Frontier Scout rediscovered at Fort Benton convention
Dan R. Conway recalls the 1864 Frontier Scout copy found by Montana Society of Pioneers secretary Sandbar Brown. The issue from August 17 1864 details General Sully’s Fort Union arrival and the Sully expedition, with T C Power leading Sutler trade and Winegar Goodwin printing. The relic, one of few surviving copies, highlights Montana pioneers and 1860s westward activity.
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Sully
Dan R. Conway
Brown
Montana Society of Pioneers
Old Fort Benton
Treasure State
Commonwealth
Montana Placer Gulchés
Frontier Scout
Washington
Old Fort Union
D. T
North Dakota Historical Society
Great Northern Railway Company
Fort Union
T. C. Power
Fort Benton
General Sully
North Dakota
Senator Power
Winegar & Goodwin
Wisconsin Volunteers
Messrs Winegar and Goodwin
Montana
Northwest
M Handscheidt
John Somerville
le Brash
Hase
P_ Wopefield
Paul Kratke
Andrew J. Fisk
Helena
Frontier Socout
Vel. L
Pronesr
Old Fort Unica
Mentania
General Galty
Arrival of Gen Sully and the Sully Expedition August 1864
Frontier Scout recounts General Sully's 1864 campaign against Sioux and Crow forces, detailing the 457 mile march from Fort Rice up the Missouri to the Heart River, three days of battle, heavy Indian losses, and the destruction of camps. It notes Captain Grant Marsh and the emigrant train, the Mauvais Terres landscape, steamboat ascent of the Yellowstone, and the return of forces to Fort Bent and Helena.
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Sioux City
Missouri
Fort Rice
Heart River
Maurais Terres
Missouri Gros Ventres
Lange Arty
Whipple
Brackett
Aresee
Pursea Ut
Mauvale Terres
Bate
Mauvais Terres
High Table Land
Mauvais Terre
Yellow-stone
Corral
Yellowstone
Sully
Frontier Scout
Nicholas Hilger
Historical Society of Montana
Minnesota
Big Horn
Yellowstone River
Montana
Marcella
Sam Gary
General Grant
Isabella
St. Louisa
Fort Sully
Missouri River
Cannon Ball River
General Sully
Maresh
Grant Marsh
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Knife River
Manoaiseries
Maruvale Terres
Hilger
Labee
Steus
Little
Little Missouri
Mauvain Terres
Fully
Fort Union
Tey
Fi Union
Milk River
Thelena
George B. Foote
Helena
Joseph W. Uartwell
George White
Gilbert Benedict
Adam Crossman
Mason
Ieelena
Anton Miller
Irwin Blake
Paul Weldert
Lewistown
M. Lemmne
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The
Gen. Sully
Miscourt
Geld Beckers
A. T. Wool
Jordan
N. Y
John Spinning
George Comverse
Mertean
EB. B. Baird
Lysander
B. P. Taylor
White Cloud
Iowa
Z. Potts
Baden
Ill
M. Brows
Dudleyvile
I. J
Eld Kort
Rice
Mineouri River
Eae Ae Union