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Joe Kipp Defied Hudson Bay Built Fort Standoff in Montana
A long feature recalls Joe Kipp and Johnny Healy defying the Hudson Bay Company by invading Canada to establish Fort Standoff at Belly River, then Fort Kipp and Fort Whoop-Up, sparking a northwest fur trade upheaval and the rise of mounted police. It details Kipp’s bold crossing near the Milk River, the protest of Marshal Harding, and the ensuing expansion of northern trading posts and settlements.
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Joe Kipp
Canada
Hudson Bay Company
Blackfeet
Indian Department
Johnny Healy
Hudson Bay Fur Company
Standoff
Fort Ben
Browning
Montana
Fort Union
Prairies
James Kipp
American Fur Company
Joseph Kipp
Kit Carson
Jim Bridger
Kipp
Fort Benton
Dominion
Northwestern Mounted Police
Missouri River
Sioux City
Plains Country
Old Fort
I. G. Baker & Co
T. C. Power & Brother
Murphy, Neil & Co
J. D. Weatherwax
Overland Hotel
Northwest
Alder Gulch
Last Chance
United States
Harding
Gros Ventres
Benton
Charles Thomas
Charlie
Missouri
Sunriver
Great Falls
Thomas
Scott
Cook
North
Sun River
Milk River
Joe
North Fork
Chief Mountain
Marshal Harding
John J. Healy
Chouteau County
Dawson City
Alaska
Red River
Fort Calgary
Fort Standoff
Fort Edmonton
Hardesty
Healy
A. B. Hamilton
St. Mary’s
Belly
Old Man’s Rivers
Hamilton
Marshall
Fort Kipp
Winnipeg
Weatherwax
Northwest Mounted Police
Saskatchewan Plains
Dupuyer
James Grant
Fort Conrad