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Champion Buffalo Hunter Doc Zahl Dies at Williston
A remembrance of F R Zahl known as Doc recounts early Dakotas and Montana fronts. He led buffalo hunts near the Missouri Yellowstone divide, earned respect as a square shot, and helped settle Little Muddy later Williston. Zahl served twice as county treasurer and left a storied frontier legacy.
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Williston
F. R. Zahl
Dakotas
Montana
F. R
Doc) Zahl
Powder River
J. L. Grandin
Traill
Bismarck
Mandan
D. R. Taylor
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trans-Missouri
Glendive
Hell’s Half Acre
O'fallon’s Creek
Fort Keough
Miles City
O'Fallon
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Zahl
Missouri
Yellowstone
Buffalo Grounds
Gros Ventre
Doc” Zahl
Little Muddy
Great Northern Railroad
John Bruegger
Hank” Retzlaff
Metzgar L. Leonhardy
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