Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
An ad for the Windsor Hotel that was located on the northwest corner of Main and First Streets. The brick duplex that stands there now was the main floor of the hotel. The upper story was damaged by fire in the early 20th century and removed.
8 YEARS AGO: NOVEMBER, PART I: In early November 1897, there was plenty of Montana and national news. It was reported that Butte counted 52 deaths during October, a number of them miners who experienced horrible deaths and some ladies of questionable morals in the shady parts of town. A young man dropped dead in Marysville while dancing a waltz; Louis Desberges of Great Falls had been of unsound mind for some time, attempted suicide by jumping in the Missouri River; four men escaped from prison at Deer Lodge with two captured in Pocatello, Idaho; and a young school teacher in Sweet Grass cou...
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