Miles City, Montana
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The publicly owned [[Miles City Municipal Airport]] is located less than two miles (3 km) from town. Notably, it was the site of an early scheduled airline crash, involving [[Northwest Airlines]] [[Northwest Airlines Flight 1|Flight 1]], which caught fire and crashed shortly after takeoff in January, 1939. | The publicly owned [[Miles City Municipal Airport]] is located less than two miles (3 km) from town. Notably, it was the site of an early scheduled airline crash, involving [[Northwest Airlines]] [[Northwest Airlines Flight 1|Flight 1]], which caught fire and crashed shortly after takeoff in January, 1939. | ||
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==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
Miles City is located at 46.408460, -105.840093 at an altitude of 2369 feet (722 m). | Miles City is located at 46.408460, -105.840093 at an altitude of 2369 feet (722 m). | ||
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==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
+ | [[File:Map_MilesCity_c1883.jpg|thumb|right|700px|c. 1883 [http://milescity.com/history/maps/bev1883/map1883-2000.jpg Full size] ]] | ||
Oct 1877: population is 300. [[Judge Carmichael]] is Probate Judge, [[John McCormick]] is County Clerk, [[H. J. Happy]] is Sheriff. Businesses include [[Paul McCormick]], [[Matt Carroll]], [[A. R. Ninnigner]] and [[Charley Johnson]]. [[Charles Savage]] clerks for Ninninger's store. [[Charley Brown]] has built on Main St. [[Bob Roberts]] and Happy operate a saloon. Business is brisk and merchants are running out of goods. [[McCormick & Co]] have large stock coming from "above" and Charley Savage has stock coming from "below". Matt Carroll will receive a large stock by the [[Diamond R]] train now enroute from Bozemen. 120 of the "engineers" that were building the fort leave about the 2oth for Bismarck. [[J. J. Graham]] has the contract to transport them in Mackinaws. Ames & Stone have built a court house for the County. Weather has been good, but winter is nearing. Payment vouchers are running out and a fresh Federal appropriation for the Army is anxiously looked for. The military wood contract was established at $5 (per ?cord?) for green and $6 for dry. | Oct 1877: population is 300. [[Judge Carmichael]] is Probate Judge, [[John McCormick]] is County Clerk, [[H. J. Happy]] is Sheriff. Businesses include [[Paul McCormick]], [[Matt Carroll]], [[A. R. Ninnigner]] and [[Charley Johnson]]. [[Charles Savage]] clerks for Ninninger's store. [[Charley Brown]] has built on Main St. [[Bob Roberts]] and Happy operate a saloon. Business is brisk and merchants are running out of goods. [[McCormick & Co]] have large stock coming from "above" and Charley Savage has stock coming from "below". Matt Carroll will receive a large stock by the [[Diamond R]] train now enroute from Bozemen. 120 of the "engineers" that were building the fort leave about the 2oth for Bismarck. [[J. J. Graham]] has the contract to transport them in Mackinaws. Ames & Stone have built a court house for the County. Weather has been good, but winter is nearing. Payment vouchers are running out and a fresh Federal appropriation for the Army is anxiously looked for. The military wood contract was established at $5 (per ?cord?) for green and $6 for dry. | ||
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1887, "the Thompson-Houston system of electric lighting has just been introduced"... "is now lined from end to end with handsome brick buildings." | 1887, "the Thompson-Houston system of electric lighting has just been introduced"... "is now lined from end to end with handsome brick buildings." | ||
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+ | ==Gallery== | ||
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+ | File:StiefflerMC.jpg|Miles City 1879 by [[Hermann Stieffel]] | ||
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+ | * [http://www.birchy.com/history/Imgs/StiefflerMCpana.jpg Panorama of 1879 Miles City] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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+ | * '''[http://birchy.com/1931CityMap.jpg 1931 city map, as used by the 1940 census]''' | ||
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* [http://gov.milescity.net City website] | * [http://gov.milescity.net City website] |