Tragedy Follows Bridger Rival Fur Traders in Indian Country
In 1832 a fierce rivalry between the Rocky Mountain and American Fur companies led Fitzpatrick and Bridger to lure Vanderburgh and his men toward Indian country. Ambush near Alder Gulch left Vanderburgh dead and Bridger mortally wounded, with Bridger later recovering after a long ordeal.
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Bridger
Fort Union
Kenneth McKenzie
McKenzie
American Fur Company
Henry Vanderburgh
Andrew Drips
Lucient Fontenelle
Rocky Mountain Company
Rocky Mountains
Fitzpatrick
Missouri
Vanderburgh
Pierre’s Hole
Fontenelle
Green River
Jefferson
Rocky Mountain Co
Horse Prairie
Three Forks
Drips
Madison
Rocky Mountain
Beaver Head
Snake River
Fitzgerald
Story of William Bratton Good Soldier with Lewis and Clark
A record recalls William Bratton born 1778 Virginia who joined Lewis and Clark in 1804. He endured frostbite and a dramatic Indian sweat cure at Fort Clatsop then joined Clark downstream on the Jefferson and Yellowstone rivers. Bratton later served in the War of 1812 before settling in Indiana where he died in 1841.
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Bridger
Marcus Whitman
Green River
Oregon
William Bratton
Lewis and Clark
Waynetown
Montgomery County
Indiana
Wm. E. Bratton
Rocky Mountains
Bratton
Pacific Northwest
Mandan
Fort Clatsop
Gibson
Clatsop
Camp Chapinnish
Clearwater River
Idaho
Lewis and Clark Journal
Sacajaweah
Shields
Bitter Root
Clark
Jefferson
Yellowstone
Montana
Bridger River
Yellowstone River
Greycliff
Musselshell River
Missouri River
Augusta County
Virginia
Northwest
Kentucky
New Madrid
Missouri
William Henry Harrison
Tippecanoe
St. Louis
North America
Pacific Ocean
United States
Willm. Bratton
Fletcher's Castoria Advertisement Chronicle
An 30 year old advertisement promotes Fletcher's Castoria for babies and children. It claims relief from constipation flatulence wind colic diarrhea and feverishness while aiding digestion and sleep without opiates. The ad notes the genuine product bears a signature mark.
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Fletcher
Regal Facts 3 Contract for Completed Well
Eight Seattle and Great Falls investors fund a turnkey $14,000 completed well. First stock offering priced at 10 cents per share with a 30 day option to subscribers. If successful, option exercise could raise $15,000 for Well No 2 drilling. Beckett Brothers contracted to drill offsetting Regal acreage. no stock offered with this financing.
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Regal Oil Co
Seattle
Great Falls
Beckett Brothers
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By Martha Edgerton Plassmann
Bonneville
Chittenden
Alder Gulch
Alder Creek
Philanthropy
Ruby River
Baby
W. Main St
Butte
Fort Beaton
John W. Tattan
Wm. P. Sullivan
Square Butte
M. 8. McAnnelly
Big Sandy
Meriwether Lewis
U S
Wm. Bratton
Regal Oil Company
J. W. Speer
Pres. A. F
Treas
Cutcheon
REGAL
Section 5
MacDonald Companies
Regal Land
Swartz
THE
First National Bank Building
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Toole County
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