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During the first part of February 1921, Rev. Leonard J. Christler was sent a telegram from St. John’s Episcopal Church in Auburn, New York, his former field. It was a call for him to come back to his field and be the rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church. Rev. Christler declined the offer. In March of that year, they notified him again to come back to his former field. This time, the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Kiwanis Club and other civic organizations of Auburn also wrote. They stated: “Auburn loves you, she needs...
(First in a two-part series) Organized in 1898, the missionaries who held services for the Episcopalians occasionally in Havre until 1907 were Bishop Brenner, the Rev. Harry Robbins, the Rev. John Mills, the Rev. Dr. Chestnut, the Rev. Robert Stringfellow and the Rev. David Fleming. On March 1, 1907, the Rev. Leonard Jacob Christler arrived in Havre from New York, where he was not only raised but he was a missionary in that area for six years. He was to make Havre his...
In 1874, Methodist minister, John Heyl Vincent and businessman Lewis Miller founded the Circuit Chautauqua, pronounced "shuh-TAW-kwa," in western New York state. It was held at Chautauqua Lake and was first designed for the study of the Bible, Sunday school methods and Sunday school teachers. Eventually, culture and entertainment was added. The program comprised religious presentations, plays, lectures and musical performers such as soloists, opera singers, orchestras, bands,...
The Havre Flood Control Project was divided in two sections - section one being the Bull Hook Unit and section two being the Milk River Unit. The Havre Daily News reported that the Bull Hook and Milk River units would provide flood protection for 1,278 residences, 152 businesses, 35 public buildings, highways in the area, streets, bridges, railroad and utilities. In January 1954, the endeavor was started to get preliminary work funds for building the dike along the Milk...
(This is the second of a two-part series about Havre's Bullhook drainage.) J. Kenneth Thayn Construction Co. of Salt Lake City was the lowest bidder and awarded the contract to construct the Bull Hook Unit of the Havre Flood Control Project. The Bull Hook Unit consisted of the construction of Bull Hook Dam, spillway, lower diversion dam, the Scott Coulee Dam, the channel to the Bull Hook Dam from the Scott Coulee Dam and other waterways in the area. On Sept. 14, 1953, a...
(This is part 1 of a 2 part series.) In 1913, James J. Hill, founder and owner of the Great Northern Railway, was in Havre for the J.J. Hill County Fair, then located east of town. J. J. Hill Day was on Sept. 15 and after greeting the crowd, he said, as the Havre Promoter reported: "The first time I came to this part of the country was long before you had a name. There was a little brook running into the Milk River that we called Bull Hook. In looking over a location for...
Keith J. Doll Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission This is part 1 of 2 parts. Oct. 14, 1892, Judge Dudley DuBose for the state of Montana, sold lots 19 and 20 in Block 20 in the Original Townsite of Havre for $28. These lots are where Helmbrecht Studio at 224 4th Ave., Credit Bureau of Havre at 228 4th Ave., the IOOF — Independent Order of Odd Fellows — building at 230 4th Ave. and Kostelecky Chiropractic Clinic at 236 4th Ave. are today. After selling a couple more times, they were bought by the trustees of...
