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- 06:46, 27 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,907) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (45) (Created page with "'''45. What has Become of the Old Time Country Dance?''' The automobile has been blamed for a good many changes in our mode of living, both economic and social. One of the ch...") (current)
- 06:46, 27 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,096) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (44) (Created page with "'''44. Two Mayhem Cases in one Term of Court''' In a sparsely settled community such as ours, it was rather unusual that two cases of mayhem be docketed for trial in one term...") (current)
- 06:45, 27 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,289) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (42) (Created page with "'''42. More Cars we Missed''' We are indebted to Frank Spears, prominent north side rancher and former County Commissioner, and to Harry Horton, retired merchant, for most of...") (current)
- 00:41, 27 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+54) . . Edmund Burke (current)
- 00:33, 27 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+3,617) . . N Edmund Burke (Created page with "'''Edmund Henry Burke''' (1843-1925) claimed to have been born in Manchester, then in the county of Lancashire, but a record of his birth has not been found. Both parents were...")
- 00:28, 27 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+17) . . 7th Cavalry
- 00:03, 27 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+131) . . Dusting Off the Old Ones
- 00:03, 27 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,040) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (41) (Created page with "'''41. The Long Barn is Gone''' If you have been to the airport lately, you have probably noticed that the Long Barn in the 800 block on North Seventh Street is not there any...") (current)
- 23:47, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,514) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (40) (Created page with "'''40. The County That Died "A-Borning"''' In the period of time from 1910 to 1925 there were 27 new counties created in the State of Montana. But along about 1914, steps wer...") (current)
- 23:33, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,038) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (39) (Created page with "'''39. Problems of the Early Day Drivers''' Few of you readers realize the difficulties experienced by an automobile operator in the early days of that industry. There were n...") (current)
- 23:32, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,212) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (37) (Created page with "'''37. "Fill'er Up" -- 1910 Style''' Filling a gas tank on the early automobiles was quite different from the easy manner in which the job is handled today. The first gas pum...") (current)
- 23:01, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,609) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (36) (Created page with "'''36. A Few Early Garages''' The first garage in Miles City was in the remodeled sash and door factory at the corner of 5th and Pleasant Streets and was operated by Sol and ...") (current)
- 23:00, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,862) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (34) (Created page with "'''34. Later Automobile Dealers''' Last week we told of the first automobile dealers and the cars they sold. We mentioned one dealership, that of Adams & Cranston, but could ...") (current)
- 22:53, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+3) . . Main Page (→Resources to process / Todo list)
- 22:53, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+97) . . Main Page (→Resources to process / Todo list)
- 22:51, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+55) . . Dusting Off the Old Ones
- 22:45, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,312) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (33) (Created page with "'''33. Miles City's Early Autos''' There are not many living in this community to-day who were interested in automobiles at the time when the High Henry Minstrel Show display...") (current)
- 22:44, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,638) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (31) (Created page with "'''31. One of Custer County's Unsolved Murders''' On the morning of April 25, 1911, two of Miles City's patrolmen, as they were then called -- we call them policemen now -- h...")
- 22:41, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+118) . . Dusting Off the Old Ones
- 22:41, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,813) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (29) (Created page with "'''29. The Crow Rock Story''' We are indebted to Ham Gordon, genial Secretary of the Miles City Chamber of Commerce for this story. Ham's first employment in Montana was with...")
- 22:39, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,989) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (28) (Created page with "'''28. The Town Herd''' An institution, which has long been forgotten, played quite a prominent part in the milk supply of Miles City during the 90s. In that period there may...") (current)
- 22:38, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,107) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (27) (Created page with "'''27. When Yellowstone County Was Cut Off From Custer''' Many of our readers may not be sware of the fact that Billings was at one time within the boundaries of Custer Count...") (current)
- 22:31, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+8,465) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (24) (Created page with "'''24. The Passing of the E 2''' When Glenn Farnum came down from Gardiner in January and sold his cows, through the Miles City Auction Company at the sales yards west of tow...") (current)
- 22:29, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,521) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (23) (Created page with "'''23. The Tenth Street Bridge''' Driving down Tenth Street from Main to the old Milwaukee depot, one would never imagine that at one time there was quite a bridge to cross, ...") (current)
- 22:29, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,204) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (21) (Created page with "'''21. The Buffalo Nickel''' Several years ago the Jordan Tribune published an article which should be of interest to all in this community. This article stated that few pers...") (current)
- 22:20, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+111) . . Dusting Off the Old Ones
- 21:36, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,215) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (20) (Created page with "'''20. The Deadwood Stage Coach''' The Stage Coach at the Range Riders Museum is an item of great interest to hundreds of tourists who stop at the Museum every summer. A litt...")
