This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Alexander Harvey the Fur Trade Desperado of Montana
Described as one of the most cold-blooded villains with the American Fur Company, Alexander Harvey rose from St. Louis to Fort McKenzie then Fort Union. He beat rivals in several forts and vowed revenge on defamers, returning to St. Louis after Christmas and being rehired for his fierce loyalty to employers.
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Martha Edgerton Plassmann
Montana
Henry Plummer
Munson
Plummer
Alexander Harvey
American Fur Company
St. Louis
Fort McKenzie
Old Fort Benton
Mr. Chouteau
Harvey
Chouteau
Fort Clarke
Fort Union
John Y. Pemberton
Moore
Reeves
Bannack
Broadwater
Diamond R Freighting Company
Matt Carroll
Ed Maclay
J. McCulloch
Northern Pacific Railroad
Fort Assinniboine
Great Northern Railway
Paris Gibson
James J. Hill
Isadore
Chittenden
Francis A. Chardon
Chardon
Brule Bottom
Judith River
Fort Chardon
Culbertson
Berger
Piegans
Harvey, Primeau and Company
Larpenteur