Free Traders Saga Ends Up In Mountain Rescue
Lee Anderson of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is sent to Stony Range to arrest Pelly for murder and to protect Jim Rathway leader of the Free Traders. At Little Falls Pelly is missing after a gold mine rumor. A girl appears, aids Anderson, and a pursuit follows toward Liston Lake where Anderson suspects danger.
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Lee Anderson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Stony Range
Pelly
Jim Rathway
Liston Lake
Anderson
Pierre
Shorty
Lee
Jim
Rathway
Estelle
Rescue Flight Across Siston Lake From Kidnappers
Lee swims to a lakeside promontory where he discovers Estelle and the kidnapper Rathway with a young woman captive. After a brutal clash, Lee defeats Rathway and carries the injured girl to a York boat, planning a forest refuge while Estelle urges escape.
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Lee
York
Hudson's Bay
Mackenzie
Siston Lake
Rathway
Famous Forts in U. S. History
Fort Gibson emerges as a pivotal early U S military post in Oklahoma Territory. Col Matthew Arbuckle selects Verdigris and Kia sites, Chouteau and Pryor pick Gibson and nearby Fort Smith, with regulars stationed by mid 1824. The fort grows into a central frontier hub guiding operations for Native relations and Civil War era campaigns.
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Oklahoma
Matthew Arbuckle
Fort Smith
Ark
Orde
Verdigris
Arkansas
Kia
Red River
Arbuckle
Augusté Chouteau
Digris
Chouteau
Nath Pryor
Arbr
Gibson
Col. G. Gibson
Henry Leavenworth
H Dodge
Stephen W. Kearney
E Vv. Sumner
Philip St. George C
Jefferson Davis
George C
Fort Gibson
Indian Territory
Fort Sil
Escape by Reed Wall on Siston Lake Chase
Lee struggles to reach shore on Siston Lake after Rathway signals danger. The York boat hides in a reed wall to avoid the motor boat, plan is to land at night and slip into the wooded lakeshore while Rathway pursues.
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Rathway
Rath
Lee
Siston Lake
York
Anderson Faces Difficult Task With Help Less Girl
Anderson confronts a challenging situation as he tries to guide a girl who lacks support. The scene centers on his efforts to navigate the problem and find a workable path forward despite uncertain help.
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Anderson
Ancient copper use traced across early civilizations
Fragments from Egypt dated 3800 to 4700 B C show early copper in prehistoric remains. Copper and alloy objects appear in Asia Minor around 3000 B C and in China about 2500 B C. Mycenaean, Phoenician, Babylonian and Assyrian finds (1180 to 1st millennium B C) reveal diverse copper and bronze artifacts.
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Egypt
Asia Minor
China
Bent's Fort a Citadel of the Plains on the Santa Fe Trail
Grinnell narrates Bent's Fort as the first permanent settlement on the plains and a key hub on the Santa Fe Trail. Built in 1828 by William Bent Charles Bent and Ceran St. Vrain, it featured adobe walls two towers and a watchtower with a telescope. It witnessed expeditions and wagon trains before its demolition and replacement by Fort Wise Fort Fauntleroy and later renaming Fort Wise after Civil War changes.
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Plains
George Bird Grinnell
West
Bent
Kansas
Col
William Bent
Rade
Fort Laramie
Laramie
William
Santa Fe
Charles
Ceram Vrain
Purgatorie
Phan
Kearney
Mexico
Pueblo
Kansas River
Erement
Fauntleroy
Wise
Virginia
Confederacy
Wilson
Missouri
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Free Traders
Victor Rousseau
W. G. Chapman
WIN
Chicken
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Western Front
U. S
Western Newspaper Union
S. W Frontier
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