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Carroll Will Lie Under New Lake Was Rival of Fort Benton during Steamboat Days on Missouri River By Eva Town Murphy 1935 When the huge Fort Peck dam is filled with water, it will cover many historic spots, including some of the early buffalo feeding grounds, the old Indian trails, many of Montana's earliest ranches and a few old town sites, forts and trading centers. Some of these communities were founded for trading purposes, to get buffalo hides from the Indians, to be shipped by boat down the river. Often the whites gathered in groups so as to be safer from the attacks of the unfriendly Indians. It was very dangerous in the early seventies for a lone man or even a few men to go out to work, because of the hatred of some of these Indian tribes. When the town of Kerchival City, at the mouth of the Musselshell River was partially destroyed and all hopes of its future success abandoned, the inhabitants had to move. Some went back! down the river, but those who still wanted to pioneer and endure the hardships of frontier life, moved on up the river to a location about thirty miles farther. Here they chose a big flat of Missouri River bottom land where there was an abundance of cottonwood timber. These logs were splendid for building purposes, and they set to work to build a new town. They named it Carroll in honor of one of its ambitious promoters, Matthew Carroll. .. "Matt" Carroll was a native of Ireland, born in 1837. He came to Fort Benton in 1857 as a young man, seeking adventure and he got plenty of it in Montana. He worked at various jobs along the river, but his chief occupation was trading. His death is recorded in Helena on Feb. 3, 1909. Old Carroll was situated 35 miles from the present town of Roy, its nearest railroad center. It was more than 175 miles above fort Peck dam and the site will be at the very head of the huge body of water. The Carroll town site will lie beneath the water, only when the dam is completely filled. Carroll, unlike most of the other towns, was not built for trading purposes. A few of the friendly Indians came there to trade, but not in large numbers, and their trade was not solicited like at most trading posts. After the experiences at Kerchival City, the whites wished to live in peace with the Indians if such were possible. They built Carroll only for a river port. For a few years it was an early rival of Fort Benton. The river channel was deep up to this point, but the shallows further up made it impossible for big boats to reach Benton during low water. Many men moved down from Fort Benton to Carroll in hopes that the newer town had a more promising future. Those who remained in Fort Benton were jealous of the new town that took away so much of the river trade. Carroll was started early in the spring of 1874, by Carroll and a few friends. In May, Col. Clendennin and his group moved up from Kerchival City and within a few weeks many arrived from Fort Sheridan. The old fort was dismantled and all the available material was freighted to Carroll. A camp of soldiers was regularly stationed at Carroll for protection and other companies came with the large wagon trains to protect them from Indian interferences or other robberies. The Indians bothered very little at the new town, but occasionally a wagon train was attacked.
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Title | Fergus Crude oil to be refined in Lewistown. |
Description | Pertinent facts about the oil produced by the Arro Oil Company. The oil came from the Cat Creek oil field near Winnett, Montana in 1921. |
Creator | Lewistown Democrat News, Lewistown, Montana. |
Genre | documents |
Type | Text |
Language | eng |
Date Original | 1921-10-02 |
Subject (keyword) | Cat Creek Oil Field; Winnett, Montana; Arro Oil Company; |
Subject (AAT) | Oil; |
Rights Management | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ |
Contributing Institution | Lewistown Public Library, Lewistown, Montana |
Publisher (Original) | Lewistown Public Library, Lewistown, Montana. |
Geographic Coverage | Winnett, Montana. Lewistown, Montana. |
Coverage-date | 1921 |
Digital collection | Central Montana Historical Documents |
Digital Format | application/pdf |
Physical format | |
Digitization Specifications | Canon MX310 300dpi |
Full text of this item | Fergus crude oil to be refined in Lewistown Oct 2, 1921 Arro Prepares to Ship WINNETT, Oct. 1, (Special) Todays train brought in six big tank cars of the Montana Refining Company, of Billings. These will be filled with crude oil from the storage tanks of the 56 Petroleum Company for return to Billings. This will be the first shipment of $2.00 per barrel crude from the Cat Creek fields for a period of months. It will be the second Montana Independent refinery to ship crude oil from Winnett, the first one having been the Lewistown Refining Company, whose three car service began operations several weeks ago. The Arro Oil and Refining Company, of Lewistown, will be the next independent refinery to ship crude oil from this point. Harry Schwartz, for the Arro Company, has completed arrangements for the initial shipment, by way of the 56 Petroleum tanks through the Elk Basin line to the company��s loading racks in the local yards. There is very general gratification in Winnett, now that actual competitive buyers are so strongly in the market for Cat Creek crude, and there is confident belief that a new and higher price for the production of independent wells has actually dawned. Pertinent Facts Refinery located on Spring Creek between Milwaukee and Great Northern railroads. Site — 40 acre tract 2 ½ miles southwest of Lewistown. R. R. station, West