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| − | According to the diaries kept by George Miles, the nephew of the Colonel who traveled with his uncle, a man named | + | According to the diaries kept by [[George Miles]], the nephew of the Colonel who traveled with his uncle, a man named [[Matt Carrol]] set up some barrels under a tarp and started selling [[whiskey]]. When Colonel Miles got tired of having his guard house filled to overflowing--whiskey causing him, Miles said, more trouble than the Indians--he ordered Carrol and the other purveyors of liquor to leave the military reservation. |
| − | An employee of Carrol's, one John Carter, rode east on his big | + | An employee of Carrol's, one [[John Carter]], rode east on his big bay horse until he was the required two miles away, beyond the edge of the reservation. He found a flat spot along the [[Yellowstone River|Yellowstone]], built a crude log hut out of driftwood and started selling whiskey. The soldiers soon found the place, other merchants followed, and Miles City was born. |
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| − | Milestown was at first almost nothing but rowdy; many a drunken soldier emerged from its saloons. About a year after settling in the area, General Miles moved the fort to the present location just a couple of miles southwest of the original site. He hoped that the extra distance from the town would slow the unruliness. | + | Milestown was at first almost nothing but rowdy; many a drunken soldier emerged from its saloons. About a year after settling in the area, General Miles moved the fort to the present location just a couple of miles southwest of the original site. He hoped that the extra distance from the town would slow the unruliness. However, he had also moved the military land border from what is now Hanyes Ave westward to the Tongue River, so the town picked up and moved to its current location closer to the fort. |
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[[File:Crude building under construction at Fort Keogh, Mont., ca. 1889 - NARA - 531100.jpg|thumb|right|Crude building under construction at Fort Keogh, Mont., ca. 1889]] | [[File:Crude building under construction at Fort Keogh, Mont., ca. 1889 - NARA - 531100.jpg|thumb|right|Crude building under construction at Fort Keogh, Mont., ca. 1889]] | ||
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==20th century history== | ==20th century history== | ||
