Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Saco Independent in Saco, Montana

We have 3,228,115 pages in Montana

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 2 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Saco Independent

Location

Saco, Montana, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1922

Page

2

Christmas in Virginia City Montana 1868 Golden Days

A New York Tribune correspondent recalls Christmas in Virginia City Montana as the liveliest festive day of 1868. The town buzzes with social joy, saloons fill, auctions entertain, and a Planters ball hosts about a hundred guests with tickets at twenty dollars each.

Virginia City Montana Rocky Mountains New York Tribune Pony Chapin Barvost Helena Col Neil Howie Montana Volunteer Indian Fighters Capitol Sanders Beidler Howie Hall Little Mountain Capitol Tuttle Green Clay Smith Hosmer Marshal Eaton Con Orem Teddy Michigan Don Orem Ness Chick Planters

Pioneer Nurse Catherine Carruthers Remains in Fort Benton

The first Montana nurse, Catherine Carruthers formerly Babbage, now in her eighties, lives on a ranch near Fort Benton. She traveled up the Missouri by steamboat as a young widow with few white women present, trained in a Washington maternity hospital, and helped as nurse and doctor amid early frontier life.

Benton Montana Fort Benton Catherine Carruthers Babbage Missouri River Cow Island Washington T. C. Power Helena Teton Teresa Neubert Bradley Johnny” Carruthers Miss Babbage Wheaton C. Carruthers Arrow Creek Rowe California Teddy Chick Orem Colonel Beidler Beidler Busi

Also Mentioned on This Page

Catherine Corrruthers Justice House of Representatives Wilbur F. Sanders West Charles M. Russell Rawhide Rawlins Russell Great Western Cheely-Raban Syndicate Great Falls Cheesy-Raban Syndicate Rawhide Rawlins
Search Courier

Search the Saco Independent Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Saco Independent?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication