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Late-breaking developments from Fort Benton & Mullan Road conference

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 [...]

Lewis, Clark, Moulton and Sacajawea

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 [...]

More on May Mullan meeting (easy for me to write)

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 [...]

John Neihardt & Ol’ Muddy

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 [...]