Miles City, Montana
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| + | [[File:Map_MilesCity_c1883.jpg|thumb|right|700px|c. 1883]] | ||
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. | ||
