admin | May 9, 2010
The Mullan Road conference, marking the 150th anniversary of the road’s construction, is May 20-22 in Fort Benton and there’s still time to register. They want the registration forms by May 17 for those who want to take part in the whole shooting match, which includes what should be a great bus trip to the [...]
Category: 1850s-1860s, Explorations, Historic presentation, John Mullan, Missouri River, Mullan Road, Native Americans, Old West, Steamboats, Western Montana history, history milestones |
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Tags: David Parchen, Dr. Bill Youngs, Dr. Paul McDermott, Fort Benton, John Creighton, Ken Robison, Maj. Ryan Shaw, Mountain Press, Mullan Road, National Historic Trail, River Press, Ron Hall, Sun River Valley, Tom Minckler
admin | March 20, 2010
In the post below, I noted that Gary Moulton is working on a narrative of the day-by-day travels of Lewis and Clark. At a conference called “Science & Humanities: Inseparable by Nature” last Sunday in Great Falls, he talked about another research project concerning Sacajawea. How many times, he asked an audience that was clearly [...]
Category: 1800-1820, Explorations, Lewis and Clark, Missouri River, Montana, Native Americans, Western Montana history |
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Tags: Cameahwait, Gary Moulton, Great Falls, Lewis and Clark, Sacajawea
admin | February 22, 2010
Ken Robison, the Mullan Road guru from Great Falls/Fort Benton, sends this update: From May 20-22, 2010 the River & Plains Society will host the 150th Anniversary Mullan Road Conference in Fort Benton. The conference celebrates completion of the Mullan Military Wagon Road in 1860, the first wagon road from Fort Benton to cross the [...]
Category: 1850s-1860s, Historic presentation, John Mullan, Missouri River, Montana, Mullan Road, Western Montana history, history milestones |
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Tags: Birdtail Rock, Fort Benton, John Mullan, Ken Robison, Mullan Road, Walla Walla
admin | February 2, 2010
Here’s how John Neihardt described his visit to the highest of the Great Falls of the Missouri in late July, 1908: “I caught myself tightly gripping the ledge and shrinking with a shuddering instinctive fear. Then suddenly the thunders seemed to stifle all memory of sound – and left only the silent universe with myself [...]
Category: 1900, Literature, Missouri River, Montana |
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Tags: 1908, Fort Benton, John Neihardt, Missouri River