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In 1917, a patriotic Billings mob forced town leaders to resign, declare their loyalty, and kiss the
In 1917, a patriotic Billings mob forced town leaders to resign, declare their loyalty, and kiss the flag
No one knows what Frederick Golding was doing near the railroad tunnel near the Rims.
The tunnel, which today is not far from some of Billings' most expensive houses, was far out of town a century ago.
And Golding was snooping around.
What he didn't know was on the night of Sept. 12, 1917, a small band of U.S. Army soldiers had been placed to guard the tunnel as part of the homeland defense during World War I.
They had caught the German-born Golding poking around.
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