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Montana Pioneer Tracks Franklin Trail and Montana Defenders
The article profiles Montana figures from Fergus and nearby counties. Lieutenant Harold M White of the Sixteenth Infantry, West Point graduate, serves in France as the only Montana officer in General Pershing's army. It recalls pioneer Buchanans Bill and Buck and their grim encounters in the 1860s while seeking gold in the Judith basin and their links to the Moccasin mountains, Yogo Creek discovery, and Franklin era exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. White
Buffalo
Montana
France
Harold M. White
West Point
Sixteenth Infantry
Harold McClare White
United States
Pershing
Fergus County
White
Charles F. McClare
Montana Flour Mills Company
Lewistown
Harlowtown
Great Falls
Lieutenant White
Barlow Cheadle
E. K. Cheadle
Ancon
Panama
Harry O. Willard
Fifth Cavalry
Camp Stewart
Texas
Bill
Buck” Buchanan
California
Buchanan Brothers
Seven Seas
Bill Buchanan
Mocassin Mountains
Judith Basin
Moccasin Mountains
Yogo Creek
Judith River
Rocky Mountains
Buck
Buchanan
Black Hills
South Dakota
North
Sir John Franklin
Northwest Passage
Arctic
Franklin
Explorer
Buchanans
Rae
Lady Franklin
Fox
England
Gore
King William’s Land
Aiton
F. R. M. Crozier
Great Fish River
Lancaster Strait
Behring Strait
America
Bill’ Buchanan