Dusting Off the Old Ones
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*[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (1)|1. The Passing of an Era, From Buffalo Chips to Natural Gas and Electricity]] | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (1)|1. The Passing of an Era, From Buffalo Chips to Natural Gas and Electricity]] | ||
| − | + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (2)|2. A COUPLE OF "FIRSTS" in Miles City History]] | |
| − | + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (3)|3. What! -- No Eighth Street?]] | |
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (4)|4. The Street With Two Names]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (5)|5. More About Miles City's Streets]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (6)|6. Strevell Street]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (7)|7. Miles City's First Big Fire]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (8)|8. Miles City's Postmasters]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (9)|9. Miles City Dressed Beef Company]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (10)|10. The Railroad Spur on Leighton Boulevard]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (11)|11. Edson Street and Middle Avenue]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (12)|12. Whose Place Is On DeMore's Avenue?]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (13)|13. The First Conveyance]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (14)|14. Miles City's Postmasters]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (15)|15. A Sizable School District]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (16)|16. Custer County's First Court House]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (17)|17. Montana's First Telephone Exchange]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (18)|18. Early Day Custer County Post Offices]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (19)|19. Miles City High School Graduates]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (20)|20. The Deadwood Stage Coach]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (21)|21. The Buffalo Nickel]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (22)|22. Miles City's First Night Clubs]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (23)|23. The Tenth Street Bridge]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (24)|24. The Passing of the E 2]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (25)|25. Custer County's First Assessment Roll]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (26)|26. What Building From Old Town Is Still Being Used On Main Street?]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (27)|27. When Yellowstone County Was Cut Off From Custer]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (28)|28. The Town Herd]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (29)|29. The Crow Rock Story]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (30)|30. The Wool House Fire]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (31)|31. One of Custer County's Unsolved Murders]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (32)|32. The Stubtoe State]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (33)|33. Miles City's Early Autos]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (34)|34. Later Automobile Dealers]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (35)|35. Who Owned the First Auto in Miles City?]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (36)|36. A Few Early Garages]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (37)|37. "Fill'er Up" -- 1910 Style]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (38)|38. Jimmy Hanrahan was One of Them]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (39)|39. Problems of the Early Day Drivers]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (40)|40. The County That Died "A-Borning"]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (41)|41. The Long Barn is Gone]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (42)|42. More Cars we Missed]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (43)|43. What Happened to the Red Jacket Coal Mine?]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (44)|44. Two Mayhem Cases in one Term of Court]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (45)|45. What has Become of the Old Time Country Dance?]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (46)|46. Bender's Grove]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (47)|47. Orschel's Band Wagon]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (48)|48. Miles City's No Man Land]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (49)|49. How the Yellowstone River Got Its Name]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (50)|50. The Ismay-Ekalaka Electric Railway]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (51)|51. Why so Many Counties in Montana!]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (52)|52. The Original 9 Counties of Montana]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (53)|53. A Word Picture of Miles City in 1879]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (54)|54. Two Rows of Trees]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (55)|55. The Other Row of Trees]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (56)|56. The Successful Siamese Twins Operation in Miles City.]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (57)|57. A "Touch and Go" Affair]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (58)|58. Improvement in our Highways]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (59)|59. Wibaux Park]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (60)|60. Annual Breakup]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (61)|61. Those Graves Near the Terry Bridge]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (62)|62. First Criminal Case Tried in Custer County]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (63)|63. Riverside Park]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (64)|64. The First Entry in the Journal of the District Court in Montana Territory]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (65)|65. How Cattle Were Marketed Before the Coming of Railroads]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (66)|66. The Custer County Automobile Club]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (67)|67. Custer County's First Commercial Truck Garden]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (68)|68. Early Car License Plates]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (69)|69. The Toboggan Slide]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (70)|70. The Big Horn Tunnel]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (71)|71. Early Auto Proving Grounds]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (72)|72. The Old Northern Pacific Passenger Depot]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (73)|73. Artesian Wells]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (74)|74. An Industry of Yesteryear]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (75)|75. Early Day Ferry Boat Operations]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (76)|76. Proposed Northern Pacific Branch to the North]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (77)|77. Grandmothers' Picnic]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (78)|78. Aesculus Hippocastanium in Miles City]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (79)|79. Miles City's First Greenhouse]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (80)|80. Custer