Killed in the Blood Indian Massacre near Loma, Montana
The marker incorrectly identifies Frank H. Angevine as "Frank Angeline". Suggestion and the newspaper articles in the bio section were sent by contributor RunnionMT #49509864
The River Press (Fort Benton, Montana)
December 18, 1957, p. 12 (excerpted):
Several letters have been received from Dr. J. Hayward Friend, of Milwaukee Wisconsin, regarding a long ago fight between Blood Indians and ten whites, in which all the white men involved were killed. The date was 1865 and the place near present day Loma. Dr. Friend's grandfather and an uncle were among those killed. A few years go descendant of Franklin and George Friend had a marker monument placed at the battle site. Later Dr. Friend visited this area to find that there was a possibility the marker would be destroyed or damaged, and has been in correspondence with Fort Benton and Loma people to arrange for the moving it to a suitable site. Files of the River Press provide the following information regarding the battle and its background:
in February 1865, a group of Montana men received a charter from the legislature at Bannock giving permission for the foundation of the town of Ophir on the south bank of the Marias, North Ophir on the opposite side and East Ophir across the Missouri river; to construct a wagon road and later railway to a point above the Great Falls of the Missouri; to improve the Missouri river channel for private use above the falls, and to operate steamboats thereon. The ambitious plans were aimed at securing a vital monopoly on river and highway transportation, and supplanting Fort Benton as head of navigation on the Missouri river. The Ophirites leased the steamboat Cutter, built a sawmill and set to work sawing lumber and building frame and log cabins at Ophir, and by the spring of 1865 had made a substantial beginning on their proposed ton. A bloody street fight in Fort Benton, in which they had no hand, ruined the project. Blood Indians had stolen 40 horses near Fort Benton from beaver trappers led by Charlie Carson, cousin of the more famous Kit Carson, and a few days later the trappers attacked a band of Bloods, killed three and threw their bodies in the Missouri river. The survivors of the Bloods went for reinforcements and came back planning to even their score with the whites. May 25th tem men from the Cutter went up the Marias for wood. They ran into the war party of Blood Indians and were killed in a running fight. Two or three Indians were killed. The men slain were N. W. Burris, Frank H. Angevine, Franklin Friend, George Friend, George Allen, Abraham Lott, Henry Martin, E. J. Martin, John Andrews and James Perie. The tragedy ended the Ophir project.
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Frank H. Angevine was appointed as the Council Assistant secretary for the first Montana Territory Legislature when they convened in December of 1864. Shortly before his death, he was a Deputy Revenue Collector for the Montana Division, formerly with the Collector's Office in Colorado. In October 1864 he formed a partnership with Baume and Merry for a grocery./ general merchandise store in Virginia City, then a booming camp in the early days of the gold fever stampede to Montana Territory. His name appears among the posse members formed to investigate the murder of a young man named Tbalt, which led to the first hanging of a road agent., George Ives, and the eventual formation of the Montana Vigilantes. As members of the Ophir Tow n Company, he and N. W. Burriswere present at the site on the Marias River overseeing operations, when the wood-cutting party was attacked and killed by the Blood Indians. In an article concerning the massacre, 'The Montana Post' of July 15, 1865, mentions their former Virginia City resident stating: "Frank Angevine was partner to Tom Baume, of this city. He was not married, but the young lady to whom he was engaged seems to have had a clear presentiment of his approaching death." On June 15, 1865, Thomas Baume was named as the administrator of the estate of Frank H. Angevine by the Probate Court, Territory of Montana, Madison County.
The marker incorrectly identifies Frank H. Angevine as "Frank Angeline". Suggestion and the newspaper articles in the bio section were sent by contributor RunnionMT #49509864
The River Press (Fort Benton, Montana)
December 18, 1957, p. 12 (excerpted):
Several letters have been received from Dr. J. Hayward Friend, of Milwaukee Wisconsin, regarding a long ago fight between Blood Indians and ten whites, in which all the white men involved were killed. The date was 1865 and the place near present day Loma. Dr. Friend's grandfather and an uncle were among those killed. A few years go descendant of Franklin and George Friend had a marker monument placed at the battle site. Later Dr. Friend visited this area to find that there was a possibility the marker would be destroyed or damaged, and has been in correspondence with Fort Benton and Loma people to arrange for the moving it to a suitable site. Files of the River Press provide the following information regarding the battle and its background:
in February 1865, a group of Montana men received a charter from the legislature at Bannock giving permission for the foundation of the town of Ophir on the south bank of the Marias, North Ophir on the opposite side and East Ophir across the Missouri river; to construct a wagon road and later railway to a point above the Great Falls of the Missouri; to improve the Missouri river channel for private use above the falls, and to operate steamboats thereon. The ambitious plans were aimed at securing a vital monopoly on river and highway transportation, and supplanting Fort Benton as head of navigation on the Missouri river. The Ophirites leased the steamboat Cutter, built a sawmill and set to work sawing lumber and building frame and log cabins at Ophir, and by the spring of 1865 had made a substantial beginning on their proposed ton. A bloody street fight in Fort Benton, in which they had no hand, ruined the project. Blood Indians had stolen 40 horses near Fort Benton from beaver trappers led by Charlie Carson, cousin of the more famous Kit Carson, and a few days later the trappers attacked a band of Bloods, killed three and threw their bodies in the Missouri river. The survivors of the Bloods went for reinforcements and came back planning to even their score with the whites. May 25th tem men from the Cutter went up the Marias for wood. They ran into the war party of Blood Indians and were killed in a running fight. Two or three Indians were killed. The men slain were N. W. Burris, Frank H. Angevine, Franklin Friend, George Friend, George Allen, Abraham Lott, Henry Martin, E. J. Martin, John Andrews and James Perie. The tragedy ended the Ophir project.
