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 |
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admin | March 31, 2009
In December Bob Hayes, who lives at the top of Evaro Hill, told me a little anecdote about his ranch, which he was putting into a conservation easement. The story goes that in the 1840s a Hudson’s Bay Co. trader staged a footrace in which 40 Flathead women ran, across these same flats, around a [...]
Category: Fur trade, Native Americans, Western Montana history |
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Tags: Evaro, Flathead, Fur trade, Hudson Bay Co.
