Back-Trailing on the Old Frontiers
Captain Gray and John Ledyard helped open Oregon by trading at Nootka and on the Columbia. The 1787 Boston venture, Gray’s global voyage, and Jefferson’s later Lewis and Clark plan solidified U.S. claims while Vancouver and Russian interests contested coastal sovereignty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Russell
Oregon Country
United States
Columbia River
Captain Gray
James Cook
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Coast
Republic
Great Britain
Spain
Russia
Pacific
Oregon
Northwest
Cook
England
Northwest Passage
New Albion
Strait
Juan de Fuca
Nootwa Sound
Mount St. Elias
Asia
America
Cape Prince of Wales
Nootka
Canton
John Ledyard
North Pacific
Ledyard
Boston
Bos
J. Barrell
Columbia
Lady Washington
Robert Gray
John Kendrick
China
Gray
Clayoquot
Adventure
United States of America
Vancouver
Admiralty
North America
Atlantic
Broughton
London
Paris
John Paul Jones
Jones
Thomas Jefferson
France
Jefferson
North Pacific Coast
Lewis and Clark
Discovery Rights
Siberia
Behring Strait
North American
Petrograd
Poland
Africa
Alaska
California
Rezanof
San Francisco
Astoria
Cheely-Raban Syndicate
Seven Godfathers of the Butte Hungry Help 8000 for Three Months
The Butte Relief association led by seven prominent figures fed 8000 people for three months during mine closures. Key backers include C W Siderfin, William Daly, Arthur Perham, Arthur Merkle, J E Murphy, Paul Gow and Lester Frink. Community donations exceeded the $30,000 monthly goal, with mining firms adding matching funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Butte Relief Association
C. W. Siderfin
W. A. Clark Mining
William B. Daly
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Arthur Perham
Montana
Detroit Motor Car
Arthur Merkle
J. E. Murphy
Davis-Daly Mine
Paul A. Gow
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Lester Frink
North Butte Mining Company
Salvation Army
Daly
Dolar
Re- Hef Association
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W. W. Cheely
Community Chest
Port
Tant
Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek, Mich