Journey to the Blackfeet frontier agency in winter 1874
A narrator recalls a midwinter wagon journey from Elena to the Teton and the Blackfeet agency near Chateau, undertaken to endure a brutal blizzard. The tale blends frontier memory with reflections on Blackfeet history, horse raiding, and clashes with whites from Lewis and Clark onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elena
The
Teton
Blackfeet Indian Agency
Chateau
Withal
Lewis and Clark
Stockades
Malcolm Clark
Mll
Fort Shaw
Montana
Marins
Marias
Little Big Horn
Moving the Blackfeet Agency Family Westward Journey
In winter a Montana caravan of three six horse wagons carries a father mother and five children to a new agency post. The trek over ice and snow from Last Chance gulch to Prickly Pear canyon tests gear, warmth, and endurance as the family endures cold, wind, and scarce shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Beales
Jesse Armitage
William E. East
William F. Mayne
Helena
Last Chance Gulch
Mother
Montana
Lehman’s Grocery
Prickly Pear Valley
Continental Divide
Ten Mile
Seven Mile
Silver Creek
Siren
Sagebrush Flats
Silver City
Billy John
Prickly Pear Canyon
Early camp life along Sun River canyon on a snow route
A family expedition camps in a steep sunken amphitheater near Sun River, building a fireside shelter, baking biscuits in a Dutch oven, and cooking biscuits, grouse, beans, and apple sauce. The journey proceeds via the Little canyon built in 1872 by Hilger and Johns, with encounters including a herd of sheep, a mail wagon blockage, mule deer, blue grouse, and a final Wolf creek halt. The Siren, a bottle baby, disrupts sleep before dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canyon
Little Canyon
Nicholas Hilger
William Johns
Silver City
Diamond Springs
Malcolm Clarke
Canyon Wall
Malcolm Clark
Sieben
Lss
Big Prickly Pear Canyon
White Lodge Pole
West Point
Clark
Montana Territory
Edgerton
Lewis and Clark County
Big Canyon
Siren's Brothers
Fort Benton
Wolf Creek
King & Gillette
Mullan
Montana
Missouri
Bills push for mandatory vehicle equipment inspection
Since the 1935 session began, 16 state legislatures have introduced bills calling for compulsory inspection of motor vehicle equipment.
W A Smith Masters Completes 60 Years as Magistrate
W A Smith Masters has completed 60 years serving as magistrate in Chatham England marking a lifetime in public service. He began his duties in the late 19th century and is celebrated by local officials and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Smith Masters
Chatham
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fisk G. Ellis
Agency
Charles L. Dawley
Montana National Guard
Camp Cooney
Great Falls
Dawley
John Leslie Paper Company
Sun River
George
Ceneral ME
Teton Country
White King's
Batiogader
Z&s
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