Miles City, Montana

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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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[[12 Aug 1882]]: Rates for the Yellowstone ferry operated by [[Broadwater, Hubbell & Co.]] cut its fares in half.
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In Feb 1884, [[Sam Camp]] skipped town leaving many debts, including some men who had worked for him on the Tongue River Ditch. Also: [[Miles & Strevell] $128, [[Leighton, Jordan & Co.]] $464, [[J. W. Watson]] $57, [[A. W. Sleeper]] $384 for a total of $1002.
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[[4 Mar 1884]] proposed borders for incorporating Miles City were published under the Territorial Act of [[17 Feb 1881]]. Names associated with this proposal include: [[William Courtenay]], [[Benjamin W. Ladd]], [[G. P. Comstock]], [[F. E. Hammond]] and [[E. A. Kreidler]].
  
 
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