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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | "Describes Helena in the Old Days", excerpt of article entitled "Keiser Tries his Luck at Mining Gold, but Life Palls", Billings Gazette |
| Archival Reference | M-4561-55 |
| Sub-collection | Southern Alberta Research Project |
| Author | Billings Gazette |
| Date | Jan 1935 |
| Document Type | Newspapers and magazines |
| Contents | 6 pages relating to the whiskey trade and the Cypress Hill Massacre, taken from Chapter 14 of the Billings Gazette. |
| Sub-collection Information | This collection was compiled by Eleanor Luxton, a Glenbow Museum staff member, who was hired from 1956 to 1961 to gather information pertaining to southern Alberta pioneers, North-West Mounted Police (NWMP), Presbyterian missionaries, Fort Whoop Up, whiskey traders, Fort Benton, newspaper and newspaper editors, First Nations of Canada, and southern Alberta history in general. The information came primarily from interviews with pioneers and their descendants, and from articles in Montana and Alberta newspapers.The collection consists of alphabetically arranged biographical files, typescripts of newspaper articles and research notes, and photographs of NWMP, oldtimers and general views of southern Alberta. Consists of these series: Fort Benton and Montana (1867-1956); North-West Mounted Police - General (1872-1947); North-West Mounted Police - Detachments and outposts (1882-1955); North-West Mounted Police - Old timers (1913-1957); Southern Alberta newspapers and editors (1923-1955); Presbyterian Church and ministers (1883-1926; First Nations of Canada (1877-1954); High River pioneers (compiled 1956-1960); Southern Alberta general history (compiled 1956-1961); and photographs (1870s-1930s). |
| Region | American Midwest |
| Subjects | Alcohol First Nations Commerce and Trade Hunting Law and Order Travel and Transportation Weaponry Piegans [Piikáni] Blackfoot [Niitsitapi] Blood Tribe [Kainai] Cree [Nehiyaw] Death Women's History Indigenous Peoples |
| Places | Montana |
| People | Rann, Jonh Hard, Charles |
| Themes | Business, Trade & Commerce; Warfare & Military History |
| Library | Glenbow Museum |
| Copyright | Glenbow Museum |