Beaver Fur Trade and Northwest Company Rivalry
The article traces beaver fur’s rise in European fashion, the Hudsons Bay Co and Northwest Co rivalry, and how posts and forts enabled year round trapping in the northwest. It notes mink and fox skins rarely matched beaver value, and explains post relocation to maintain supply and control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Hudson's Bay Co
Dr. McLoughlin
David Thompson
Peter Skene Ogden
Henry
Europe
New World
North Atlantic
Hudson’s Bay Company
Northwest Co
London Company
London Co
Northwest Company
Audubon
Richardson
Charles Chateau
American Fur Co
Fort Union
Hudson’s Bay Co
Rocky Mountains
Bozeman Trail Pioneer Honored With 1926 Livingston Monument
A 1926 Livingston ceremony unveiled a granite and white marble monument to John M. Bozeman, founder of the Bozeman Trail, who was killed near Livingston on April 18, 1867. The tribute, sponsored by the Montana Society of Pioneers with Northern Pacific Railway President Charles Donnelly, featured speeches by Governor Erickson and Congressman Leavitt and marked the spot where Bozeman fell 12 miles east of Livingston. The monument stands 10 feet 6 inches high with a gold inscription honoring Bozeman and noting its June 1 1926 erection. The article notes Bozeman's role in blazing a shorter route to the Montana gold fields and the ensuing Indian wars, with context on early Montana settlement and exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Montana Territory
John M. Bozeman
Pioneer Triangle
Livingston
Great Trailblazer
Bozeman Trail
Bozeman
Charles Donnelly
Northern Pacific Railway
Montana Society of Pioneers
Society of Pioneers
Redman
Nelson Story
John Fryer
J. ER. Erickson
Frank Brown
Middle West
Idaho
Powder River
Tom Cooper
Yellowstone
Fort
F. Smith
Redmen
Mr. Story
W. S. McKenzie
McKenzie
Mountain Chief
Story
Union City
Bozeman Pass Trail and the Birth of a Montana Route
The article recounts John Bozeman and partners seeking a shorter emigrant route to Montana goldfields in 1862 63. It details the Bozeman trail crossings of the Powder River Belt Mountains and Gallatin valley, clashes with Sioux and Blackfeet, Bridger's competing route, and the 1864 and 1867 events including Bozeman's death, the rise of Bozeman city, and the ensuing Indian wars triggered by the road through tribal lands.
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John M. Jacobs
Bannack
Missouri River
South Dakota
Montana
Yellowstone River
North Platte
Bozeman
Powder River
Redman
Missouri
Big Horn Mountains
Fort Laramie
Sweetwater
Brininstool
Belt Mountains
Gallatin
Yellowstone
George W. Irvin
Black Hills
Jim Bridger
Clark's Fork
Bridger
Big Horn
Basin
Wyoming
Burlington Railroad
Captain Clark
Pass Bridger
Gallatin Valley
Northwest
St. Paul
Bozeman Pass
Bridger Creek
William Clark
Sakakawea
Northern Pacific Railroad
Bridger Mountains
Bridger Pass
Bridger Peak
Bozeman Creek
Bozean
Gallatin County
Sakakawea Pass
John Colter
Lisa’s
Big Horn River
Blackfeet
Potts
Virginia City
Bighorn
Bozeman Trail
Fort Benton
Fort Ellis
Fort Sedgwick
Powder River Country
Powder, Crazy Woman's Fork
Tongue River
Dubois Creek
Pryor's River
Clark’s Fork
Stillwater
Boulder
Madison
Platte Bridge
Custer
Little Big Horn
Young State Hunter Snares 14 Coyotes in 14 Days
Vernon Lammin a 22 year old Butte resident has shot fourteen coyotes in fourteen days becoming a one man coyote war. He travels from Butte to prime fields near Whitehall and Bozeman area gathering pelts with a .270 rifle and four power telescope sights. His four year run averages about 25 coyotes per season within a 35 mile radius of Butte.
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Vernon Lammin
Butte
Lammin
California
Vernon
Bozeman
Whitehall
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John Bozeman
Granville
James Stuart
Gold Creek
Powell County
Granville Stuart
Thomas
Colorado Territory
Colorado
Coweta County
Georgia
E. A. Brininstool
Fort Hall
Oregon Trail
Park County
Arlene Francis
Young State
Clark’s Fork Valley
Western
Anaconda Copper Mining Company Lumber Department
Bonner, Montana