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- Title: Wheeler Cabin on Lake McDonald
- Description: Burton Wheeler graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in law in 1905. Wheeler headed west in search of work and stopped in Butte. While there he reportedly was coerced into a game of cards and subsequently lost all of his money. Penniless, he took a job at a local law office. Wheeler entered politics in 1909 and climbed the ranks, serving in the Montana Legislature and eventually becoming U.S. Attorney for the state of Montana. In 1922 he was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat and served until 1947. When he was senator, Wheeler would spend his summers on Lake McDonald. As chairman of the Senate’s Indian Affairs Committee, Wheeler often used the camp to host meetings with members of the Blackfeet Tribe. Wheeler also took a special interest in Glacier National Park. He and his longtime colleague, Senator Thomas Walsh, pushed through the appropriations bill for Going-to-the-Sun Highway.
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