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Montana Survey Memoirs From Yellowstone Era
From 1881 to 1882, Panton recounts Northern Pacific surveys in Montana and Yellowstone. He details Billings growth, Grant party visits, camp life, and travel hardships as Congress halts Yellowstone railroad work. He notes encounters with Loud Sanborn and Hayden, naming disputes over Lone Star and other features.
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Panton
Montana
N. P. Survey
Canada
United States
Walter Matheson
Billings
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Northern Pacific
Yellowstone
Pat
Col
R. M. Newport
General Anderson
Newport
Big Stampede
Cascade Mountains
Studia
Clark’s Fork Bottom
Pike
Big Horn Mountains
Heman Clark & Co
Fort Benton
Montana Central
Frank Conley
Grant
Park
Conley
Deer Lodge
Charles H. Loud
A. H. Sanborn
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yellowstone National Park
Snake River
Middle Basin
Norris
Gibbons River
Geyser Basin
Bozeman
Madison Canyon
Good Country
Madison
Gallatin
Excelsior
Sheridan
Phil Sheridan
Wind River Pass
Lewis Lake
Gallatin Divide
Congress
Yellowstone Park
Livingston
West Gallatin
Bozeman Pass
Park Branch
Gardiner
Jim Gardiner
Gerald
Minnesota
Clark City
Sanborn
Second Canyon
Ban Francisco
F. W. Hayden
Peal
Bull Mountains
Hayden
Sull
United States Geological Survey
Headquarters
Norris Pass
Norris Peak
Lord Dunraven
Hayden Valley
Sam Langhorne
Lone Star
Soliary
F. Jay Haynes
Lone Geyser
Haynes
Lone Star Geyser
S. P. Panton
Northern Pacific Railroad