- 21:35, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,417) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (18) (Created page with "'''18. Early Day Custer County Post Offices''' Shade Tree Bill queried us the other day as to how many readers of the local paper we thought had ever heard of the following e...") (current)
- 21:35, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+3,544) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (17) (Created page with "'''17. Montana's First Telephone Exchange''' We wonder how many of our readers realize that the first telephone exchange in Montana was established right here in Miles City. ...") (current)
- 21:33, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,177) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (16) (Created page with "'''16. Custer County's First Court House''' We wonder how many readers of the local paper realize that the pleasing structure across the street from the Clarke Insurance Serv...") (current)
- 21:16, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+126) . . Dusting Off the Old Ones
- 21:16, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,167) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (15) (Created page with "'''15. A Sizable School District''' If you listened to the radio program recently, you heard some of the early day history of School District No. 1 of Custer County. We told,...") (current)
- 21:16, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+704) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (14) (Created page with "'''14. Miles City's Postmasters''' The following is a list of the persons who have served Miles City as postmaster: Louis Payette (at Old Town) Charles W. Savage ...") (current)
- 21:14, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+947) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (10) (Created page with "10. The Railroad Spur on Leighton Boulevard There are few folks now living in Miles City who remember the railroad track that ran from the Northern Pacific Railroad west alon...") (current)
- 21:13, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,626) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (9) (Created page with "'''9. Miles City Dressed Beef Company''' Very few of the present residents of Miles City know that there was once started in this community a dressed beef plant which the spo...") (current)
- 21:13, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,548) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (7) (Created page with "'''7. Miles City's First Big Fire''' Miles City's first big fire happened the night after an incident in which a character by the name of Rigney was hanged to a railroad tres...") (current)
- 21:11, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+86) . . Dusting Off the Old Ones
- 21:11, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,321) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (5) (Created page with "'''5. More About Miles City's Streets''' Last week our story was about EIGHT Street. This week, we'll tell about some other streets in town. There are streets named for two o...") (current)
- 21:10, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,111) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (4) (Created page with "'''4. The Street With Two Names''' There is a street in the north part of town that has two names, and each is correct as to certain portions of it. Park Addition to Miles Ci...") (current)
- 21:09, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+3,281) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (2) (Created page with "'''2. A COUPLE OF "FIRSTS" in Miles City History''' The first brewery in Miles City was operated by Bill Bullard and Tom Irvine. Bullard afterwards operated a saloon for many...")
- 21:07, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+88) . . Main Page
- 21:05, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+10,763) . . N Pine Hills School (Created page with " Published: Wed, 11/20/2013 - 3:42pm | Section: By Amorette Allison Back in 1893, the state took a large section of ground east of Miles City to establish what was then kno...") (current)
- 09:09, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . Alexander Brown (current)
- 09:08, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,548) . . N Alexander Brown (Created page with "Alexander Brown, from Aberdeen, Scotland was born on 19 February 1844 (according to his tombstone, but was baptized in St. Nicholas Parish, Aberdeen on 19 November 1828). He h...")
- 09:01, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+20) . . 7th Cavalry
- 08:33, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+25) . . 7th Cavalry
- 08:32, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+27,653) . . 7th Cavalry
- 08:29, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+3,699) . . 7th Cavalry
- 08:17, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,204) . . N James Boyle (Created page with "James “Jim” Boyle (15 December 1853 - 2 September 1920) enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts, on 7 December, 1874 had hazel eyes, auburn hair, a ruddy complexion; and ...") (current)
- 08:13, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+16) . . 7th Cavalry
- 08:11, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,081) . . N William Boam (Created page with "William Boam enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts, on 22 December 1874 and had grey eyes, brown hair, a medium complexion, and was 5′ 9″ tall. He joined Company B on [...") (current)
- 08:09, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+17) . . 7th Cavalry
- 23:05, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-237) . . Fred E. Allen (current)
- 23:00, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+26) . . Thomas Atcheson (current)
- 22:57, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,770) . . N Thomas Atcheson (Created page with "Thomas Atcheson’s first enlistment in the U.S. Army dates from 7 January 1858 when he was assigned to the 1st Cavalry. During the Civil War he served in Battery D, 2nd Hea...")
