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Charles Sturman Pioneer of Zortman and Custer Era Trails
Charles Sturman known as Big Foot Sturman lived as a frontier rider and freighter from Brainerd Minnesota to Montana. He joined General Custer's 1874 Black Hills expedition and later hauled bullion to Malta and Dodson while racing westward with mining camps rising. He chronicled stages through hostile Indian country and witnessed frontier towns form along the Northern Pacific and Great Northern rails.
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Charles Sturman
Zortman
Gen. Custer
Black Hills
Little Rockies
Malta
Gladys Robinson
Custer
Sioux Country
Sturman
North Dakota
Montana
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Dodson
Brainerd
Minn
Bismarck
N. D
Deadwood
G. A. Custer
Canada
United States
Hudson Bay
Grand Forks
Abercrombie
Little Big Horn
Fort Lincoln
Red River
Eleanor Rivet
Pembina
Wes Crow
Havre
Mont
Great Northern Railroad
Yellowstone River
Billings
Bozeman
Helena
Great Falls
Fort Benton