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Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, under the editorial supervision of Tom Stout (1921) (14591667378)

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Title: Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, under the editorial supervision of Tom Stout ...

Year: 1921 (1920s)

Authors: Stout, Tom, 1879- ed

Subjects: Montana -- History Montana -- Biography

Publisher: Chicago, American Historical Society

Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ove his team onto the boat. Thehorses were on board, but as the wheels of thecoach struck the edge of the boat they pushed itfrom the shore and tlie coach went into the icywater, the two men being drowned. The other sixpassengers were rescued. Later Mr. Rowe drovebetween St. .Anthony and Anoka, Minnesota, andbetween Clearwater and Mantoville. Then Mr. Rowechanged his vocation and for a time engaged in theoperation of a saloon and billiard hall in St. Cloud.In the spring of 1864 he bought a team of horses,harness and a wagon, and loading up witli elevenbarrels of flour, he headed for Selkirk. Canada.There he sold his flour and his watch and returnedto St. Cloud, where he found his partner in thebusiness there had sold his interest, ^(r. Rowe tliensold his own interest and went to St. Paul, wherehe entered the employ of the Minnesota Stage Com-pany. .About this time he met with a serious mis-fortune, losing the sight of both of his eyes forabout two years. He went to visit his family in

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HISTORY OF MONTANA 681 Illinois and while there had his eyes treated, withsuccessful results, the sight being restored. For one year Mr. Rowe was in business in GrantCounty, Wisconsin, but in June, 1867, he landed atFort Benton, Montana, having come up the MissouriRiver from Omaha on the steamer Deer Lodge.From there he went to Helena, walking the greaterpart of the distance, and there bought a horse, withwhich he went with the stampede to Blue CloudGulch, where he engaged in prospecting and min-ing. Eventually he gave his claim away for a tincupand a butcher knife and returned to Helena, wherehe engaged in mining. Later he drove a six-horsestage outfit between Helena and Canada Ranch, buta year later returned to Fort Benton and engaged inthe feed stable business. In the sprnig of 1869 hebought a span of mules and started for Silver Creek,but his mules got away and he chased them to WolfCreek, thence to Helena, where he engaged in haul-ing dirt for $20 a day. He sold his wagon for $12

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