Early 1900s North Portland Letter Describes Dangers and Developments
A misshapen, loquacious dispatch from North Portland recounts hunting rattlesnakes, a fatal family accident, a cave mapped as a future wonder, a massive irrigation dam planned on the Boigo river, and local social notes including trips, visits, livestock, and community events. It highlights a deadly incident, a mysterious cave, and a large infrastructure project alongside neighborhood gossip.
Shoshone Land Opening In Wyoming Basin
Government opens a Shoshone Irrigation project tract in the Big Horn Basin Wyoming on the 23rd for homestead selection. Two units already settled and water ready for the third unit. Lands near Ralston within two miles of the railroad. Reclamation Service built the highest dam creating a reservoir for irrigation and municipal uses.
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Sury
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Ralston
Firecracker Ban Proposed In Tonka Town
Town officials warn residents to stop firing firecrackers within Tonka limits with an exception on the Fourth of July for patriotic use. violators face arrest and fines. Local families report heat and drought affecting crops while letters arrive from relatives in Minnesota North Dakota and Bayt city and Claude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stowhome
Charlies Phelps
Burt
Charles
George Graham
Harvard
Miss Netlié
George Koestler
Everett Mann
Germiania
Wyatt Stott
Sittia Mlasea Blanche
Buend Nowville
Des Moines
Jennings
Minnie Jennings
Algona Bulunday
Mud Mra
Hadley
Phelpy
Batunday
Iowa Portrait Co
Geuse Paul Dettman
Hobson
Dogsdata
Downe
Dodane
Edith Stow
Burt Mandry
Hudson
Dunice Pholpa
Mise Huuke
Oman
Newville
Charles Phelps
North Portland
Mir
Tolka-Dat
South
Porteand
Birt
Aula
Minnesota
Tonka
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