstone
Powder
Grand
Yellow Stone
George McCone
Dawson County
Bismarck
Hart River
P’acific
Sandstone Creek
Fallon Creek
A.C. Gifford
Fallon
Brackett
Grand River
Phil Brandenberg
Miles
Sully Springs
N. P. Road
Fort Keogh
Alaska
Custer County
North Side Updates From XIT Ranch Several Residents
North Side notes show Joseph Dorsey visiting Terry to plan winter at the ranch near Big Sheep Mountain. Walter Deergan loses horse and saddle while a wolf is attached to the saddle as they ride away. Rufus Morris settles for winter duties at the XIT ranch with hay and coal hauling and preparations. Charley Wells leaves cow punching to run a barber shop with limited funds. B F Bragg and friends hunted nearby with usual luck. Gilma Farqua returns to the XIT ranch after locating a claim on Big Sheep Mountain top. Clarence Sinnott gathers corn to sell to Sam Sanderson for sheep feed.
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Joseph Dorsey
Terry
Mrs. Dorsey
Big Sheep Mountain
Joe
Rufus Morris
Xit Ranch
Charley Wells
Gilma Farqua
XIT
Mildred School House Progress and Local Elections
The Mildred foundation was laid, and agents change as H Carpenter moves to Ismay with J E Trumble taking his Mildred post. E A Harper and H L Struckmeyer made recent business trips, a Thanksgiving mask party may raise funds for the new school house. Winter weather returns as election results ease.
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Mildred School House
E. A. Harper
Ismay
H. Carpenter
Mildred
J. E. Trumble
H. L. Struckmeyer
New School House
RETAW
Spring and Gabin Creek News and Social Notes
A lively Far West column notes Smithey the cowboy locating on Cedar Creek and Renn ranch rounds on Cabin Creek. Local visits include Miss Mary Whaley and Miss Jennie Williams. Mary Buckley in Terry. Paul Renn in Chicago with sheep. Roy Williams building a homestead. Weather hints of winter winds, hunters from Miles City, and a mix of social events and bets on Stetson hats.
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Charlie Smith
Smithey
Cedar Creek
Renn Bros
Renn
Cabin Creek
Frank Buckley
J. D. Johnson
Mary Whaley
Miss Whaley
Mary Buckley
Terry
Karl Renn
Miles City
P. Wibaug
Schrumpf
Dr. McAndrews
Jennie Williams
Christinsen
Spring Creek
Ekalaka Gossip Notes Include Moves and Plans
Halloween activities and article returns described. Election day calm. Lewis Collins house bought by J K Hall John Ewart and others to host a restaurant. Sawmills closed awaiting repairs. W B Richardson and wife visit friends. Dahl prepares press site for a local paper. Musical and entertainment efforts grow with five piece orchestra. Thanksgiving visits encouraged and Eagle to publish Nov 20. Services listed for Sunday Nov 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Hall
John Ewart
Lewis Collins
Baker News Notes and Local Moves in Baker Area
Absent baker John Findlater spends vacation with brothers in Miles City. J M Boorse and party from Miles City begin cement building for First Bank of Baker with expectation of quick completion when weather moderates. George C Hayward moves family from Cedar to claim near Baker. W G Lang plans to move stock from Yale North Carolina. R E Morris and Ander son visit Ismay. John Muller ships buck carload to Miles City. Marmarth division chief Melchair surveys Baker site for depot and freight house as town handles more freight and seeks station. Fred Hasty unloads materials for bank project.
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John Findlater
Miles City
J. M. Boorse
First Bank of Baker
Mr. Boorse
George C. Hayward
Cedar
Baker
W. G. Lang
Fred Hasty
Bank
Rekab
Ismay Ad Rates Listed and Second-Class Status Noted
The Ismay announces advertising rates on application and records that Ismay Montana received second-class matter on May 19 1908 under the 1879 act.
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Ismay
Ismay,Montana
St Paul Roads Exhibit Displayed By Terry Tribune
The Tribune reports on a handsome series of cuts showing interior and exterior views of a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul car fitted up to exhibit agricultural products raised along the Pacific Poasts extension of that road. The display aims to attract farmers from Iowa and other regions, highlighting farm produce along the line.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Mill
Waukee
Lowa
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Ate Eed
Oscar Brackett
McMurray
Hook
Old Milestown
Pete Jackson
Buford
Glendive
Seventh Cavalry
Buffalo Rapids
Porcupine
Fort
Milestown
Pete
Berthall
East Corinth
Maine
Senator Dorsey
Star Route Mail
Joseph Penwell
Black Hills
Little, Missouri
Tom
Powder ‘River
Keogh
General Rosser
Eve Éigoing
Pacific Road
George
North Side
Walter Deergan
XIT Wolfer
Red Water Divide
N.C. Clendenin
B. F. Bragg
Clarence C. Sinnott
Sam Sanderson
North Sider
Gabin
Bess Currie
Walter Marskel
Ekalaka
W. B. Richardson
Clara, Walters
Dahl
Terry Tribune
Henry Stembar
William Yates
L. F. Kennedy
Frank Miller
Allenbaugh & Seigler
W. Mowbray
Midland
Wideawake County
Ismay, Custer CO
Montana
J. A
McKinley L. A. Conser
St.Paul Road
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Hubec Sauix
oaSere
Clara Benson
A Brothers, Proprietors
Rou
Opporite Depot
Devil Saloon
IS May
Bob
Gund
Main
Mont
Geo. W. Bart
J. W. Stith
W. A. Brubaker
F. P. Kelley
Bank OF Terry
Terry, Montana
David Bickle
J.B. Kempton
Alfred Wright
Bart Harve Robinson
Geo
T. Gipson
Lon Fluss Geo. O, Reid
United States
Edwin L. Norris
Helena
Edwin'l. Norris
A. N. Yoder
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