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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • State history. Native Americans. Epidemics. 1920-02-23


    • Piutes dying fast from flu

    • 1920

    • Piutes dying fast from flu. - Extermination by influenza of an entire settlement of Piute Indians living near Dyer, Nev., is threatened, according to Fred Fletcher, a rural mail carrier. He said every adult and child has been stricken and that 150...
    • State history. Native Americans. Epidemics. 1920-02-23
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1933-10-04


    • Dam site road promised

    • 1933

    • Dam site road promised. - Dill will use influence to obtain federal funds. - Assurance that Senator C. C. Dill will use his influence to get federal funds for the projected Okanogan-Coulee dam highway, which would shorten the distance from Okanogan...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1933-10-04
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Legislation. 1935-05-14


    • Coulee dam to be legalized

    • 1935

    • Coulee dam to be legalized. - Senator Johnson, Republican, of California, today introduced a bill to legalize Parker Dam, Grand Coulee Dam and twenty-four other dams toward the construction of which the Public Works Administration has alloted...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Legislation. 1935-05-14
    • Northwest history. Inventions & inventors. 1931-06-25


    • Clever invention way to fortune.

    • 1931

    • Clever invention way to fortune. -S. W. Small is about to receive patent for a stereotyping machine which the Missoulian states "does the work regularly done by the 'shaver' and the 'router,' which cost $2800 at the factory. The new combined router...
    • Northwest history. Inventions & inventors. 1931-06-25
    • State history. Native Americans. Fairs & rodeos. 1920-07-28


    • "Montana Red" secures Indians for interstate fair village

    • 1920

    • "Montana Red" secures Indians for interstate fair village. - "Montana Red" (O. D. Rotzel), who will be in charge of the Indian village at the Interstate fair September 6-11, returned Monday from a trip to the Colville and Pend Oreille reservations,...
    • State history. Native Americans. Fairs & rodeos. 1920-07-28
    • State history. Native Americans. Fairs & rodeos. 1929-04-04


    • Fair will give cash for relics

    • 1929

    • Fair will give cash for relics. - Pioneer and Indian department newest addition to booths. - Prize money amounting to about $150 will be offered entrants in the newly created pioneer and Indian department at the Interstate fair and livestock show,...
    • State history. Native Americans. Fairs & rodeos. 1929-04-04
    • State history. Native Americans. Fishing. 1936-06-13


    • 700 Indians to migrate

    • 1936

    • 700 Indians to migrate. - Seven hundred Indians were ready for mass migration today from the Kitwinga and Hazelton district homes to the fishing grounds at the Skeena river mouth, 150 miles distant.
    • State history. Native Americans. Fishing. 1936-06-13
    • State history. Native Americans. Irrigation. 1935-11-08


    • Engineers study Indian project in Eastern Idaho

    • 1935

    • Engineers study Indian project in Eastern Idaho. - Without indicating their attitude, W. S. Hanna of Billings, Mont., supervising engineer; H. V. Clotts of Los Angeles, assistant director of the Indian irrigation service, and Kenneth R. L. Simmons...
    • State history. Native Americans. Irrigation. 1935-11-08
    • State history. Native Americans. Land & property sales. 1923-05-12


    • Indians claim vast territory

    • 1923

    • Indians claim vast territory. - Nez Perce tribe retains attorneys to fight for Montana land. - Rely upon old treaty. - Tract Includes Billings, part of Yellowstone National Park and other areas. - The Nez Perce Indian tribe, in session here today,...
    • State history. Native Americans. Land & property sales. 1923-05-12
    • State history. Native Americans. Livestock. 1936-06-21


    • Flathead Indians branding calves

    • 1936

    • Flathead Indians branding calves. - The members of the Indian association are branding calves on the range. Under the supervision of John Farmer, the sub agent, 150 head were branded Friday and Saturday in the vicinity of Polson Work was resumed...
    • State history. Native Americans. Livestock. 1936-06-21
    • State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1926-02-04


    • Indian chieftain is laid at rest

    • 1926

    • Indian chieftain is laid at rest. - Funeral of Nespelem George held from Catholic church--Death takes Kamiuse. - The funeral of Nespelem George, Indian chieftain, was held yesterday at Nespelem without Indian rites. A service was held at the...
    • State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1926-02-04
    • State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1926-02-04


    • Indian chieftain is laid at rest

    • 1926

    • Indian chieftain is laid at rest. - Funeral of Nespelem George held from Catholic church--Death takes Kamiuse. - The funeral of Nespelem George, Indian chieftain, was held yesterday at Nespelem without Indian rites. A service was held at the...
    • State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1926-02-04

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