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December 20, 1946 County Leads in Alfalfa Seed Production Powder River County raises more alfalfa seed than any other county in Montana, a report of the Agricultural Conservation Association compiled for the year 1945 discloses. The total amount of...
Rankin's Barn Burner In Broadus
My previous column described the violent back-and-forth between stock inspectors and a gang of livestock rustlers in southeast Montana. Much of the excitement was instigated by stock detective Billy...
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December 9, 1921 Number of Teachers Take State Examinations Thursday and Friday of last week, public school teachers of this county took the required state examination which qualifies them for teaching if they pass certain grades. In Broadus the...
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The Ghost of Bob Ferguson
Find more from Shane at www.redshalereflections.com (Ed: A ghostly article presented by history columnist Shane Dunning for our Halloween week edition. Enjoy.) In January 1903, "a gentleman who has lo...
The Unsolved Murder of John L. Tucker
By Shane Dunning www.redshalereflections.com My great-great-uncle John L. Tucker was murdered on Otter Creek in 1911. His murder was, and remains, officially unsolved. Florence Shy, in Echoing Footste...
Voices From The Past
September 30, 1921 Install Phone Line on Fence Posts The people of the Upper B-Divide are strictly up to date, having started a telephone line in their community. The line is strung on fence posts a distance of ten or twelve miles, connecting the...
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September 16, 1921 Inhuman Practice Evade Stock Law Rather than invade the stock laws which forbid the “dogging” of cattle, it is said that a rather sharp practice is being adopted in this county which gets the same results but are diabolically inh...
Voices From The Past
September 9, 1921 63 Scholars Enrolled In Broadus Grade Schools The opening of the school this week saw 63 scholars enrolled in the grade schools of Broadus and 12 students in the district high school. There were 22 scholars in the first, second and...
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August 26, 1921 Schools to Open Tuesday, Sept 6 School will open generally over the county Tuesday morning, September 6. Monday is observed as Labor Day and such is a legal holiday. The average monthly salary to be paid teachers in this county this...
July Marks 100th Anniversary Of Powder River County's Last Civil War Veteran
By Jaeger Held This month, July 2021, marks the 100th anniversary of the burial of the last Civil War veteran in Powder River County, Montana. Pvt. John Helman, Company D, 178th Pennsylvania Infantry...
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May 27, 1921 Wagon is bogged; dancers rescued While fording Powder River last Saturday night, a wagonload of young people from Pumpkin Creek became bogged in the quicksand when in midstream. The river’s channel was only about 75 yards across and was...
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May 20, 1921 Coalwood to be platted as town Immediate action will be taken for the creation of Coalwood townsite, according to John W. Janssen who was in Broadus Wednesday making arrangements for the preliminary work. It was expected that County...
The Final Bow of Regina Geddes
By Shane Dunning www.redshalereflections.com Last December, I presented an article on "the blackest crime to ever disgrace eastern Montana." That crime, the murder of Clemence "Winnie" Brown,...
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April 1, 1921 Bachelor Tax is Now Due Miles City - Bachelors of Miles City can now step forward to the tax window. All the males who have resisted the wiles of womankind and have no one available to take care of the monthly pay check, can now est...
"High-Powered" Williams and the Custer Wolf
By Shane Dunning www.redshalereflections.com "The Custer Wolf is Dead." So began a remarkable press release dated January 17, 1921, by the US Department of Agriculture Press Service. This incredible...
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March 25, 1921 Powder River County Now Two Years Old Powder River County on April 1 will have attained its two-year milestone and incidentally it may be mentioned that the age of Broadus as the county seat is the same. It was on March 17, 1919, that...
The Manhunt for Arthur Ross Brown
By Shane Dunning www.redshalereflections.com Sheridan County (WY) sheriff Willard Marshall entered the Rex Hotel in Sheridan on September 1, 1955, to question a transient ex-convict regarding a recent...
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Friday, February 4, 1921 Phone Line Opened Broadus to Miles With the installation of a telephone instrument in the Reliable Drug store late yesterday afternoon, Broadus became connected directly with Miles City. This marks the completion of the...
When Sitting Bull Kicks Your Butt and the Perils of Oral History
By Shane Dunning www.redshalereflections.com Sometimes a story seems too good to be true, and history is often an inexact science. Because of this, using oral history is often like handling a lit fire...
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January 28, 1921 22 Barrels of Whiskey Cached There would be a double incentive to drill for oil at the confluence of Cache creek and Big Powder river, about 20 miles above Broadus, for aside from the oil probability there is a prospect of...
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Friday, January 21, 1921 Thrown From Wagon; Ear Nearly Severed When the rough lock broke on his wagon, Huey Rouney was thrown from his seat underneath the horses and sustained severe injuries. His face was bruised considerably and his left ear was ne...
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Friday, January 14, 1921 Brothers Spell Names Different Two brothers with a different spelling of their surnames are residents of Powder River County. This peculiarity has its origin with the Civil War. T.M. Drane was a lad of but 14 years with the...
Voices from the Past
With articles from 100, 75, 50, and 25 years ago. January 7, 1921 Local Briefs J.B. Cassady and Morgan Elliott of Powderville were county seat visitors the past week and while here both enrolled on the Examiner subscription list. Mr. and Mrs. A.S....
Christmas Past
Thursday, December 20/27, 1990 Christmas Past 60 Years Ago The community Christmas tree and program will be Sunday night, December 20 at Macy’s Hall in Broadus at 7:30. The following is program: Welcome song, Mrs. Wiley’s and Mrs. Wood’s Sunda...
30 Years Ago
December 20/27, 1990 Pen Pals computer project opens new lines of communication Computer programmer Clo Wiltse of rural Volborg has developed a way to use computers to establish communication among three age groups, through a Pen Pal project. The...
