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Thompson trailblazer and fort legend in western Montana
The article recounts David Thompson entering western Montana in 1809 and building Salish House near Kalispell, notes his surveying of the Columbia and Missouri rivers, his travels via the Kootenai to the Flathead country, and his later life ending in 1867. It contrasts myths about a Thompson Falls post and highlights his maps and the Salish House site.
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Thompson
Kalispell
Montana
Great Britain
Northwest
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Ocean
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
David Thompson
Flathead Indian
Northwest Company of Canada
Hudson's Bay Company
Ashley Creek
Flathead
Fort Manuel
Yellowstone River
Big Horn
Manuel Lisa
Three Forks
Gallatin County
Salish House
Missoula
Thompson Falls
Thompson River
Thompson Lake
West
Canada
L. Bubia
Michel
Flatheads
Columbia River
Kootenai River
Fisher Creek
Jennings
Kootenai
Flathead Country
Caring Prairie
Spokane
Jacques Hoole
Charles’ Loyer
Hoole
Plains
Terrebonne
Toronto
Northwest Company
British Museum
London
Longeuil
Montreal
Mount Royal
Flathead Valley
Red River
Mississippi River
Missouri River
North Dakota
Kootenai Fort
Fort Augustus
Jude
Cabinet Range
City of
Point
Camas Prairie