April 22 –On this day in Montana History in 1865, Montana’s
first newspaper, “The Post,” reported that 480 hungry and angry Nevada City
prospectors marched to nearby Virginia City “with an avowed determination to
take all the flour in town and divide it among those who had none.” Flour like most other supplies were short in
the gold-boom town area, the miners discovered about 82 sacks of flour hidden
away in Virginia City. A few days later things settled down and supplies came
in from Salt Lake City, and the ringleaders were ordered to pay for the
confiscated flour and damage caused in the search.
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