First Explorers Recall Yellowstone Expedition
C W Cook of White Sulphur Springs recalls joining the 1869 party that explored upper Yellowstone and helped establish the area later set aside as a national park. He describes leaving Diamond City in 1868 to pursue rumors of the falls and origins of the Yellowstone River, and notes their five week survey predates later park preservation.
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Yellowstone River
C. W. Cook
White Sulphur Springs
Yellowstone Park
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Great Plains
Great American Desert
Great Falls
Masonic Grand Lodge
Stanley
Africa
D. E. Folsom
William Peterson
Jim Bridger
Folsom
Fort Logan marker dedicated to posterity in Meagher county
The Oro Fino Chapter D A R dedicated a bronze tablet at the Block House of Fort Logan, Meagher county, on August 17, 1924. The marker recounts Camp Baker history from 1869 to 1880 and honors Captain William Logan and frontier soldiers who protected Montana. The ceremony drew many pioneers and officials including Sidney M. Logan and Governor Dixon.
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Meagher County
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Helena
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the Biz Hole
ORD Fino Chapter
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United States Infantry
War Department
Winfield Scott Hancock
Department of Dakota
Hancock
Gettysburg
United States
Garfield
William Gaddis
Charles G. Gaddis
Logan
Sidney M
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Joseph M. Dixon
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Scott Leavitt
Great Falls
Verne D. Caldwell
Billings
C. W. Cook
Sanford Moore
Charles Henry Glasspool
Assembly
America
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Alaska
Arizona
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Washington
United States Army
Yellowstone
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Terry
Yellowstone Valley
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Red Cloud
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F. S. Smith
Illis
Missoula
Col. Gibbons
Big Hole
Beaverhead County
Joseph
Looking Glass
White Bird
Loder
West Point
Musselshell River
Richard Comba
John T. van Orsdale
Big Hole River
Spain
Cuba
Comba
Vanersdale
Phillippines
Cape Nome
Rex Beach
van Orsdale
Commonwealth
the Big Hole
Charles W. Cook
Yellowstone National Park
Fort Logan Block House
Sidney M. Logan
Willian Logan
Old Block House
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David E. Folsom
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Long Beach
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Montana Electric Company
East Broadway
Butte, Mont