This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
The Star Man and Flathead Lake Discovery History
Historian Ralph Budd and J B Tyrrell discuss David Thompson’s 1812 Flathead Lake view from a knoll near Polson. Tales of Finnan MacDonald James McMillan and Joseph Howse illuminate early crosses of the Kootenai and fur trade networks with the Northwest and Hudson’s Bay Companies in Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koo-Koo-Sint
David Thompson
Flathead Lake
Montana
Seelish
Thompson
Ralph Budd
T. C. Hi- Hott
J. B. Tyrrell
Northwest Company
Mr. Elliott
Walla Walla
Washington
Historical Societies
Oregon
Tyrrell
Toronto
Canada
Candian
Great Lakes
Columbia River
Elliott
Flathead Valley
OWS
Tse
Flathead
United States
Lake Superior
Mississippi Valley
Prairie
Pacific Northwest
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson’s Bay
Montreal
Fort William
Astoria
Rockies
Kootenai
Flathead Lake Country
Thompson's Falls
Thompson River
Thompson Lake
J. B. Tyrell
Archives Department of
Ontario
Saleeshes
Thompson's Prairie
Thompson’s Falls
Kootenai River
Jennings
Flathead River
Pend d’Oreille
Clark's Fork
Saleash
Flathead Camp
Dixon
Thompson’s Prairie
Jumbo Hill
City of
Missoula
Traveler's Rest
Lewis and Clark
Patrick Gass
Jocko Creek
Saleesh
Polson
Township 22
North Range 20
Chris Tanberry
Jos. M. Dixon
Finnan MacDonald
James McMillan
McMillan
Thoopson
MacDonald
Alexander Henry
Rocky Mountain House
Henry
Joseph Howse
Saskatchewan
Hudson’s Bay Company
Northwestern Company
Hudson’s Bay Comany
Howse
England
Aaron Arrowsmith
J. Arrowsmith
Howse House
Ashley Creek
Tyrell
Salersh