Montana Pioneer Tales of Warren Gillette Fort Benton to Bannack
Warren Gillette, pioneer merchant and freighter, recounts his 1860s Montana trek from New York to Fort Benton to Bannack and Helena. He built the first Prickly Pear canyon toll road, faced Sioux and Blackfeet challenges, and bought, sold, and hauled freight with 24 wagon trains and 200 oxen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren C. Gillette
Prickly Pear Canyon
Montana
Mr. Gillette
Gillette
Malcolm Clarke
Fort Benton
Missouri
Rocky Mountains
Orleans County
New York
Helena
New York City
James King
Galena, Jr
Salmon River Mines
Washington Territory
St. Louis
Joseph la Barge
St. Joseph
Emile
John la Barge
Cottonwood
Deer Lodge
Sioux City
la Barge
Harkness & Co
Shreveport
Yankton
Juneau
Fort Pierre
Vaughn
Buchanan
Politte
Sioux Country
Feminisee
Stockade
Robert Lemon
Fort Campbell
Clark
Christopher L. Payne
Big Prickly Pear
J. L. Fisk
East Helena
Fisk
E. M. Dunphy
Dunphy
Benton
Prickly Pear
Lemon
Marias River
Milk River
Tingley
Sun River
Vail
Bird Tail Mountain
Dearborn
Wolf Creek
Lyon
Dawson
Buffalo Bill
William Keyser
Missouri River
Great Falls
Paris Gibson
Bannack
Square Butte
Plummer
Cleveland
Willow Creek
American Fur Company
Virginia City
Wall
Alder Gulch
Jefferson
Last Chance Gulch
Edward A. Lewis
Little Prickly Pear Canyon
Lewis and Clark County
Copeland
I. I. Roe & Co
Diamond R Freight Company
Leavenworth
Kan
Salt Lake
Dearborn Crossing
Soppick
Joseph Kipp
Coppick
SAPPHIRES ONLY GEMS IN STATE
Ore deposit fills a vertical fissure forming a dyke eight feet wide and three and a half miles long. Montana hosts unique sapphire mines controlled by a foreign syndicate with an estimated 10 to 20 million dollars in 28 years of operation. Gemstones go to London, then France and Switzerland for cutting and polishing.
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Yogo Creek
Jaedith Basin
Les
Montana
South Africa
London
France
Switzerland
Yogo
Rock Creek
Granite County
Granite County, Along Dry Cottonwood Creek, Deer Lodge
Missouri River
Helena
Lewis and Clark County
Musselshell
Powder River
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Yellowstone
Fort Union
Yellowstone River
Pacific Coast
Diggins
Old Stockade
Mr. Picotte
Femmnisee
Gros Ventres
Henry Plummer
Miss O'Brien
A. Vail
Mr. Vail
Frozen Hill
Little Dog
Lyon’s Hill
Three-Mile Creek
Silver City
Mr. King
Gold Tom
Gold Creek
A. Fall
C. A. Broadwater
Kohn Kohrs
John Grant
Nick Wall
States
Thomas Levatta
King
Quinphy
Bannock
Big Hole
Minnesota
Warren Whitcher
James Gourley
Major Dawson
Matthew Carrol
George Steel
Missouri Triver
Jack Cleveland
Old Jack
Walla Walla
Oliver's Express
Barris
Angevine
The
Marias
Guy
B. F. Potts
D. H. Weston
Nez Perces
Joseph
Miles
Bear Paw Mountains
Dearborn River
Jurgensen
Cottle
Wareborn
Carson
Yogo Gulch