- 22:57, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+20) . . 7th Cavalry
- 21:42, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+4,555) . . N Fred E. Allen (Created page with "Fred E. Allan, given name Alfred Ernest, the youngest of three sons to Silas Allen, a journeyman saddler, and Mary Chester Allen, was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire on...")
- 20:47, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+18) . . 7th Cavalry
- 20:07, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-1,840) . . Dusting Off the Old Ones
- 20:06, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+130) . . Dusting Off the Old Ones
- 20:05, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+21,406) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (164) (Created page with "'''164. Y-TIC-SE-LIM''' Perhaps the most enjoyable celebration in Miles City prior to those days in May 1934, when thousands of outsiders flocked to our city to enjoy the hos...")
- 20:04, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,474) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (137) (Created page with "'''137. The Vigilante Oath''' Our stories are usually dated during that period when the mode of conveyance usually depended upon the horse. In the transition of the role of g...") (current)
- 20:03, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,716) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (62) (Created page with "'''62. First Criminal Case Tried in Custer County''' Custer County was originally Big Horn County, when the territory was divided into counties by the first legislative assem...") (current)
- 20:02, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,745) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (129) (Created page with "'''129. More Montana Place Names''' Our stories are usually dated about the time that the Miles City Weather Bureau was located on one of the buildings on Main Street in Mile...") (current)
- 20:01, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,293) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (104) (Created page with "'''104. The First Rodeo?''' There have been many claims made as to where the first rodeo was held--we do not know whether the question was ever entirely settled--but we belie...") (current)
- 20:01, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,364) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (43) (Created page with "'''43. What Happened to the Red Jacket Coal Mine?''' In our stories of the early day coal mines in this vicinity, we mentioned that the Red Jacket Coal Mine was located on a ...")
- 20:00, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+32) . . Dusting Off the Old Ones
- 19:59, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+5,568) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (53) (Created page with "'''53. A Word Picture of Miles City in 1879''' F. M. Wilson wrote an article for the April 3, 1879, issue of the Avant Courier, published at Bozeman, entitled "Miles City" an...") (current)
- 19:58, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-530) . . Dusting Off the Old Ones (58) (current)
- 19:57, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,489) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (50) (Created page with "'''50. The Ismay-Ekalaka Electric Railway''' Few, if any, of you readers will remember when the Miles City Dressed Beef Company organized, built a plant on the banks of the Y...") (current)
- 19:56, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+510) . . Dusting Off the Old Ones
- 19:55, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,237) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (87) (Created page with "'''87. The First Fish Culture Pond''' During the nineties the tract of land to the right as you turn on No. 212 at the Industrial School was occupied by 0. C. Beck and his fa...") (current)
- 19:54, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+613) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (11) (Created page with "'''11. Edson Street and Middle Avenue''' Neither of the above named streets would seem to have any significance in Miles City, would they? Still they are part of early Miles ...") (current)
- 19:51, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,165) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (134) (Created page with "'''134. More Commissioner Trouble''' These stories are usually dated when Miles City could boast of at least one Chinese laundry. Last week we told you that at the beginning ...") (current)
- 19:51, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,489) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (58) (Created page with "'''50. The Ismay-Ekalaka Electric Railway''' Few, if any, of you readers will remember when the Miles City Dressed Beef Company organized, built a plant on the banks of the Y...")