County's First Fair]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (81)|81. The City Scales]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (82)|82. Some of Miles City's First Hospitals]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (83)|83. A Cut-Off That Did Not Materialize]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (84)|84. A White Cap Message]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (85)|85. How the Open Range Was Controlled Before the Homesteader Took Over]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (86)|86. A Range War Episode]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (87)|87. The First Fish Culture Pond]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (88)|88. The 10 Mile Race in Miles City]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (89)|89. Lansing Flat]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (90)|90. The Platting of North Miles City]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (91)|91. The City "Eyes" Lansing Flat]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (92)|92. Condemnation Proceedings Necessary]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (93)|93. One North Miles City Lot Still in Private Ownership]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (94)|94. Early Day Cab Drivers]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (95)|95. No Pavement In Those Days]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (96)|96. Custer County in 1878]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (97)|97. Early Day Fire Alarm]] | ||
*[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (98)|98. Miles City's First Paid Fireman]] | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (98)|98. Miles City's First Paid Fireman]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (99)|99. Did You Know?]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (100)|100. Ekalaka]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (101)|101. The Clarkes in Miles City]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (102)|102. Miles City's Cigar Factories]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (103)|103. The First City Mail Carriers]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (104)|104. The First Rodeo?]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (105)|105. First Two Story Dwelling in Miles City]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (106)|106. Badger Fights]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (107)|107. The Monkey and the Bronc]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (108)|108. Cahn's Coulee]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (109)|109. Angel of Mercy]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (110)|110. Our Undersheriff Holds a News Conference]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (111)|111. Reporting in 1880]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (112)|112. A Fantastic Scheme]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (113)|113. Custer County Organized]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (114)|114. Duke's Mixture]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (115)|115. Early Montana History]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (116)|116. Idaho Helps Montana]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (117)|117. First Session of State Legislature]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (118)|118. Election Precincts 1882]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (119)|119. Miles City's First Union]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (120)|120. The Dream American Legion Team]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (121)|121. Casey Defends Himself]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (122)|122. Casey -- After the Ride]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (123)|123. Early Montana Happenings]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (124)|124. Livery Stables in Miles City]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (125)|125. Origin of Montana Place Names]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (126)|126. The Naming of the Mizpah]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (127)|127. The Mizpah is Named]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (128)|128. Who was Robert Thompson?]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (129)|129. More Montana Place Names]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (130)|130. Continuing With Montana Names]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (131)|131. Where the Rosebud Got Its Name]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (132)|132. More Names of Montana Places]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (133)|133. Commissioners' Proceedings 1883]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (134)|134. More Commissioner Trouble]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (135)|135. Commissioners' Trials in 1883]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (136)|136. Montana's Territorial Governors]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (137)|137. The Vigilante Oath]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (138)|138. Two Landmarks]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (139)|139. Two Other Landmarks]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (140)|140. The Land Office Story]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (141)|141. The Big Game]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (142)|142. Early Montana Radio Stations]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (143)|143. The Year Without a Summer]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (144)|144. Agricultural College at Miles City]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (145)|145. The Building on Ramer's Corner]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (146)|146. Election Bets]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (147)|147. The Maple Tree Cemetery]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (148)|148. A Toll Road]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (149)|149. How Pumpkin Creek Got Its Name]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (150)|150. The Jumping of Riverside Park]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (151)|151. The Great Fire of 1883]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (152)|152. A Visit to Fort Keogh in 1885]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (153)|153. A Great Horse Country]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (154)|154. The Remount Depot -- Fort Keogh]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (155)|155. Seeing Miles City]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (156)|156. A Business Index]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (157)|157. Shade Tree Bill's First Christmas]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (158)|158. Miles City's First Chamber of Commerce]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (159)|159. Terry -- In the Eighties]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (160)|160. "Word Picture" of Old Town]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (161)|161. Social Life in Miles City in the Eighties]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (162)|162. Early Day Country Dance]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (163)|163. Miles City's First Football Game]] | ||
| + | *[[Dusting Off the Old Ones (164)|164. Y-TIC-SE-LIM]] | ||
