Jedediah Smith Pioneer of the Fur Trade and Westward Expansion
Jedediah Smith, deeply religious Montana fur-trade figure, led overland relief from Arikara attacks in 1823 and became a key explorer from the Mississippi to the Pacific. His journeys under Ashley and Henry spanned the Rockies, Green River, Snake River, and Columbia regions, ending with his death at 33 during a Santa Fe trade trek.
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J. S. Smith
Montana
William H. Ashley
Missouri River
South Dakota
Yellowstone
Andrew Henry
Ashley
Mexican Line
Mississippi River
Pacific Coast
Smith
Bainbridge
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Simons
Great Lakes
Northwest
Montreal
St. Louis
United States
Canada
Henry
Dakota
Young Smith
Jedediah Strong Smith
Major Leavenworth
Joshua Pilcher
Grand River Valley
Ezekiel Williams
Louis Vasquez
Hugh Glass
Thomas Fitzpatrick
David E. Jackson
Seth Grant
Big Horn
Fitzpatrick
South Pass
Rocky Mountains
Green River
Wyoming
Missouri
Pierre's Hole
Hudson's Bay
Flathead House
Hudson's Bay Company
Thompson Falls
Peter Skene Ogden
Hudson’s Bay
Ross
Snake Country
Ogden
Snake River
Lewis and Clark
Three Forks
Columbia River
Salmon River
Hoback River
Jackson’s Hole
Teton Mountains
Cache Valley
Great Salt Lake
Plains
Mississippi
Pacific
Salt Lake
William L. Sublette
Rocky Mountain Fur Company
Jackson
Sublette
New Country
Bear River
Colorado River
San Diego
Stanislaus Valley
California
Liamette
Umpqua
John Turner
Arthur Black
Turner
Fort Vancouver
Black
Havin
John McLaughlin
London
McLaughlin
Columbia
Madison River
Gallatin Valley
Milton Sublette
Wind River
Tongue
Blackfeet Ssuany
Bovey’s Fork
Musselshell
Judith River
Smith, Jackson ,& Sublette
Santa Fe
Cimarron River
Jedediah Smith
Gilman Boom Town of Sun River Valley Myth or Memory
A retrospective look at Gilman Montana once thriving after the 1912 Great Northern Sun River line. Prominent businessmen invested heavily, rivalries with Augusta shaped fate, and by 1925 Gilman faded as Augusta grew into a terminus.
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Gilman
Sun River Valley
Great Northern
Sun
Augusta
Sun River Canyon
Continental Divide
Flathead River
Nimrod
Glacier National Park
Great Falls
William Tobin
John V. Blaisdell
C. O. Jenks
Jenks
St.aul
Simms
Fort Shaw
G Falls
Great Northern Railway
Montana Railroad Commission
Supreme Court
Count Coup and War Chiefs in Indian Cultures
The article explains the practice of counting coup among plains tribes, detailing coup sticks, feathers, and painted marks as proofs of bravery. It describes how coups, scalps, and war honors were earned, the social prestige of experienced warriors, and the ritual significance of war bonnets and dream guidance alongside commentary on public perception and race-era assumptions.
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Bureau of American Ethnology
Judy O'Grady
Anthonys
Maxmilian of
Wied
Missouri
Liquor Permits Sized To Fit Billfold In Montana
State liquor officials unveiled a compact 1938 permit that fits in a billfold, saving the state about $1,000 in printing and enabling easier carrying. Nearly 120000 permits are expected to be sold this year for about $60,000 in total. Last year many Montanans bought $2 permits, while those bought after late February paid 50 cents under the new pricing law.
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Montana
L. M. A. Wass
State Liquor Control Board
Getting Drunk on Pie in Sandusky 1911
Warren A. Berry recalls a Christmas dinner in Sandusky when mince pies allegedly caused drunkenness. He describes Mickey Slaven baking pies with brandy, boarders sharing the feast, and pies delivering a stronger kick than whisky, leaving Berry certain he never got so drunk.
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Warren A. Berry
Sandusky
Warren
Rockies
Ruby
Mickey Slaven
Jack's
Jack Lusk
Mickey
Wolf
Grass Seed Planted in Snow Under AAA Program
A. F. Smith of 12 miles south of Livingston reseeded 30 acres of damaged Park county range land with crested wheatgrass in December 1936 using a windmill seeder. The sowing, part of AAA range and soil programs, followed grasshopper damage that left land looking plowed. Irrigated wheat yields reached about 60 bushels per acre in 1937.
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A. F. Smith
Livingston
Mr. Smith
Park County
Smith Wais
Smith
Poe
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Clark’s Fork
Hudson’s Bay Company
Alexander Ross
Snake
Pahsimari Rivers
Custer County
Ida
Mark Anthony
AAA