- 19:50, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,163) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (149) (Created page with "'''149. How Pumpkin Creek Got Its Name''' We have heard several stories as to how Pumpkin creek got its name, but while browsing in an October 1883 issue of the Yellowstone J...") (current)
- 19:48, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,191) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (117) (Created page with "'''117. First Session of State Legislature''' It should be of interest to our readers to learn that in territorial days in Montana, the two houses of the legislature were kno...") (current)
- 19:47, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,278) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (154) (Created page with "'''154. The Remount Depot -- Fort Keogh''' Last week we quoted from a Chamber of Commerce bulletin titled "In the Heart of the Yellowstone" and today we will quote a story al...") (current)
- 19:46, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+7,204) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (75) (Created page with "'''75. Early Day Ferry Boat Operations''' In this story, we will endeavor to give you readers a picture of the ferry boat operations--the only means of crossing the swift flo...") (current)
- 19:43, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,816) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (22) (Created page with "'''22. Miles City's First Night Clubs''' It was during the era after the passage of the Volstead Act that the first nite clubs made their appearance in the vicinity of Miles ...") (current)
- 19:42, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,840) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (32) (Created page with "'''32. The Stubtoe State''' Not long ago, Shade Tree Bill, who has been in these parts for more than 70 years, dropped into the office and posed a question for the folks work...") (current)
- 19:41, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,556) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (90) (Created page with "'''90. The Platting of North Miles City''' In a recent story, we told you readers where Lansing Flat was, and how in 1913 "the flat" was sold by Mr. Lansing to a party by the...") (current)
- 19:40, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,164) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (13) (Created page with "'''13. The First Conveyance''' The first conveyance recorded in Custer County was dated July 2, 1877 and was filed for the record on July 3, 1877. John McCormick was then cou...") (current)
- 19:39, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,006) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (160) (Created page with "'''160. "Word Picture" of Old Town''' Few word pictures of "Old Town", as the first Miles City is generally referred to, have been found. As most of you know, Miles City was ...") (current)
- 19:38, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,486) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (76) (Created page with "'''76. Proposed Northern Pacific Branch to the North''' During the latter part of 1886, there was a movement on foot to bridge the Yellowstone River at a point near Miles Cit...") (current)
- 19:37, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,486) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (116) (Created page with "'''116. Idaho Helps Montana''' Last week, our story was concerning early day Montana history. We told you that it was on May 26, 1864, that President Lincoln signed the bill ...") (current)
- 19:36, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,766) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (79) (Created page with "'''79. Miles City's First Greenhouse''' We have told in a previous story of the horse chestnut tree growing in front of the Gilmore Hotel and how it came to be there. Speakin...") (current)
- 19:33, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+8,391) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (63) (Created page with "'''63. Riverside Park''' Everyone in our community should be familiar with that tract of land at the west end of Main Street which is called Riverside Park. Not many of the p...") (current)
- 19:33, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,502) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (6) (Created page with "'''6. Strevell Street''' For the past two weeks, our stories have been about Miles City's streets and we promised to tell you where Strevell Street (not avenue) is. There are...") (current)
- 19:32, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,658) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (77) (Created page with "'''77. Grandmothers' Picnic''' Around the turn of the century four estimable local ladies made a practice of arranging a day for the grandmothers,--not the ones who had just ...") (current)
- 19:31, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,370) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (61) (Created page with "'''61. Those Graves Near the Terry Bridge''' We wonder how many folks, driving east on Number 10, have noticed the enclosure on the crest of the hill, just this side of the P...") (current)
- 19:29, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,174) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (103) (Created page with "'''103. The First City Mail Carriers''' It should be interesting at this particular time when our mail delivery here in Miles City is being curtailed, to look back over the y...") (current)
- 19:28, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+299) . . Dusting Off the Old Ones
- 19:28, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,479) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (25) (Created page with "'''25. Custer County's First Assessment Roll''' It was on October 15, 1877, that John McCormick, then County Clerk of Custer County, issued his warrant for collection of taxe...") (current)
- 19:26, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,653) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (130) (Created page with "'''130. Continuing With Montana Names'' These stories are usually dated during that period when the only woman one would see smoking was one who had come from the south and w...") (current)
- 19:24, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+5,722) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (151) (Created page with "'''151. The Great Fire of 1883''' This story will be about what was termed "the Great Fire" in Miles City. It happened in October, 1883, and burned nearly half a block of bui...") (current)
- 19:20, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,772) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (56) (Created page with "'''56. The Successful Siamese Twins Operation in Miles City.''' This week's story will tell of a successful operation on a pair of Siamese twins here in Miles City. Most pres...") (current)
- 19:19, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,310) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (3) (Created page with "'''3. What! -- No Eighth Street?''' If you readers will look in your phone books, you will find that practically every business house and dwelling that faces on the street im...") (current)
- 19:18, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+5,023) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (106) (Created page with "'''106. Badger Fights''' There was a practical joke that used to be played on innocent newcomers to the community in the earlier days, and which usually brought about a much ...") (current)
- 19:17, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,796) . . N Dusting Off the Old Ones (113) (Created page with "113. Custer County Organized The publication of the first minutes of the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Custer County is of real historic value and will also...") (current)
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