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Border Foe Al Hamilton and the Fort Whoop-Up saga
The narrative recalls Al Hamilton and Johnny Healy leading an American fur trade drive to halt Hudson Bay decline. It details Fort Standoff and Fort Whoop-Up’s rise, Kipp and Thomas crossing into Canada, and the 1874 Canadian police surrender that ended the whisky trade era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Hamilton
Browning
Montana
Hudson Bay Company
Canada
United States
Hamilton
Joe Kipp
Johnny Healy
Yellowstone River
Canadian Northwest
Blackfeet Reservation
Charlie Thomas
Fort Benton
Fort Standoff
Belly River
Northwest Mounted Police
St. Mary’s River
Healy
I. G. Baker & Co
Kipp
Northwest
Hudson Bay Territory
North
James T. Stanford
Great Falls
Old Fort
Thomas
Fort Kipp
Belly
Old Man
John J. Healy
Blackfoot
Dominion of Canada
Alberta
Macleod
Fort Macleod