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Mormons Civil War and 59ers started western trek to gold
Historical overview traces Mormon settlement of Utah and the Great Basin to 1840s migration that sparked Montana discovery of gold. It covers Bannack as first Montana mining camp, Edgerton's Idaho Territory creation, Virginia City, Dillon, and legendary finds like Jim Olafson’s alleged lode.
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Montana
William West
Utah
Great Salt Lake
Pike’s Peak
Colorado
Nevada
Clearwater Valley
Snake River
Washington
Idaho
H. H. Bancroft
Salmon River
Fort Lemhi
Sal
Beaverhead River
John White
William Eads
Grasshopper Creek
Bannack
Columbia
Missouri
Woodmansee
Salt Lake City
Beaverhead
Rattlesnake Creek
Dillon
Jonni Grants
Deer Lodge
John Morley
Morley
Jefferson Davis Burchett
Thomas Jefferson
West
Jeff Davis Gulch
Clark
A. J. Oliver
Russel
Central City
Colo
William Andrews Clark
Sidney Edgerton
Arkon, O
Edgerton
Lewiston
East
Republican Party
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Pauline
Martha
Martha Plassmann
Great Falls
Sidney Jr
Wilbur Fisk Sanders
Henry Tilden
Territory
Congress
Bill Fairweather
Henry Edgar
Abraham Lincoln
Legislative Assembly
United States
Madison County
Virginia City
Alder Gulch
Madison- Beaverhead
Utah and Northern Railroad
Beaver Canyon
Old Red Rock
Dell
Ogden
Beaverhead County
Jim Olafson
Yankee Flat
Olafson
Goodrich
Price Canyon