Duncan McDonald Seeks Salish House Site at Memorial in Thompson Falls
A three day Thompson Falls celebration honors explorer David Thompson with a monument to be unveiled. Duncan McDonald, Salish elder, travels to assist the David Thompson Memorial committee in locating the ancient Salish House site near the falls, meeting locals and officials along the way. The interview notes his arrival, attire, and request to see Alvord as part of the effort.
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Rerleey Duncan McDonald
Thompson Falls
David Thompson
Duncan McDonald
Fred J. Ward
Main Street
George Buckhouse
St. Igmatius
Paul Phillps
Phillips
Frank Foster
Sanders County
West
Thompson
A. L. Anderson
Clark’s Fork Highway
Lake Shore
Falls
Salish
Salish House
Ashley Creek
Legends From Salish Site Revealed By Duncan McDonald
Duncan McDonald guides a visiting group to the Salish house site near a Montana river, recounting Johnson era figures, the 1868 cabin, fur post locations, the David Thompson monument, and the mystery of Salish chimneys and Mars Suzanne seeking her mother’s grave.
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Montana
Ashley
Duncan McDonald
Congress
Johnson
Sumner
Grant
San Domingo
Mickey Hunt
Mickey
Thompson River
Panama Pat
Vermillion Creek
Thompson Prairie
Salish House
Mantle and Sanders Meet in a Blizzard tale of future senators
Senator Lee Mantle recalls meet with Wilbur F Sanders during a harsh blizzard near Pleasant Valley Idaho. Mantle describes Sanders staying as a guest, the vigilante era, and later political clashes. The anecdote includes Power family rescues and Sanders’ strong personality influencing Montana politics.
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Pleasant Valley
Butte
Salt Lake
Richard R. Kilroy
Concord
Sanders
Wilbur F. Sanders
Lee Mantle
United States
Montana
T. C. Power
Charles B. Power
Lou Sanders
Senator Sanders
Black Beaver and Captain Marcy Tales on the Plains
The Delaware Indian Black Beaver, famed for courage, recounts his frontier experiences with Captain Randolph B. Marcy. He admits fears of battle while boasting of escapes from the Blackfeet and sharing stories of eastern travel, steamboats, and a flat Earth. He questions a telegraph, while Marcy explains the concept as proof of progress.
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M. E. Plassmann
Randolph B. Marcy
Missouri River
Far Post
Blackfeet
Post
Black Beaver
Marcy
Missouri
New York
New Orleans
Black
Salish House Remnant Said to Have Once Stood Nearby
A fragmentary remark recalls a Salish house that once stood not far from the current location, with the speaker asserting certainty about its former nearby position.
Montana State College Dairy Herd Ranks Fifth in Registry
Montana State College Holstein herd of 16 cows averaged 14 029 pounds of milk and 460 5 pounds of butterfat for the year, ranking fifth among 25 educational institution herds tested by the Holstein Friesen association of America.
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Montana State College
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
J. O. Tretsven
State College
Educational Institution
Tretsven
Montana
Tretsyen
Lone Pine Tree on Mount Jumbo A 360 Year Old Sentinel
The lone pine on Mount Jumbo, by ring count over 360 years old, overlooks a historic trail tied to Indigenous routes, Father DeSmet, Captain Lewis, and early Montana pioneers. Dean Stone recalls 1858 gold discovery, 1885 Indian treaty views, and the Mullan survey shaping roads and Missoula life. The valley is called The Valley of First Things.
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Mount Jumbo
Hell Gate Canyon
Father DeSmet
Lewis
Dean Stone
Gold Creek
Montana
Lone Pine
Isaac Stevens
Council Grove
Mullan
Continental Divide
Missoula
Hell Gate
Baron O'Keefe
Tincup Joe
Virginia City
Higgins-Worden
Higgins-Worden Corral
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Boalt Boalt Dal
Senator Mantle
Silver Bow Club
Tate
Peating
United
States Senate
San
Ders
Helena
Col. Sande
Ver
College Dairy
Missoula Valley
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