Montana Yesterday

admin | January 25, 2010

Carl Haywood of Thompson Falls (“Sometimes Only Horses to Eat”) sent this note in last Thursday: Wanted to share an exciting bit of information with friends and relatives I think might be interested. An hour ago I received an e-mail inviting me to present a paper on Explorer David Thompson (the subject of my book) [...]

Category: 1800-1820, David Thompson, Explorations, Fur trade, Historic presentation, Native Americans, Western Montana history | No Comments »
Tags: Carl Haywood, David Thompson, Fur trade

admin | November 4, 2009

Nov. 4, 1809 — David Thompson’s expedition of traders left early from an overnight camp on the Clark Fork River at Herring (Heron) Rapids, near the Idaho-Montana border. According to “Sometimes Only Horses Eat,” Carl Haywood’s 2008 book about Thompson in western Montana, the traders reached the camp of an old friend, Jaco Finlay, at [...]

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Tags: Carl Haywood, Clark Fork River, David Thompson, Jocko Finley

admin | March 5, 2009

Who was the man who guided David Thompson to the Missoula Valley in 1812?

Category: Western Montana history | No Comments »
Tags: Carl Haywood, David Thompson, Father DeSmet, Gauche, Missoula, Montana history