Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-08-02
' EDWARD B. REYNOLDS

lies in Montana and probably one
the most interesting. IL was near
re than Granville and James
uart discovered gold on Gold
rel, then known rs Benetsee
rek. and started the rush that
TO the settling of Montana.
ire, too, was the ranch of John
Grant, famed for its hospitality
Al 50 widely known that some
andering miner with desire to
N tourists placed 4 rough hewn
ard sign at the confluence of
overhead river and Rattlesnake
EEK On it he daubed in axle
Ease the words:
n grass Hop Per digins 80 myle
4 the trale mex the bluffe."
the other side he wrote:
10 Jonni Grants one Hundred &
I'll myle."
rant, one of the first settlers in
valley started a beef herd in 1853,
ing the cattle in from the Oregon
The site of his ranch is one
he historical spots of interest today
he vicinity of Deer Lodge. In fact,
Ent'S fame was such that a New
Is party held in 1861 is mentioned
Btneys "Vigilantes," a book deal
With early Montana history. The
sy lasted several days when the
SIS we're snowbound by a blizzard.
Sells Out to KOhrs
Gan, sold out his herd in 1865 to
mad Kohrs, later to become one
Non. ana's greatest of the old cattle
rs III the 1906 KohrS was aSSOci-
With Granville Stuart and the
EsnbeTgS. These one-time residents
Deer Lodge were important men
the early history Of the livestock
trStrv in Montana. They ranged
E cattle throughout the eastern
Z o. the state as well as in Deer
Gge valley. An example OF their i'm
rance is shown in the fact that the
& meeting of the Helena group
b la'er combined with the Eastern
ntana Livestock association of Miles
y 10 form the present Montana
(nkgrOWerS association was called by
brad KohrS, and Granville Stuart
Is elected president.
IN the first executive committee OF
combined Montana Stockgrower5
Eociation, formed in April, 1885, Con-
Kohrs represented Deer Lodge
tnty: Granville Stuart. Meagher
unity. and Nicholas Bielenberg. Silver
n county.
" A Clark, famous in mining his
b. OF Montana, was another early
b resident of Deer Lodge. Clark went
! to become one Of Montana'S great
b copper kings and his rivalry with
trcus DAILY in the capital fight be-
)Feen Anaconda and Helena IS almost
ksndary. The Clark House. 81 CLARK
fsnue in Deer Lodge, is one OF the
bon places of that city, dating back
the 1865.
Is. f Larabie. banker and capitalist,
rs another famous Deer Lodge resi-
Elt In fact, almost all OF the leading
Fsl in Montana'S pioneer history at
|ne Tine or another were in Deer
lldge during the early days.
First Called Cottonwood
Deer Lodge sprang into being shortly
Ter the first gold strikes were made
that area in 1862 1t was a shack
VT that was called at first by the
ames of Cottonwood. Spanish Forks
I'd La Barge. Some of its first resi-
sltS we're French and Spanish settlers
ho moved down from Fort Union. In
A the name Deer Lodge was OIL
ally adopted.
Deer Lodge owed much of its pros
city in the early days TO travellers
Using through the town. Capt. Jonn
lillian lists it in his Miners ana
-avelers' Guide to Oregon, Washing,
Z, Idaho. Montana, Wyoming ana
1orado." Travellers coming over the
lllan wagon road could get fresh
setables and meat and there was a
acksmith to repair their battered
ICONS and shoe their horses and oxen.
rthermore, they were always as
red a fine welcome. In fact, the
ners enroute to Bearmouth called
er Lodge the good little town on
E road to Bear"
Today Deer Lodge enjoys the SAINT,
e reputation as good little town.
is a pleasant place in which 10
AK Journey and the tourist who
fortunate enough to stop off enroute
Butte, Helena, MisSoula or some
Ter larger Montana city soon dis
'ers the meaning OF real western
spitality.
Deer Lodge is not tourist town:
ere is no ballyhoo of go-getters with
cial prices for the visitor and the
a of getting them while the get
6 is good" Instead the visitor Is
eted in friendly manner that IS
ual and sincere. The manager OF
hotel is Just as likely to carry the
SITS bag up in person and he Is
Grenier knows where the fish are
ng, and smiling Ted Coey is always
dy to put himself out for a stran-
There is a friendly crowd around
drug store and almost any place
is likely to run into Chuck Grouse
} will take time off from gathering
IS notes for the Silver State Post to
wer questions of historical fact or
Sent-day information.
Much to Interest Tourists
eer Lodge has much to offer the
rist who is willing to slow himself
n to the leisurely tempo of its
dents. A walk through its pleasant
streets is relaxing.
den away in a grove Of trees may
seen a log house that dates back
pioneer days. Nearby a castle
hit rear itself upwards in decadent
lie at the wealth of its early day
era wealth that was drawn from
mines or vast ranches. On all
S may be seen the old and the
relics of frontier days standing
in arm with the most modern adj
fifteen miles south of Deer Lodge