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Facts: Montana Firsts: Popular Culture
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[Edward S. Godfrey next to car and field wagon, Rosebud camp.]
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Popular Culture
Automobiles
- John Gillie was the owner of the first factory built car in Butte. Mr. Gillie acquired his auto in 1900 from the "Mobile" Company of America. The factory was located at Kingsland Point, Philipse-Manor-on-the-Hudson, N.Y. John Brisben Walker was president and William A. Bell vice-president of the company. (Montana Standard, Butte, February 14, 1937)
- In 1913 the Montana Legislative Assembly passed legislation requiring that every person owning a motor vehicle in the state register that vehicle with the Secretary of State's Office. The first vehicle registered with the Secretary of State's Office was registered by E. C. Largey of Butte in 1913. (RS250 Montana Secretary of State Records, Box 17, Folder3]
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