Buckskin Charlie recalls Roosevelt hunting trip of 1885
Gallatin county rancher Charley Marble recounts guiding Theodore Roosevelt and companions on a 41 day hunt through the West Gallatin and Yellowstone region in 1885. Roosevelt, then 27, joined the party with Tom Tilton and A W Tanner supplying provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boseman
Mr. Marble
Gallatin County
Bozeman
Rocky Canyon
Bridger
Rockies
Yellowstone ‘National Park
Buckskin Charlie
Roosevelt
Boeman
Gude
West Gallatin
John W. Tilton
A. W. Tanner
Boemen
Main Street
Rouse
Teddy
David Thompson and the Columbia River Exploration
By MARTHA E. PLASSMANN recounts David Thompson's 1807 1811 survey from British Columbia sources to the Pacific, his Kootenae House winter, and the expeditions north of the Columbia. The piece notes Thompson's role as the era's greatest land geographer, and Montana's naming honors as Thompson Falls and Thompson Prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Oregon
Lewis and Clark
John Jacob Astor
Columbia
Bryant
David Thompson
British Columbia
Kootenac House
Thompson
Kootenae House
Trading Posts and Forts on the Kootenay and Pend d’Oreille
The narrative traces Finan McDonald’s wintering near Libby in 1808 9 and the early trading era along the Kootenay and Nez Perce regions. It notes the first commercial transactions south of the forty ninth parallel, the Fort Kootenay post, competing forts by the North West Company and Pacific Fur Company, a duel at Fort Kootenay, and Thompson’s 1809 expansion into Idaho. Also mentions Kallyspell House at Lake Pend d’Oreille for onward fur routes to Fort William.
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Taylors Fork
South Fork
Madison
Hebgen Dam
Lost Lake
Bear
Teddy
Buckskin Charley
Big Hole
Pacific Fur Company
Montana
John Jacob Astor
House of Astor
London
Elliott
David Thompson
Finan McDonald
Columbia
California
Fraser River
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Ocean
Thompson
Missoua
Spokane
Northern Pacific
Eddy
Weeksvile
Angus McDonald
Post Creek
St. Ignatius Mission
Missoula
Saleesh House
Flathead
Ellott
McDonald
Kallyspell House
St. Mary’s
the Plegans
Astor
Great Britain
Thompson Falls
Thompson Prairie
Thompson River
Montreal
Kootenay
Kootenay Falls
Libby
Lincoln County
T. C. Elliott
Oregon Country
United States
Kootenay River
Jennings
North-West Company
Fort Kootenay
Ross Cox
Nicholas Montour
Astoria
James McMillan
Rocky Mountain House
Saskatchewan
Idaho
Kootenays
Nez Perces
Kootenai River
Bonner
Fort William
Flathead irrigation funding outlook rises in Washington
Martin Hutchens reports from Washington that he secured an interview with Congressman Louis Crampton, chair of the house appropriations sub committee, and gained a promise to visit the Flathead project next summer. Hutchens hopes firsthand study will secure the Flathead irrigation appropriation beyond the prior cut to ten thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Hutchens
The
Missoulian
Washington, D. C
James Hobart
Polson
Hutchens
Louis Crampton
House
Great Discovery of Montana Gold from a Christmas Jest
Mrs. Granville Stuart recounts the 1857 Beaverhead valley Christmas gathering where Captain Richard Grant received a gold piece from Robert Hereford. The party later searched Gold Creek and found rich gold in May 1858, sparking Montana's first major gold field story and drawing attention to the territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Gold Creek
Beaverhead Valley
Granville Stuart
Stuart
Utah
California
Virginia
Idaho Territory
Dillon
Richard Grant
Hudson’s Bay Company
Captain Grant
Louis Maillette
John M. Jacobs
Bozeman
J. M. Bozeman
Gallatin Valley
Robert Hereford
Beesin Anderson
James Stuart
Grant
Mr. Stuart
Montana Territory
Stuarts
Hudson's Bay Company
Paradise Alley
Ross Cox
Water users petition for Flathead project funds
Mr Harbert forwarded a petition signed by 200 water users urging Congress to appropriate enough to operate and maintain the Flathead project. Project engineer Moody says no less than 50000 is possible. Hutchens presented the petition to the conference committee. Senate boost raised the appropriation to 45000 through Senator Walsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Harbert
Washington
Congres
C. J. Moody
Hutchens
Conference Committee
House
Senate
Senator Walsh
Also Mentioned on This Page
Suckakin
Charley
Marble
Ae Roosevelt
Camp
Chuck
Two-Bear Robbins
Robbins
Butte
David
Martha E. Plassmann
Paxton
Felice
Tronhies. Laboratories
Benner Ehig
Mashvilec
TECML
RADIO
Montana Electric Company
East Broadway
Butte, Mont
Caticara Soap
SRO
Granville. Stuart
Calumet
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