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Montana has important economics based on mining and agriculture, which rely on movement of materials of a bulk nature extensively involving railroads. Up to the days of the 1908 Homestead Act, mining and ranching were key, but that was all changed primarily with the arrival of railroads in the 1880's. Before railroads, shipment of supplies to Montana was by river steamboat, which travel time took months, or by wagon with limited load capacity. None of the railroad expansion would have been...
Prior to the 1970 Gold Medal Basketball Tournament, in Juneau, Alaska, three men, one of which intended to play in the tournament, decided to spend a few days hunting seals in Seymour Canal on Admiralty Island. The weather was calm and many seals had been seen the previous spring in that area. For safety purposes, three men took two small boats nine miles from the Juneau Harbor down Gastineau Channel, around Marmion Island, five miles across Stephens Passage, three miles up Oliver's Inlet and over a rail tram to Seymour Canal. The trip over...
June 25, 1876 was a date that triggered intense investigation, debate, and writing regarding Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer and the "Battle of the Little Bighorn." Recent field investigation has defined types of armaments, strategic positions, and a host of minutia regarding the Seventh Cavalry and participating Indians. No doubt the Indians greatly outnumbered the Cavalry, but also had some advantages in weaponry. The question has long been asked, "How and why did the U.S. Army send...
