Thomas H. Irvine Papers 1879-1926

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Thomas H. Irvine Papers 1879-1926

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Thomas H. Irvine (1845-1926) was sheriff of Custer and Ravalli counties and U.S. deputy marshal. Papers (1879-1926) include correspondence, personal diaries, lists of wanted criminals, court papers, and account books. There are also several reminiscences on "Big Nose George" Parrott, the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the Kansas Jayhawkers, and Irvine's journey across the plains (1864)

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Montana Historical Society Archives

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Irvine, Thomas H. (Thomas Howard), 1845-1926

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Thomas Howard Irvine was born in Madison County, Kentucky, on August 19, 1845, son of Thomas H. Irvine and his second wife, Sally Bryan. When Thomas was four years old, his family moved to St. Joseph, Missouri. In 1864, they crossed the plains by wagon train to Virginia City, Montana Territory, and eventually settled in the Deer Lodge Valley. Irvine was initially engaged in ranching and mining, but in the 1870s, he hired on as an independent scout for General Nelson Miles and was involved in sev...