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Brief Occupation of Fort Three Forks in 1810
The Montana Historical Society recounts the brief and perilous 1810 occupation of Three Forks by free trappers led by Pierre Menard and Andrew Henry. It covers James narrative of Miller and McDaniel, Colter and Potts near death, and the Blackfeet threats that ended the fort’s short stay.
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Fort Three Forks
Three Forks
Thomas James
Manuel Lisa
Missouri
Yellowstone
Missouri Or Company
Big Horn River
Miller
Ric Daniels
Lisa
Knife River
James
McDaniels
Fort Lisa
Ayers
Fort
Remon
Big Horn
Raymond
McDaniel
Pierre Menard
Rocky Mountains
Mexico
Arctic Circle
Great West
Montana
Lewis and Clark
Hadson’s Bay Company
Far West
West
Missouri Historical Society
Clark
John Coulter
George Drouillard
John Potts
Thre Forks
Drouillard
Andrew Henry
Columbia
Menard
Colter
Mandans
St. Louis
North Fork
Snake River
Henry’s Fork
Chittenden
Derburgh
Jefferson River
Alexis Pillow
Jim Bridger
Marcus Whitman
Three Forks Fort
Montana Historical Society
Cheek
Missouri River
Three Forks of the
Drewver
Bozeman Pass
Potts
Penings
James Cheeks
Holland
Freehearty
Hull
Rucker
Freeheart
Bradbury
Lower
American Fur Company
Rocky Mountain Fur Company
Henry Vanderburgh
John Watts
Pacific
John Colter
Shiniel Boone
Enoees