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Lost Journal of Fisk Expedition to Bannack and Virginia City 1863
Fragmentary diary documents Captain Fisk led a Minnesota to Montana overland expedition in 1863 with William Denton Dibb aboard. Entries cover daily march from Fort Ripley to Bannack, encounters with Sioux and Pend d'Oreilles, gold diggings at Stinking Water, and officers, camps, and mining prospects across Bannack, Virginia City, and Helena regions.
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Minnesota
Montana
Fisk
William Denton Dibb
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minn
Bannack
Virginia City
Idaho Territory
James L. Fisk
Fort Ripley
Rogers
Hesse
Hamay
Major
Oregon
Washington Territory
Shortie
Cook
Otter Tail City
Dayton
George Dart
S. H. Johnson
M. D
George Northrup
Antoine Frencier
R. D. Campbell
Northrup
Geire
Red River
Mouse River
Johnston
Antoine
Fort Charles
Colonel Hawkins
Big Sandy
Vanderburg
New
Yellow Country
Fort Benton
Steele
Sun River
Clark
Flathead Mission
Pend d’Oreilles
Flathead Country
Coeur d’Alenes
Silver Creek
Rattlesnake River
Big Hole
Yankee Flats
Con Brady’s
Nevada
Summit
Virginia
Fairweather
Yellowstone