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Desperate Musselshell Frontier Tragedies and Fort Sheridan Saga
Montana readers recall Musselshell City and Fort Sheridan once at the Musselshell mouth. The 1860s to 1870s frontier era saw Sieux raids, cliff battles, and a half dozen men killed. Colonel G R Norris is highlighted as a survivor who lived to tell tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musselshell River
Fergus County
Kerchival City
Rocky Mountain Wagon Road Company
Missouri
Montana
Musselshell City
Fort Benton
Fort Sheridan
George Clendennin
Musselshell
Missouri River
G. R
Bill) Norris
Lewistown
Norris
The
James H. Bradley
the Big Hole
Helena
Virginia City
Kerchival
Kerchiyal City
Montana Hide & Fur Co
James Brewer
Richard
James McGinnis
Nugent
Thirteenth Infantry
Camp Cooke
Gros Ventres
Judith
Hancock
Department of Dakota
Fort Ellis
Bozeman
Clift
Thirtieth Infantry
War Department
Jennie
Frank Smith
Clendennin
Jacob Leader
Jim Wells
Henry McDonald
Joe Bushaway
Fort Pecker
Sitting Bull
Dry Fork
Benton
Montana Fur & Hide Co
Tom Bogg
John Ross
Charles McKnight
Joe McKnight
G. R. Norris
Ross
McKnight
Hunter
Carroll