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Montana then and now and the Lewis and Clark story
A Chateau Woman's club paper recounts Robert Vaughn's Montana lore, linking Jefferson's westward vision to the Lewis and Clark expedition. It highlights Sun River valley history, Fort Shaw, and early Montana pioneers, noting Great Falls summer events and Vaughn's accounts of battles and settlement along the Missouri frontier.
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Chateau Woman's Club
T. H. Pridham
Montana
Robert Vaughn
United States
Jefferson
London
Republic
Alleghanies
Thomas Jefferson
Meriwether Lewis
Mr. Jefferson
New York
England
Spain
Russia
Louisiana
Napoleon Bonaparte
France
United States of America
Mississippi
Pacific
General Bonaparte
New Orleans
Lewis
Chateau
Lewis and Clark
Great Falls
Chateaux
Sun River Valley
Sun River Crossing
Sun River
Vaughn
Fort Benton
Helena
Upper Falls
Missouri
Medicine River
Choteau
al. Hamilton
Pierre Chou‘tteau
American Fur Company
Little Plume
James Gibson
Middle Bridge
Floweree Ranch
Alex Pambrun
Fort Shaw
General Gibbons
Mr. Vaughn
Walls
Joaquin Miller
Mr. Miller
Plymouth Rock
Virginia
James River