Lewis and Clark Letter of Credit Highlighted in Montana History
A reproduction of Thomas Jefferson's unlimited letter of credit to Meriwether Lewis and William Clark illuminates the Lewis and Clark expedition. The document pledged US government resources to support the 1803 Louisiana Purchase era voyage from the Missouri to the Pacific.
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Thomas Jefferson
Meriweather Lewis
Jefferson
United States
Meriweather
Lewis
Louisiana
la Salle
France
Spain
Mississippi River
England
Napoleon
Livingston
Parise
James Monroe
Washington
Mississippi
Pacific
Louisiana Purchase
Great Britain
Germany
Portugal
Italy
Arkansas
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Kansas
Wyoming
Minnesota
Colorado
Lewis and Clarke
Missouri River
Fort Mandan
Bismarck
N. D
Three Forks
Logan
Jefferson Branch
Continental Divide
Lemhi Pass
Salmon River
Bitter Root Range
Bitter Root
Lolo Creek
Clearwater River
Snake River
Snake
Columbia
Astoria
Walla Walla River
Lewiston
Clearwater
Lola Creek
Clarke
Hellgate
Big Blackfoot
Maria’s River
Gass
Yellowstone
Rockies
Tennessee
William Clarke
St. Louis
Northwest
Pacific Ocean
Gypsy Dowry and Bizarre Marriage Pact Unfolds in Kansas City
A Gypsy party led by a seventeen year old Marie Arthur and nineteen year old Charley Stanley arrives from Topeka at Thirty first street and Southwest boulevard. They demand a marriage license after reading a written agreement stipulating that the girl’s family will be paid back with money and property, with penalties if the pact is breached. They plan to marry by a Catholic priest in the West bottoms as wintering gypsies camp nearby.
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Kansas City Star
Charlie and I
Marie Arthur
Charley Stanley
United States
Topeka
Thirty-first Street
Southwest Boulevard
West Bottoms
Courtesy Earns Kindness in Washington Store
An elderly shopper in a Washington department store is aided by a polite young clerk who helps her to her carriage and remembers her kindness. The grateful woman later invites the clerk to a weekend gathering at a northwest Washington home.
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Washington Star
Martha
Washington
Wise in West Craft on Boer Guerrilla Tactics
A New York correspondent notes Boer guerrilla craft outmaneuvers British cavalry in South Africa. Boers spare horses by dismounting and using veld knowledge while British regiments overburden saddles and gear, slowing movement and limiting rapid response to De Wet.
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DeWet
South Africa
Orly
Alry
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