Pioneer oil explorer Gordon Campbell strikes sweetgrass arch oil
Gordon Campbell, an oilman who mapped the Sweetgrass arch in northern Montana in 1920, returned after winters and setbacks to drill in Musselshell County. He hit oil at the expected spot and believes the well could become a commercial producer with funds from faithful backers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stout
Gordon Campbell
Sweetgrass Arch
Montana
Devils Basin
Musselshell
Cat Creek
Musselshell County
Campbell
North Country
Kevin
Camp Bell
Romantic Frontiersman Colter in the Upper Missouri Fur Trade
The article recounts John Colter as a key Lewis and Clark figure who stayed in the Upper Missouri beaver country after the expedition. It covers his trapper life, Lisa’s Fort Manuel, his perilous clash with Blackfeet, a naked survival in a beaver lodge, and his enduring role as a pioneering commercial traveler and explorer in Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Colter
Upper
Missouri
Northwest
Colter
Lewis and Clark
Daniel Boone
Fort Mandan
Pacific
Mississippi
St. Louis
Missouri River
United States
Yellowstone Wonderland
Big Horn River
Wind River
Colorado River
Jackson’s Hole
Yellowstone Country
Civilization
Lewis’ and Clark
Lisa
Big Horn
Yellowstone
Fort Manuel
Clark
Marias River
Piegan
Fort Mantuel
Jefferson
Madison
Potts
Pinch Smuggler Of Ham And Eggs In Mexico
George Cooney of Helena finds ham and eggs missing after a border incident. A Mexican guard detains him during a quick smuggle for breakfast, demanding one peso duty and forcing him to abandon the ham and eggs. He returns to his racing stable and later faces further peril at a trading post attacked by the Blackfeet before fading from the Northwest scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cooney
Helena
KE. H. Cooney
Great Falls
Tia Juana
Mexico
George
Villa
Leutenant
Cooney Racing
St. Louis
Northwest
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Charles M. Russell
Stout
North
Devil’s ‘Basin
Christopher Columbus
The
Montana Petroleum World
Blackfeet
Beaver House
Madison River
Lisa’s Fort
Three Forks
Andrew Henry
Montanan
Nenetree
America
Postam Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
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