Joseph L Meek Aged Explorer and Oregon Annexation Agent
Joseph L Meek journeyed 3000 miles to push Oregon annexation as a press agent in 1848. He traveled penniless in buckskin, rallied publicity in St Louis and Wheeling, met lawmakers, and influenced Polk era politics. Meek later served as U S marshal for Oregon Territory and helped establish Oregon City as capital.
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Joseph L. Meek
Stone
Missouri
Columbia
Lewis and Clark
Northwest
Oregon
Washington
United States
St. Louis
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Republic of Oregon
Meek
Coleman’s
Underwood
Kentucky
White House
President Polk
Knox Walker
Knox
Kit Carson
Congress
Polke
Joseph Lane
Indiana
Lane
Santa Fe
California
Oregon City
New Territory
Polk
Virginia
Grizzly Meek the Trapper and Oregon Pioneer
An 18 year old runaway became a famed Western trapper Meek joined Capt. Sublette’s expeditions in 1829. He triumphed in relentless frontier life, survived Indian battles, guided to Bridger camps, and helped blaze the Oregon Trail route to the Willamette valley. His life intertwined with Bridger Carson Newell and others as he later led a push for Oregon annexation reaching Washington.
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St. Louis
William Sublette
Popo Agie River
Wyoming
Meek
Teton Mountains
Pierre’s Hole
Snake River
Green
Hawkins
Yellowstone
Montana
Robert Newell
Jim Bridger
Kit Carson
Blackfeet
Bridger
Carson
Pryor’s Creek
Plains
Colorado
Trapps
Wore
Saree Godin
Big Horn River
Newell
Godin
Shiasin Shaspusia
Big Liar
Beeame
Road Board Plans Marked Grave Site of Frontier Tragedy
The Montana Road Department will install a stone marker and a historical sign near an eastern Montana grave linked to the 1866 Bozeman trail era. The Thomas party diary details an exodus from Illinois, frontier danger, and encounters with Crow lands as they sought a route to Fort C. F. Smith on the Missouri headwaters.
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Montana
State Highway Department
Pas Old West
Plans Division
Department
John T. Lienesch
O’fallon
Old Benton Trail and Canadian Route Leave Faint Ruts
Distant ruts along a dirt road from Fort Benton to Chester hint at the old Benton trail and the Canadian trail used by homesteaders in 1910 13. The routes crossed Milk river country, linked forts and trading posts, and faded as plows and new roads replaced the historic paths.
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Fort Benton
Chester
Goosehill
Pleasant Valley
Canada
Benton
Joe Kipp
John Healy
A. B. Hamilton
Baker Bull
Milk River
Belly River
Canadian Mounted Police
Fort McLeod
Baker
McLeod
Montana
Alberta
Marins
Sweetgrass Hills
Whoopup
Lethbridge
Forts Kipp
Hamilton
Fort Hamilton
John J. Healy
United States
Kipp
Hudson's Bay Co
North Dakota
Benton Trail
Fort Whoopup
Healy
Mystery of Long Lost Wagon Train Grave Unearthed in Montana
John Lienesch traces a 19th century tragedy of William and Charles Thomas and Schultz after a Sioux attack near Fort C. F. Smith. The quest leads to a marked grave near the Bridger trail where the trio was buried. A Montana highway crew will landscape the site and place a historical marker for travelers.
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Old Fort Laramie
Wyo
William Thomas
St. Louis
Atchison, Kan
Jim Bridger
Fort C. F. Smith
Big Horn River
Montana
Hugh Kirkendall
Hugh Kirkendall Potter
Helena
Montana Highway Patrol
Crow Country
Thomas
Joseph Schultz
William
Charles Thomas
Schultz
Southern Illinois
Yellowstone River
John Lienesch
Lodge Grass
Montana Highway Department
Fort
C. F. Smith
Reed Point
Gray Cliff
Charles
Bob Fletcher
Pee Department
Lonesome Grave
Carbon teachers face five percent salary cut in Red Lodge
Red Lodge school district approves an economy move requiring all returning city instructors to take a five percent pay reduction, saving about 1100 dollars next year. Current teachers under contract include Estelle Provinse and 14 others, with H B Field also accepting the cut. Eda Swab hired to fill Barbara Sanderson’s vacancy. Kline Logan, Ralph Christiansen, and Laura B Owen rehired as janitors.
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Red Lodge
Estelle Provinse
LaFrances McCoy
Theresa Thompson
Betty O’connor
Grace Ruiter
Lillian Jarussi
Loretta Jarussi
Abigail Doran
Elizabeth Larkin
Gladys Bowman
Lillian
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Joe Meek
Grizzly Star Heads Fraternity
Fort Hall
Tda
Reed Children
Caleb Cwillians
Frank Ermatinger
Onneox
Williamette
Whitman
Jim
Fort Boise
Ida
Fort Bridger
Fort Laramie
Tom Monk
Gedgoud
Morimes A
Axe
Tom
Monk) Gedgoud
Grizzly
Sigma Nu
Montana State University
Washpan Cg State Co
Gedgood
WSC
Monk
Doug Fessenden
William K. Thomas
Illinois
Bozeman Trail
Gallatin
Missouri River
Ing
Mounties
Baker Company
Baker and Power and
Murphy Neel
Western
General Paint
Kscorporation
Great Falls
Clark’s Fork Valley
Furth
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Lands Department
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