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Kenneth McKenzie and Fort Union in Montana's Red River Era
The article recalls Kenneth McKenzie known as King of the Missouri who ran Fort Union, hosting Audubon Maximilian and Catlin. It notes trade rivals, liquor conflicts with Wyeth, smallpox plague of 1837, and McKenzie’s de facto rule, armor suits, and the fort’s decline as Mondak rises nearby.
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Kenneth M’kenzie
Montana
Fort Union
Mondak
Fort Benton
Great Northern
Upper
Missouri
Yellowstone
King
West
John James Audubon
North America
St. Louis
Maximilian
Prince of
Wied
Catlin
Fort Here
George Catlin
Jim Bridger
Bridger
Nathaniel J. Wyeth
Columbia River
Mountain
Prairie
Wyeth
Fort
States
McKenzie
William Clark
Fur Company
Washington Irving
Captain Bonneville
Canada
United States
Charles Larpenteur
Fort Union Wyeth
Poor More
Jackson’s Hole
Bonneville
American Fur Company
Hudson’s Bay Company
Indian Department
England
Fort Clark
Audubon
Great
Hudson's Bay Organization
Kenneth MacKenzie