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Dillon Examiner

Location

Dillon, Montana, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1941

Page

3

Deer Lodge County Birth Tale From 1865 Montana Legislation

Ancient document by Granville Stuart recounts Deer Lodge's creation in 1865, its neutral ground status among tribes, Blackfeet wars, fur trade era horse raids near Deer Lodge and Lincoln gulch, and early exploration up to 1742 Canadian visit near Helena, Montana.

Granville Stuart Montana Deer Lodge Powell County Missoula County Washington Territory Rocky Mountains Congress Idaho Washington Oregon Dakota Bitter Root Mountains Bannack City Belanger Hudson's Bay Assinniboine Saskatchewan Fort Hall Boise Valley Snake River Old Jim Bridger Milton William Sublette Deer Lodge City John F James C. Grant Thomas Lavatta Birdtall Rock Dearborn River Lincoln Gulch Big Blackfoot Valley Main Range Yellowstone Canada Chevalier de la Verendrye Missouri River Helena Joseph la Harge St. Louis Fort Benton Cottonwood la Barge City American Fork Hangtown James Stuart Col. W. W. DeLacy Sidney Edgerton George Searle J. W. Burnside Joseph A. Clarke Board of Silver Bow City Ophir Snow Shoe Jefferson

First Days of Montana Mining and Deer Lodge History

The narrative traces early exploration from 1804 to the 1860s, detailing fur trading forts, the rise of Fort Benton and Fort Union, and the shift from trapping to gold mining. It covers pioneer acts, key figures, the founding of Bannack and Deer Lodge, and the expansion of Montana’s mining towns.

Musselshell Yellowstone Wind River Lewis and Clark Missouri Fur Co Astor Montana Lisa Emanuel Lisa Big Horn River General Ashley Alexander Culbertson Fort Union Missouri Culbertson Fort Benton Rocky Mountain Platte Green Rivers Sublettes Bridger Hudson's Bay Co Assinniboine Saskatchewan Columbia Idaho Fort Hall Snake River Red River Francois Finley Benetsee California Rocky Mountains Gold Creek Deer Lodge County Robert Hereford Helena John Saunders Long John Bill Madison Benetsee Creek Salt Lake Bitter Root Henry Thomas Pend d’Oreille Pioneer City Tom Ignus Fatus Coeur d’Alene Peace River Stickeen Cassiar White Pine Pioche Black Hills Pioneer Creek Anderson James Milk River William Graham Philipsburg Frank L. Worden Missoula Adams Thomas Colorado Territory Deer Lodge Pioneer John M. Bozeman Bozeman Gallatin Valley Pike’s Peak Gulch Pike’s Peak Colorado Utah Samuel T. Hauser Frank Louthan Alt St. Louis Florence Salmon River Florence City Bannack City

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