K96 FM: Wide Open Country » doc kearns http://k96fm.com Wide Open Country Sat, 25 May 2013 15:26:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Author Josh Kelly Visits Shelby to Talk Jack Dempsey http://k96fm.com/chicago-author-at-the-marias-museum/ http://k96fm.com/chicago-author-at-the-marias-museum/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:51:58 +0000 Jerry Puffer http://k96fm.com/?p=5532 Back in 1921, not long after oil had started gushing from our northern Montana fields, real estate sales here in Shelby were declining, dimming our little town's prospects of becoming the "Tulsa of the West." Then the mayor's son dreamed up a marketing ploy: offer to host heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey's next fight.

What began as a publicity stunt soon spiraled into a civic drama unlike any Montana had ever seen, or would ever again.

]]> http://k96fm.com/chicago-author-at-the-marias-museum/feed/ 0 Jack Dempsey fighting Jack Sharkey in 1927. (Central Press/Getty)