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During the 1880s, he was appointed deputy sheriff in Coulson, Montana, and a town marshal in Red Lodge, Montana. [9] In his time, he was a sailor, scout, soldier, gold seeker, hunter, trapper, woodhawk, whiskey peddler, guide, deputy, constable, and log cabin builder, taking advantage of any source of income-producing labor he could find.
The Jersey Lilly, Judge Roy Bean's saloon in Langtry, Texas, c. 1900. A Western saloon is a kind of bar particular to the Old West. Saloons served customers such as fur trappers, cowboys, soldiers, lumberjacks, businessmen, lawmen, outlaws, miners, and gamblers. A saloon might also be known as a "watering trough, bughouse, shebang, cantina ...
The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last few ...
Billings is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Montana, with a population of 117,116 as of the 2020 census. [4] Located in the south-central portion of the state, it is the seat of Yellowstone County and the principal city of the Billings Metropolitan Area, which had a population of 184,167 in the 2020 census. [5]
Montana's Agony; Years of War and Hysteria, 1917-1921 (Gainesville: University Presses of Florida, 1979). 174 pp. online; Lemon, Greg. Blue Man in a Red State: Montana's Governor Brian Schweitzer and the New Western Populism (2008) Mills, David W. Cold War in a Cold Land: Fighting Communism on the Northern Plains (2015) Col War era; excerpt
L. O. Hillman's Wild West Aggregation]] (1900–1920) Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West (1907–1916 & 1925–1931) Pate Boone Wild West Show; Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show; Poe's Wild West Show (1913–1915) Texas Jack's Wild West (1901–1905) Texas Jay Davis & Sons Wild West Rodeo (1930s, 1940s) Young Buffalo Wild West Annie Oakley and ...
Charles E. Bassett (October 30, 1847 – January 5, 1896) was a lawman and saloon owner in the American Old West in Dodge City.He was one of the founders of the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, served as the first sheriff of Ford County, Kansas, as well as city marshal of Dodge City.
[2]: 6 Paramount to these establishments was the Casino Theater, a mixture of a saloon, dance hall and brothel. In the late 19th century, several prominent Montanans owned brothels in Butte, including Lee Mantle, who would go on to be a United States senator, and Anton M. Holter, a wealthy businessman from Helena, Montana. [2]: 6–8