EARLY HISTORY
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My Native State
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Early History
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Carroll (#2) Dawson County, Montana Territory
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Good Buffalo Horse Was Worth A Lot
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Mining History Mining-Coal- Oil Speculation
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Oil
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Cone Butte District
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Gas Wells Near Fergus
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Missouri River Steamboats
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Daredevil Steamboat Raced
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Steamboat and Wood Hawks
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The Names and Legends of Landmarks, Trails and Streams
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Carroll #1 and Carroll Trail
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Black Butte
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Ross Pass-Freight Road
Photos-description of Photos in part-1 of this chapter
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Early Homestead Days
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When and Why and How of Homesteaders
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Homestead Acts
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Homestead Act
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Desert Claims
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Timber and Stone Land
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Pre-Emption
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Soldiers Additional Scrip
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Coal Land
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Mineral Land
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Homesteading and Homesteaders
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My Montana Experience
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Northland Overland Pony Express
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Telegraph 1882
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Country Post Offices
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Roy Post Office Named By Mistake In 1892
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Weather "The Wind"
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In And Under The Montana Prairie Skies
Photos-description of Photos in part-2 of this chapter
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Chinook
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Mirage
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Aurora Borealis-Northern Lights
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Sundogs and Rainbows
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Indian Summers
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Some Storms I Can Well Remember
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Valentine Weather Station
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50 Years Of Weather Statistics
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Mobridge Weather Statistics
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Roy Floods-June 1962
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Weather Briefs From Yesteryear
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Excerpt From A Diary Kept By Marie Zahn
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Railroad
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Cowboys-Cattle Roundups - "The Last Old Timer"
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Horses--Horses
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Some Remembrances Of Those Early Days Of Riding On The Range
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The West Was Wild When Larry Jordan Was In The Saddle
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Adventures Of Cowpunching
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Cowboy Days In Fergus County
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In the Good Old Days
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The Real Cowboys
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A Great Roundup
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Steers Who Were Pals
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A Remarkable Pair
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Get a Respite
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A Few of the Old Guard
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Grazing Districts
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Indian Butte Grazing District
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Crooked Creek Cooperative Grazing Association
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WPA Days
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Schools-"Tommy"
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Country Schools
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Going To School In The Country
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Anna Roberts Duffy Remembers Days As School Ma'am
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Fergus County Superintendents
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Lawrence Barsness and Elizabeth Barsness Green
Photos-description of Photos in part-4 of this chapter
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