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Frank H. Angevine was appointed as the Council Assistant secretary for the first Montana Territory Legislature when they convened in December of 1864. Shortly before his death, he was a Deputy Revenue Collector for the Montana Division, formerly with the Collector's Office in Colorado. In October 1864 he formed a partnership with Baume and Merry for a grocery./ general merchandise store in Virginia City, then a booming camp in the early days of the gold fever stampede to Montana Territory. His name appears among the posse members formed to investigate the murder of a young man named Tbalt, which led to the first hanging of a road agent., George Ives, and the eventual formation of the Montana Vigilantes. As members of the Ophir Tow n Company, he and N. W. Burriswere present at the site on the Marias River overseeing operations, when the wood-cutting party was attacked and killed by the Blood Indians. In an article concerning the massacre, 'The Montana Post' of July 15, 1865, mentions their former Virginia City resident stating: "Frank Angevine was partner to Tom Baume, of this city. He was not married, but the young lady to whom he was engaged seems to have had a clear presentiment of his approaching death." On June 15, 1865, Thomas Baume was named as the administrator of the estate of Frank H. Angevine by the Probate Court, Territory of Montana, Madison County.
Killed in the Blood Indian Massacre near Loma, Montana
The marker incorrectly identifies Frank H. Angevine as "Frank Angeline". Suggestion and the newspaper articles in the bio section were sent by contributor RunnionMT #49509864
The River Press (Fort Benton, Montana)
December 18, 1957, p. 12 (excerpted):
Several letters have been received from Dr. J. Hayward Friend, of Milwaukee Wisconsin, regarding a long ago fight between Blood Indians and ten whites, in which all the white men involved were killed. The date was 1865 and the place near present day Loma. Dr. Friend's grandfather and an uncle were among those killed. A few years go descendant of Franklin and George Friend had a marker monument placed at the battle site. Later Dr. Friend visited this area to find that there was a possibility the marker would be destroyed or damaged, and has been in correspondence with Fort Benton and Loma people to arrange for the moving it to a suitable site. Files of the River Press provide the following information regarding the battle and its background:
in February 1865, a group of Montana men received a charter from the legislature at Bannock giving permission for the foundation of the town of Ophir on the south bank of the Marias, North Ophir on the opposite side and East Ophir across the Missouri river; to construct a wagon road and later railway to a point above the Great Falls of the Missouri; to improve the Missouri river channel for private use above the falls, and to operate steamboats thereon. The ambitious plans were aimed at securing a vital monopoly on river and highway transportation, and supplanting Fort Benton as head of navigation on the Missouri river. The Ophirites leased the steamboat Cutter, built a sawmill and set to work sawing lumber and building frame and log cabins at Ophir, and by the spring of 1865 had made a substantial beginning on their proposed ton. A bloody street fight in Fort Benton, in which they had no hand, ruined the project. Blood Indians had stolen 40 horses near Fort Benton from beaver trappers led by Charlie Carson, cousin of the more famous Kit Carson, and a few days later the trappers attacked a band of Bloods, killed three and threw their bodies in the Missouri river. The survivors of the Bloods went for reinforcements and came back planning to even their score with the whites. May 25th tem men from the Cutter went up the Marias for wood. They ran into the war party of Blood Indians and were killed in a running fight. Two or three Indians were killed. The men slain were N. W. Burris, Frank H. Angevine, Franklin Friend, George Friend, George Allen, Abraham Lott, Henry Martin, E. J. Martin, John Andrews and James Perie. The tragedy ended the Ophir project.