Lewistown. Cost completed plant, $150,000. Value of oil in transit, at plant and distributing points, $17. Construction material, brick, cement and steel. Brick used, 500,000; steel, 23 cars. Fifteen miles of pipe, 1 to 6 inch. Value of fittings used, $10,000. Crude storage capacity at plant, 19,000. Private trackage for 20 cars. Four fire stills, weighing 26,600 pounds cash. Two steam stills, same weight, all 10X20 feet. Six condenser boxes, 10X6X30. Two 150 horse power boilers. Sixteen tanks, capacity over 19,000 barrels. Two fifty barrel sulphic acid tanks. One 500-barrel agitator. Three pumps 10X12X10 will unload tank car in 20 minutes. Numerous other miner pumps. Annual payroll, approximately $50,000. Paid in wages on construction to date. $20,000. Annual freight on oil from Winnett, approximately $17,000. One hundred tank cars contracted for. One carload of steel barrels. When running capacity, value of products will reach $10,000 daily. Market – Montana, Washington and Idaho. Two brick houses for men. Two brick residences for superintendent and assistant. Crude Production Off and the Demand for Oil Grows TULSA, Okla.—According to the American Petroleum Institute production last week was off approximately 15,000 barrels daily average, while there was a stronger demand for kerosene, and the revival of foreign trade indicates a revival of petroleum exports is near. Those conditions brought smiles to the faces of the oil operators, producers and refiners throughout the Mid-Continent field. West Texas and Central Texas field and Central Texas field, Kansas and Oklahoma, the total of the eastern state production and a slight increase in production in the fields of North Texas. Thus for the last two weeks with trade demands brisk, there has been a steady reduction apparently in petroleum stocks. North Texas again held the strongest demand for volatiles, and fuel oil prices remained steady. Refiners in Wichita Falls and other West Texas centers are running at full capacity now with the demand crowding them. Their production for some time is reported contracted. |
Local Identifier | SC 8.7 |
Description
Title | Fergus Crude oil 1 |
Type | Text |
Contributing Institution | Lewistown Public Library, Lewistown, Montana |
Digital Format | application/pdf |
Digitization Specifications | Canon MX310 300dpi |
Full text of this item | Carroll Will Lie Under New Lake Was Rival of Fort Benton during Steamboat Days on Missouri River By Eva Town Murphy 1935 When the huge Fort Peck dam is filled with water, it will cover many historic spots, including some of the early buffalo feeding grounds, the old Indian trails, many of Montana's earliest ranches and a few old town sites, forts and trading centers. Some of these communities were founded for trading purposes, to get buffalo hides from the Indians, to be shipped by boat down the river. Often the whites gathered in groups so as to be safer from the attacks of the unfriendly Indians. It was very dangerous in the early seventies for a lone man or even a few men to go out to work, because of the hatred of some of these Indian tribes. When the town of Kerchival City, at the mouth of the Musselshell River was partially destroyed and all hopes of its future success abandoned, the inhabitants had to move. Some went back! down the river, but those who still wanted to pioneer and endure the hardships of frontier life, moved on up the river to a location about thirty miles farther. Here they chose a big flat of Missouri River bottom land where there was an abundance of cottonwood timber. These logs were splendid for building purposes, and they set to work to build a new town. They named it Carroll in honor of one of its ambitious promoters, Matthew Carroll. .. "Matt" Carroll was a native of Ireland, born in 1837. He came to Fort Benton in 1857 as a young man, seeking adventure and he got plenty of it in Montana. He worked at various jobs along the river, but his chief occupation was trading. His death is recorded in Helena on Feb. 3, 1909. Old Carroll was situated 35 miles from the present town of Roy, its nearest railroad center. It was more than 175 miles above fort Peck dam and the site will be at the very head of the huge body of water. The Carroll town site will lie beneath the water, only when the dam is completely filled. Carroll, unlike most of the other towns, was not built for trading purposes. A few of the friendly Indians came there to trade, but not in large numbers, and their trade was not solicited like at most trading posts. After the experiences at Kerchival City, the whites wished to live in peace with the Indians if such were possible. They built Carroll only for a river port. For a few years it was an early rival of Fort Benton. The river channel was deep up to this point, but the shallows further up made it impossible for big boats to reach Benton during low water. Many men moved down from Fort Benton to Carroll in hopes that the newer town had a more promising future. Those who remained in Fort Benton were jealous of the new town that took away so much of the river trade. Carroll was started early in the spring of 1874, by Carroll and a few friends. In May, Col. Clendennin and his group moved up from Kerchival City and within a few weeks many arrived from Fort Sheridan. The old fort was dismantled and all the available material was freighted to Carroll. A camp of soldiers was regularly stationed at Carroll for protection and other companies came with the large wagon trains to protect them from Indian interferences or other robberies. The Indians bothered very little at the new town, but occasionally a wagon train was attacked. |
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