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resigned from the United States Senate, Gibson, a Democrat, was elected to fill the seat, and he served from March 7, 1901, until March 3, 1905. He did not seek re-election. He died in Great Falls and is buried there in Highland Cemetery.
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bypassed Great Falls to the north. Despite this setback, Great Falls became a major center of trade for area farmers and ranchers, and its dams on the Missouri River contributed power for ore processing and grain milling industries.
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Paris was married to Valeria Goodenow Sweat. They had four children; two died at an early age, at 1 and 2 years old. They had two sons who lived to adulthood.
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Kelly Parks purchased the Theo Gibson home in Great Falls in 2010. She asserts the house, which was built in 1890, is haunted by Valeria Gibson's ghost.
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at St. Anthony's Falls, he served on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents from 1871 through 1879, and was a founding Trustee for
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In 1912, Philip was sent to Warm Springs, a state mental hospital in
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Guide to the Paris Gibson Collection at the University of Montana
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Statue honoring Paris Gibson at Gibson Park, Great Falls, Montana
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legislature. After moving to Minnesota, where he built the
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and quickly recognized their potential for producing
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Index


United States Senator
Montana
William A. Clark
Thomas Henry Carter
Brownfield, Maine
Great Falls, Montana
Democratic
Alma mater
Bowdoin College
Brownfield, Maine
Bowdoin College
Democratic
United States Senate
Maine
North Star Woolen Mill
Lakewood Cemetery
Great Falls of the Missouri River
hydroelectric power
James J. Hill
Great Falls, Montana
Butte, Montana
Helena, Montana
Great Northern Railway
William A. Clark

Warm Springs, Montana


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