Relocation of Fort McKenzie Site Uncovers Fur Trader Relics
A Fort Benton committee led by J. E. Phelan and G. C. Schmidt locates the Fort McKenzie site on the Missouri River below Fort Benton. They find beads, pipes, nails, a bone knife handle, Delft ware fragments, and Indian artifacts dating to the fur trade era. The effort aims to guide 1926 Montana Society of Pioneers visitors to the historic spots Fort McKenzie Fort Lewis and Fort Piegan are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Schmidt
J. E. Phelan
Fort McKenzie
Fort Lewis
Fort Piegan
Fort Benton
Montana
Fort
Missouri River
Mormon Train Debate A Pioneer Driver Disputed
A Helena area interview disputes a claim that a Mormon train joined the Sidney Edgerton party from South Pass to Fort Hall. The piece details the journey along the Mormon Trail, describes the mixed crowd of converts, and notes the presence of other trains and Missouri outfit carriers on Lander's Cut-Off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Plassmann
W. W. Moses
Helena
Sidney Edgerton
South Pass
Fort Hall
W. F. Sanders
Zion
Saxony
Omaha
Snake River
Mr. Everhart
Fort Laramie
Bannack
Lander
Missouri
Osborne
Skinner
Montana
Utah
U. S. Navy
Gros Ventres
Prairie
Wind River Mountains
Fort McKenzie Recalled in Fortunate but Violent Past
The narrative recounts the 1842 43 events at Fort McKenzie including a planned massacre led by F A Chardon and Alexander Harvey, an Indian attack, and the fort's destruction. It reflects on the frontier era with Indians fur trade and subsequent abandonment, the site’s geology, remnants, and local memory of steamboat days cattlemen and fishing at McKenzie landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Chardon
Chardon
Alexander Harvey
Indiana
Chittenden
Harvey
Kootenai
American Fur Company
Alexander Culbertson
Fort McKenzie
Missouri
McKenzie Landing
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Mckenzie
POST
Teton
Murray Bottom
Cro-con-je-nez
Marias
Far West
D. D. Mitchell
Cecilia Hunsberger
Browning
Augustin Armell
Perhume
Old Fort McKenzie
The
Marins
Cor-conte-nez
Phelan
Frank Lell
Tom Sharp
Grover C. Schmidt, Jr
Marias River
Messra Cowan
M Hall
Mr. Cowan
Lkely
Fort McKnezie
Frank Rowe
International Refining Company
O’neil Bros
Sunburst
International Refinery
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
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New Mexico
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South Dakota
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Wyoming
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