Kid Brown
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| − | G. Adolph " | + | G. Adolph "Kid" Brown was the son of [[Miles City]]'s [[Charley Brown]], and he carried on his father's vocation of saloon and gambling hall owner, when in Alaska. |
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| + | Sunday, [[25 Jun 1893]] hit a home run in a local baseball game, on the "Regulars" team. On [[4 Jul 1893]] his team played the [[Fort Keogh]] team, beating them 11-8, in most well-attended game to date, at the [[Miles City Baseball and Athletic Association]] ball field near the Macqueen House. The field had bleachers. They played Fort Custer [[19 Aug 1893]] and Kid did a good job manning first base in a high scoring / high error game (MC won 20-16). A game between the Court House staff and the businesses was scheduled for [[26 Aug 1893]]. | ||
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| + | Dec 1893: "Kid Brown has a money making device on display at Savage's drug store which would be a gold mine for him, if it were not tapped daily by some "smooth operators". | ||
Brown rushed to the Klondike in 1897 then moved to the Copper Basin in 1899 via Valdez. He was listed as a gambler in Miles City in the 1900 census. He was associated with the Nizina district mining in 1903. Brown left Alaska in 1911 and settled in Miles City, Montana, where he was still living when contacted by the Sourdough Stampede Association in 1930. | Brown rushed to the Klondike in 1897 then moved to the Copper Basin in 1899 via Valdez. He was listed as a gambler in Miles City in the 1900 census. He was associated with the Nizina district mining in 1903. Brown left Alaska in 1911 and settled in Miles City, Montana, where he was still living when contacted by the Sourdough Stampede Association in 1930. | ||
This story was told of him: | This story was told of him: | ||
| − | :''Having lost all his money at Kid's tables, | + | :''Having lost all his money at Kid's tables, a customer approached Kid for a loan of $10. Kid reached into the till and handed him $5, saying, "We each lose $5"'' |
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| + | Kid married someone named Paula who was quite a wit. | ||
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| + | At some point, he may have spent some time in Florida preparing for the war in Cuba. This conflicts though with his time spent in Alaska. | ||
