The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-15

ran a short distance east of Main
street and extended from Park to
Silver Bow creek. The store was To-
Gated in the vicinity Of the Steamboat
block on lower Main street. John
Noyes, Dave Upton and Bill Hin came
in from California, packing their
his placer ground to them. This is
the site of the Noyes and Upton addi-
ton.
First Highland Location
He grubstaked Dan Parker, the
two Coleman boys and a man named
Rudy. They went to the Highlands
and made the first locations in that
district. Carver was located in with
them. He then removed his store
from what is now Butte to the High
lands and engaged in business there.
This man." broke in General
Warren, who was listening to the
talk, dug a pretty little hole six
feet deep in the Highlands and took
$1,000 in gold dust out of it,
II dug lot more holes and took
out lot more money" laughed Car
yer. "and spent it looking for
more"
In '6S he returned to Butte and
engaged In business there. He was
located at what is now called Bro
phys store. 1t may not be the oldest
building in Butte, say Warren and
Carver. but they do not know of any
that is older. Carver and Bill Owsley
ran billiard hall in the place. Later
Lee Foster and his partners, McRae
and Kleinschmidt, ran grocery
there.
Many Locations
Carver located the Thomas and
Plymouth lode claims about 1875.
Thomas Baker Of Baker & Harper did
the surveying for him.
He also located property at Rocker,
where he ran an arastra for IA years
en- properties in that vicinity.
Il was born in Ohio in lS4O," said
Carver. land married in Butte in
1868. Next August I will be 81
years old. Once I owned the water
in Divide creek and Little Basin
creek. I have been busy all my life.
II came to Montana in 1853 and
located at Bannack. We always had
bad element, but nothing like what
came after the railroads were built.
remember the hanging of the road
agents distinctly. Colonel Sanders,
who acted as prosecuting attorney,
stood upon the running gear OF a
dead-axe wagon to deliver his speech.
I'VE hanged them from the beam Of a
newly-erected house. kicking the
boxes from under their feet.
The FOad Agents Oath
THE road agents gang didn't try
any funny work. There were 5000
miners gathered about the place OF
trial. How did we round them up?
We found their oath, a declaration
LOT the most frightful character, which
Plummer and his gang had signed
with their own blood. Strong on the
melodramatic was that gang"
Carver is full of "reminiscences Of
the days when pulling match be-
J tween two husky miners was a thrill
ling event ON which hundreds of dol
lars were wagered; when Butte
didn't have q name or habitation.
Carver bears q scar in his cheel
, then Q police officer of the city, VIII
went on rampage at Chris Nissler'
saloon at Silver Bow. Only q Quicl
uAVsAOu VI SoSSc1 ucou SoSSV IA
life.
; Nissler's place was the scene o
more than one desperate act. Short
~ after the Carver shooting a maj
. named Beaudry, of the same stripe q
Cameron. according to the old-timeri
3 turned bad" He held up Pfouti
! store. which was in an old adob
Il building on South Montana street
r got $500 loot, went down to Silve
n Bow and announced his intention q
!. killing Nissler. He drew his gun an
was about to shoot Chris when Jir
e Overton stepped in between then
Overton was killed. Beaudry and al
e other man then came up to Butte
e Senator Lee Mantle and William Ov
! sley were in the livery business. TIL
I 1.-Two desperadoes stole . buggy frol