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This Week In History
Author: Linda Huth, Broadwater County Museum Curator
“What Happened this Week in History”
Submitted by Linda Huth; Sponsored by: The Broadwater County Historical Society and the Cotter Foundation
July 3
1902
“Local News”
Orlando Allen, accompanied by his brothers, Truman and Otho, and sister, Pearl, came over from the mines near Dogtown Sunday. They will remain until after the festivities of the fourth.
The largest, juiciest and freshest strawberries we have sampled this year were picked in the patch belonging to Mrs. J.E. Kanouse and in the yard of the family residence. Had we mentioned this fact before, the Kanouse family might have suffered considerable inconvenience by sustaining the loss of the berries. But alas! Ye scribe left none in the patch.
If reports are reliable, Monta Thomas of Duck Creek met with a real hold-up adventure on Sunday while on the road from White Sulphur Springs home. The facts, if true, and we understand Mr. Thomas tells the story himself, are to the effect that on the road from the Springs, about four miles out of town, a stranger asked to ride. The request was granted, and after riding a short distance, Mr. Thomas got out of the wagon to drink in the river or creek and while doing so he was struck on the head with a club by the stranger and knocked unsensible. His pockets were rifled of their contents and before he could recover, the bold man had vanished. Those to whom Mr. Thomas told the story saw the bruise on his head and noticed a fracture in his hat caused by the club. Just how much cash was taken, we did not learn.
1941
“Local News”
Dimmit Clark recently received the appointment of shop supervisor at the N.Y.A. school in Helena. Mrs. Clark and family will move into Helena in time for the opening of schools in the fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoppe and little son, Robert Rudolph, spent last week in Worden visiting Mrs. Hoppe’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Moore. They reported the weather very warm and dry in that section.
Mrs. Geo. Daniell of Elko, Nev. is here visiting her sister, Mrs. Mort Sperry and Mr. Sperry and her brother Edgar Dawson and family. Mrs. Daniell will be remembered as Miss Daisy Dawson, who attended school here.
Dr. and Mrs. Frank P. Nash and little daughter and son moved into their new home the later part of last week and are now nicely settled for permanent residence. They purchased the home recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Ed O. Brown.
1958
“Little Old Lady Rocking Again”
Bill Huth of the Coffee Shop is all smiles this week because he has his clock working again, with the little lady rocking away as she has been for years. Bill has been ribbed unmercifully about the clock for some time when it failed to run, and then for weeks while it was sent back to the factory for repairs. But now that it is back, Bill and his customers are all happy again.
“Semi-Annual Visit”
E.B. Robison, better known as “Robby” or “Mayor of Diamond City,” was to town Monday on the usual trip, he says, to pay his bills. Robby is one of the best known miners of this section, having been mining in Confederate Gulch the past 40 years, and he only gets to town about twice a year. Monday he came in with Johnny Williams, who also mines in that section, his mine being located in Cement Gulch.
Mr. Robison, who has passed his 70th milepost, was getting about with the aid of two canes this trip. He says blood poisoning in both feet put him out of operation for some time and he is just now able to get around. Robby is the only resident of the once thriving Diamond City mining town up Confederate Gulch and has been visited by thousands of tourists who brave the mountain roads to witness his mining operation.
1975
“Toston-South of Townsend-Crow Creek News”
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Booher hosted a picnic at their place on Dry Gulch over the holiday. Invited guests were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kimpton, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kimpton and John, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Ferrat, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Grossman, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Vick, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Foss, Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Nichols and children, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rauser and family, Rick Price and Tim and Jerry Scheffield.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Arden and family and Amy and Bill Herrington and daughter enjoyed a picnic lunch on the 4th with Mrs. Wayne Herrington in Winston. After lunch, the kids went swimming in the lake.
Fourth of July weekend houseguests of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Kitto, Rod and Barb, were Duane Durkee of San Diego, California; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Neuman of Bend, Oregon; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Stewart of Dillon; and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lambott and girls of Rudyard. Mr. and Mrs. Evan Andren and girls and Boone Jones of Ennis joined them all for Sunday dinner.
“Little Easy Jet,” owned by Ward Scoffield and Wesley Diehl, has taken first place two weekends in a row at the Helena horse races.
Kelly and Kevin Flynn and Ron White of Western Montana College in Dillon spent the 4th weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Flynn and family.
Donna Dee Hunsaker of Provo, Utah, spent the holiday weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hunsaker and family. Holly Hunsaker and Linda Campbell, Chad and Brock took Donna Dee back to Provo, Utah on Sunday.
