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Moore Portrays Early Montana Pioneers and Gold Rush Impact
Clinton C. Moore, Montana pioneer, spoke to Butte Rotary about the state’s role in opening the upper Missouri region. He recalled fur trade era migrations, Fort Benton, smallpox tolls, and the influx of settlers after the Civil War, praising figures who upheld law and order.
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