. An illustrated history of the state of Montana, containing ... biographical mention ... of its pioneers and prominent citizens. ecame a Captain. TheEnglish confiscated all his property. He lived an hon-ored citizen of the republic and reared a large William Harmons parents, when he was fifteenyears of age, moved lo the then Territory of Minnesotaand located at St. Anthony Falls, now Minneapolis. Thiswas in 1850. The following year he shot buffalo nearwhere the West Hotel now stands in Minneapolis. Hereceived an academic education, and when twenty yearsof age engaged in the har
. An illustrated history of the state of Montana, containing ... biographical mention ... of its pioneers and prominent citizens. ecame a Captain. TheEnglish confiscated all his property. He lived an hon-ored citizen of the republic and reared a large William Harmons parents, when he was fifteenyears of age, moved lo the then Territory of Minnesotaand located at St. Anthony Falls, now Minneapolis. Thiswas in 1850. The following year he shot buffalo nearwhere the West Hotel now stands in Minneapolis. Hereceived an academic education, and when twenty yearsof age engaged in the hardware business, and had con-structed a steamboat, the H. M. Rice, at a cost of $21,000,of which he was Captain, and which plied between Min-neapolis and St. Cloud, aud did a large and profitablebusiness. During one season he had all he could do with threeboats. He was doing an immense business when the warbroke out in 1861, when he dropped ever3thing to fightfor his country, and responded to President Lincolns firstcall for troops. He enlisted in the First Regiment ofMinnesota Volunteer Infantry in April, 1861, and was I II. Q^ /^>.>^- HISTORY OP MONTANA. CASCADE COtNTY. Though Cascade county has no importantquartz mines, Great Falls has by its railroadsall the business advantages of Neihart andBarker; and by the most direct conininnication,the Spotted Horse leads Maiden and the miningcamps of the Little Bult to this city. GreatFalls still holds the great river, its vast powers,the smelters, and extensive reduction works. mustered in as Sergeant, and participated in all the hard-fought battles of the Army of the Potomac, and was pro-moted from time to time until he reached the rank ofCaptain. He was First Lieutenant at the battle of Get-tysburg, then in General Hancocks corps, where hewas severely wounded. It was in that battle that hisregiment sustained the heaviest loss of all the regimentsin the Federal army during the war, having lost eighty-two per cent, killed and w
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