Pioneering English Explorer David Thompson in Montana
More than a century ago David Thompson pushed into western Montana’s Flathead territory and built Salish House near Kalispell in 1809. He mapped vast areas, explored the Columbia and Missouri rivers, and influenced Northwest trade though debates over a post at Thompson Falls. His later life ended in near blindness and poverty, dying in 1857 at Longeuil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Creek
Salish House
Missoula
Thompson Falls
Thompson River
Thompson Lake
Point
Kootenai River
Jennings
Montana
David Thompson
Camas Prairie
Forts and fur traders shaped early Montana from Kalispell to Three Forks
The account notes Lisa's Fort built by a Missouri Fur Company party led by Lisa, and Salish House near Kalispell and Three Forks fort under construction. It traces encounters between Hudson's Bay and Northwest companies, Thompson's explorations from Athabasca to the Missouri, and his 1809 crossing toward Kalispell where Salish House was built.
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Great Britain
Northwest
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Ocean
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
David Thompson
Flathead
Northwest Company of Canada
Hudson’s Bay Company
Ashley Creek
Kalispell
Fort Manuel
Yellowstone River
Big Horn
Manuel Lisa
Three Forks
Gallatin County
Salish House
Great Northwest
Thompson Falls
Thompson River
Thompson Lake
Sanders County
Thompson
Charterhouse
England
Globe
Canada
Fort Churchill
Hudson's Bay
Colen
Michel
Flatheads
West
Columbia River
Kootenai River
Fisher Creek
Jennings
Kootenai
Flathead Country
Camas Prairie
Spokane
Jacques Hoole
Charles Loyer
Hoole
Bon Vieux
Spokane House
Terrebonne
Toronto
Northwest Company
British Museum
London
Longeuil
Montreal
Mount Royal
Lisa
Hudson’s Bay Country
St. Louis
Athabasca
Canadian Rockies
Seattle
Hudson's Bay Company
Rockies
Athabasca Lake
Hudson's Bay’ S Company
Jared E Gaylord Long Trail Pioneer in Butte Mining
Jared E. Gaylord 76 prominent in Montana mining died in Bridgeport Connecticut. He developed the Parrot mine and Parrott smelter in Butte and shaped Gaylord street. He planned a Tobacco Root smelting town near Whitehall, founded a town that might have become another Anaconda, and helped build large smelters before Amalgamated merger. His daughter list included Mrs A J Davis and Mrs Wilford Johnson.
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Jared E. Gaylord
Butte
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Gaylord
Tobacco Root Mountain
Whitehall
Anaconda
Amalgamated
Anaconda Company
Helena
Montana
A. J. Davis
Wilford Johnson
Lewistown
J.eb. Gaylord
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ernie Ake
Lider
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Mandan Villages
Lewis and Clark
Mandans
Rene Jussaume
Hudson’s ‘Bay Company
L. Bubia
Flathead Valley
Red River
North Dakota
Kootenai Fort
Fort Augustus
Cabinet Range
Parrott
Piedmont
Franklin Farrell
Parrott Mine
Port Anaconda Company
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