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    112°04′38″W / 45.32528°N 112.07722°W / 45.32528; -112.07722 Alder Gulch (alternatively called Alder Creek) is a place in the Ruby River valley, in the U.S...
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    and 1864. This resulted in the formation of the Vigilance Committee of Alder Gulch and the infamous Montana Vigilantes. Up to 15 road agents were hanged...
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  • bring order to lawless communities in and around the gold fields of Alder Gulch and Grasshopper Creek. There are estimates that over 100 persons were...
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    migrants who initiated major gold rushes at Grasshopper Creek (Bannack) and Alder Gulch (Virginia City) in 1862 and 1863 respectively. So many people came that...
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    discovered at Alder Gulch, where the town of Virginia City was established. Other rich placer deposits were found at Last Chance Gulch, where the city...
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    Publishers. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-7864-8496-6. Miner, Allen H. (April 8, 1957), Alder Gulch, Tales of Wells Fargo, retrieved July 6, 2022 "The Nickel Pop Gazette"...
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  • practicing the "Georgian method" of placer mining. In 1864, they left the Alder Gulch area of Virginia City, Montana Territory, heading north toward the Kootenai...
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    response some leaders in Virginia City formed the Vigilance Committee of Alder Gulch and began to take action against Plummer's gang, gaining confessions...
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    [citation needed] and traveled west to try his hand at gold digging in Alder Gulch, Montana Territory. He also became a "woodhawk", supplying cord wood...
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  • Alder Creek (Beaver Kill), a stream in Ulster County, New York Alder Creek (Sanders County, Montana) Alder Creek (Clatsop County, Oregon) Alder Gulch...
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    a gold miner (Henry Finnis Edgar, one of the discoverers of gold at Alder Gulch), and a cowboy (unidentified, but said to be inspired by the works of...
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    was founded in the early 1860s, in the wake of a major gold find in Alder Gulch, which ascends into the mountains to the south. It grew rapidly with...
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    1863, the discovery of gold in Alder Gulch sparked a gold rush to the area. Miners quickly settled the length of the gulch and established homes and businesses...
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    descends from the town of West Yellowstone. In 1863, gold was discovered in Alder Gulch. This brought on "the rush". Two months later, William Ennis homesteaded...
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    these was Trouble Shooter (1936), followed by The Border Trumpet (1939), Alder Gulch (1942) and Bugles in the Afternoon (1943). Trouble Shooter, according...
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    portions of two trails that met in Virginia City, the center of the Alder Gulch gold rush of the mid-1860s and the second territorial capital of Montana...
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    Jesse James – Sheriff Hillstrom (1957) Tales of Wells Fargo – episode – Alder Gulch – Boone Helm (1957) Broken Arrow – episode – The Broken Wire – Bobo Conway...
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    Worlds of Fun National Museum of Transportation (trolley on grounds) Alder Gulch Shortline Railroad Central Montana Rail, Inc. Fremont and Elkhorn Valley...
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    (1862–69), including: Bannack, Virginia City (Alder Gulch), and Helena (Last Chance Gulch) (1862–64) Confederate Gulch (1864–69) Stikine Gold Rush, British Columbia...
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    River to Fort Benton, Montana Territory. When gold was found at the Alder Gulch claim in Montana in 1863, streams of hopeful prospectors migrated to...
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    deposits were discovered in May 1863. Or perhaps he sought to reach Alder Gulch near Virginia City, Montana, because it had produced $31 million in gold...
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  • oxidized basin. Barton Gulch, also known as the Barton Gulch Alder Complex, was discovered in 1972 and first excavated in 1979. Barton Gulch is dated to 9400...
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    major gold strike at Alder Gulch, Montana. Story learned of a gold field that he felt had not been fully worked near Alder Gulch and began working it...
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  • at Hell Gate on November 24, 1862. In 1863, the discovery of gold at Alder Gulch brought hundreds of settlers to the region, allowing Hell Gate to prosper...
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    Montgomery Creek Russian Creek Wildcat Creek Alder Creek Whisky Creek Rum Creek China Gulch Singletree Gulch Ajax Gulch Grave Creek Reuben Creek Rock Creek McNair...
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    the mid-19th century that became the site of the community. The nearby Alder Gulch gold rush of the 1860s brought thousands of miners to the area, and while...
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    Confederate Gulch is a steeply incised gulch or valley on the west-facing slopes of the Big Belt Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana. Its small stream...
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    Dwight Newton March 25, 1957 (1957-03-25) Featuring Rusty Lane. 3 3 "Alder Gulch" Allen H. Miner Frank Gruber April 8, 1957 (1957-04-08) Featuring Lee...
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    acres (8.9 ha) on which he built his mansion. Originally called Alder Manor after Alder Gulch, his hometown, since the cliffs of the Palisades across the...
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    Toponce followed the rush to Alder Gulch, where Virginia City, Montana was soon founded. The returns from his Alder Gulch claim were very good, but not...
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