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Pioneer James Gourley recalls 1874 Wolf Creek gold trek
Bozeman pioneer James Gourley recounts his Missouri River voyage on the Emily to Fort Benton, the Wolf Creek mining expedition of 1874, and battles with Sioux along Rosebud and Yellowstone routes. He describes Ben Grounds, Captain of 149 men, gun battles, capture of horses, and his long Montana life.
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James Gourley
Bozeman
Missouri River
Fort
Benton
Wolf Creek Country
Grace
Stone Coates
Mead
Mangel Wersel
Gourley
Missouri
Emily
Fort Benton
Montana
Australia
Ireland
America
Carson, Pierre, Scott& Co
Amboy
Ill
Palo
Galena
Til
Bruce Brothers
Mr. Gourley
George Hampstead
Jesse Brooks
Mr. Stone
James
Ban
Crow Agency
Gallatin Valley
Lamme & Co
J. T. Murphy & Co
Corinne
Utah
Wolf Creek
Vernon
Wolf Mountains
Yellowstone
Benjamin Franklin Grounds
Rogue River War
California
Grounds
Black Hills
Trail Creek
Bozeman Tunnel
Rosebud
Coulee
Wolfmoun
John Anderson
Zack Yates
Long Creek
Yates
Neil Gillis
Tom Ray
Irving Hopkins
Pete
Sitting Bull
Big Coulee
Big Horn River
Fort C. B. Smith
Elks’ Club
Montana Club
Gallatin County