Washington Irving and the Western Frontier Quest
Historian notes Washington Irving wrote Astoria and The Adventures of Captain Bonneville from authentic western sources though he never reached the Missouri. A lifelong interest in Indians and travels with Henry Ellsworth shaped his prairie tour and diary entries during an 1832 expedition up the Arkansas River from Fort Gibson.
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Washington Irving
Western Frontier
Missouri River
W. H. Banfill
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Astoria
Bonneville
Irving
Europe
America
West
Prairies
Henry Ellsworth
Arkansas River
Fort Gibson
Northwest Plains
St. Louis
Black Hawk
Louisville
Independence
John Jacob Astor
New Yorker
Pacific Coast
Astor
Fur Company
Rocky Mountains
Willis Price Hunt
Astor’s
Missouri
Yellowstone
Big Horn
Green Rivers
Oregon
Pierre Irving
John Colter
Edward Rose
Louisiana
Rose
Arapooish
Montreal
Northwest Fur Company
Lewis and Clark
Northwest
Great American Desert
Black Hills
Big Horn Mountains
Captain Bonneville
Green and
Salmon Rivers
Wyoming
Idaho
Wind River
Yellowstone River
Big Horn River
Powder River
William Irving
New York
The
Scott
Byron
Far West
Washington
George F. Hellman
Phillip
Pokanoket
Analectic Magazine
Henry Brevoort
Hellman
Brevoort
Great Plains
Prairie
Knickerbocker
Henry D. Thoreau
Sir Walter Scott
Thoreau
Narrow Escape From Neck Tie Party On Musselshell Range
John Eaughbough known as The Smith Kid or Cayuse John, a Montana pioneer from Malta, recounts muskeller frontier episodes starting in 1876. He survived a necktie incident while herding for Souders and later faced ambushes, Indian tensions, saloon life, and sheep herd losses near Malta and Wagner.
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John Eaughbough
Souders
John K. Standish
Smith Kid
John
Malta
Montana
Musselshell
Baughbough
Helena
Smith Ranch
J. D. Souders
Granville Stuart
Smith
Young Baughbough
John Smith
Eaughbough
Henry Chapman
Corral
Chapman
Wool House
White Sulphur Springs
Fort Maginnis
Flat Willow
Lake Basin
Snowy Mountains
Roundup
Billings
Wagner
Andrew Davidson
Ppontenit
Valley Counties
Kid
Great Northern
Treasure State
John Baughbough
Musselshell Valley
Livestock shipments from Havre yards to East markets
Shipment of 11 carloads of cattle and 33 carloads of sheep from the Havre stockyards was sent to South St. Paul and Chicago yards. Cattle shippers included Hans Taylor, Hill County Marketing Association, F. B. Safford, R. B. Smith, Pederson and Krezelak. The rest of the text discusses Irving and his works, Indian themes, and literary history, ending with a note that wheat was down in the Northwest.
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Havre
South St. Paul
Chicago
Hans Taylor
Hill County Marketing Association
F. B. Safford
R. B. Smith
Pederson and Krezelak
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