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Goss Profiles 1862 Sun River Stockade and Plummer
Francis S. Goss, discoverer of Montana's first quartz claim near Bannack, still alive on the Blackfeet reservation, recalls the 1862 Sun River stockade where Henry Plummer and loyalists halted their raid. He details Gold Creek beginnings, vigilantes, and a pivotal New Year incident that redirected Plummer toward crime and a life ending in execution.
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Francis S. Goss
Montana
Bannack
Blackfeet
Blackfoot Station
Glacier
Goss
Henry Plummer
Gold Creek
Grasshopper Gulch
Middle Western
Rocky’’ Ryan
Galena
Ill
Rocky” Ryan
Savanna
U. S. Grant
Missouri River
Emily
Fort Benton
Missouri
Samuel T. Hauser
Territorial
Walter B. Dance
Territory
Hauser
Dance
Salmon River
Idaho
Dead Man’s Coulee
Last Chance Gulch
Helena
Bret Harte
Henry Thomas
d’Oreille
Hot Springs
Broadwater
Granville Stuart
A.S. Blake
Perry W. McAdow
Atkinson
Pioneer Creek
Tom
Cottonwood Creek
Judge Dance
Jake Monthe
General Lyon
Wilson Creek
James Stuart
Little Settlement
William Arnett
C. W. Spillman
B. F. Jernigan
Elk City
Fox
Bull
Pioneer City
Pioneer
Arnett
Spillman
Jernigan
Anett
Spilman
Corral
Sun River Stockade
Sun River Crossing
Sun River
Jack Cleveland
George Ives
Bill Bunton
Plummer
States
Sunriver
Far West
Mississippi
Electra Bryant
J. A. Vail
Vail
Cleveland
George Tyler
Galena Hotel
Esy
Mrs. Vail
Jose Kipp
James Arnold
Kipp
Browning
Ives
Bunton
Morgan
Virginia City
Miss Bryant
St. Peter’s Mission
Great Fally
Dearborn Crossing
Cedar Rapids