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Frank H. Angevine was appointed as the Council Assistant secretary for the first Montana Territory Legislature when they convened in December of 1864. Shortly before his death, he was a Deputy Revenue Collector for the Montana Division, formerly with the Collector's Office in Colorado. In October 1864 he formed a partnership with Baume and Merry for a grocery./ general merchandise store in Virginia City, then a booming camp in the early days of the gold fever stampede to Montana Territory. His name appears among the posse members formed to investigate the murder of a young man named Tbalt, which led to the first hanging of a road agent., George Ives, and the eventual formation of the Montana Vigilantes. As members of the Ophir Tow n Company, he and N. W. Burriswere present at the site on the Marias River overseeing operations, when the wood-cutting party was attacked and killed by the Blood Indians. In an article concerning the massacre, 'The Montana Post' of July 15, 1865, mentions their former Virginia City resident stating: "Frank Angevine was partner to Tom Baume, of this city. He was not married, but the young lady to whom he was engaged seems to have had a clear presentiment of his approaching death." On June 15, 1865, Thomas Baume was named as the administrator of the estate of Frank H. Angevine by the Probate Court, Territory of Montana, Madison County.
The marker incorrectly identifies Frank H. Angevine as "Frank Angeline". Suggestion and the newspaper articles in the bio section were sent by contributor RunnionMT #49509864
The River Press (Fort Benton, Montana)
December 18, 1957, p. 12 (excerpted):
Several letters have been received from Dr. J. Hayward Friend, of Milwaukee Wisconsin, regarding a long ago fight between Blood Indians and ten whites, in which all the white men involved were killed. The date was 1865 and the place near present day Loma. Dr. Friend's grandfather and an uncle were among those killed. A few years go descendant of Franklin and George Friend had a marker monument placed at the battle site. Later Dr. Friend visited this area to find that there was a possibility the marker would be destroyed or damaged, and has been in correspondence with Fort Benton and Loma people to arrange for the moving it to a suitable site. Files of the River Press provide the following information regarding the battle and its background:
in February 1865, a group of Montana men received a charter from the legislature at Bannock giving permission for the foundation of the town of Ophir on the south bank of the Marias, North Ophir on the opposite side and East Ophir across the Missouri river; to construct a wagon road and later railway to a point above the Great Falls of the Missouri; to improve the Missouri river channel for private use above the falls, and to operate steamboats thereon. The ambitious plans were aimed at securing a vital monopoly on river and highway transportation, and supplanting Fort Benton as head of navigation on the Missouri river. The Ophirites leased the steamboat Cutter, built a sawmill and set to work sawing lumber and building frame and log cabins at Ophir, and by the spring of 1865 had made a substantial beginning on their proposed ton. A bloody street fight in Fort Benton, in which they had no hand, ruined the project. Blood Indians had stolen 40 horses near Fort Benton from beaver trappers led by Charlie Carson, cousin of the more famous Kit Carson, and a few days later the trappers attacked a band of Bloods, killed three and threw their bodies in the Missouri river. The survivors of the Bloods went for reinforcements and came back planning to even their score with the whites. May 25th tem men from the Cutter went up the Marias for wood. They ran into the war party of Blood Indians and were killed in a running fight. Two or three Indians were killed. The men slain were N. W. Burris, Frank H. Angevine, Franklin Friend, George Friend, George Allen, Abraham Lott, Henry Martin, E. J. Martin, John Andrews and James Perie. The tragedy ended the Ophir project.
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Frank H. Angevine was appointed as the Council Assistant secretary for the first Montana Territory Legislature when they convened in December of 1864. Shortly before his death, he was a Deputy Revenue Collector for the Montana Division, formerly with the Collector's Office in Colorado. In October 1864 he formed a partnership with Baume and Merry for a grocery./ general merchandise store in Virginia City, then a booming camp in the early days of the gold fever stampede to Montana Territory. His name appears among the posse members formed to investigate the murder of a young man named Tbalt, which led to the first hanging of a road agent., George Ives, and the eventual formation of the Montana Vigilantes. As members of the Ophir Tow n Company, he and N. W. Burriswere present at the site on the Marias River overseeing operations, when the wood-cutting party was attacked and killed by the Blood Indians. In an article concerning the massacre, 'The Montana Post' of July 15, 1865, mentions their former Virginia City resident stating: "Frank Angevine was partner to Tom Baume, of this city. He was not married, but the young lady to whom he was engaged seems to have had a clear presentiment of his approaching death." On June 15, 1865, Thomas Baume was named as the administrator of the estate of Frank H. Angevine by the Probate Court, Territory of Montana, Madison County.
Inscription
Erected by J. H. Friend's Family
Descendants of Franklin Friend
For the Victims of Blood Indian Massacre
May 25, 1865
FRANK ANGELINE
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