Thompson Falls in Sanders County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)

David Thompson

1770 - 1857

— Pioneer Geographer —

David Thompson Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 30, 2013

1. David Thompson Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

“Koo-Koo-Sint” – The man who looked
at the stars
Built Salish house near the mouth
of Thompson River 1809

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Native Americans. A significant historical year for this entry is 1809.

Location. 47° 35.479′ N, 115° 19.517′ W. Marker is in Thompson Falls, Montana, in Sanders County. Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 200 and Golf Street, on the left when traveling east on State Highway 200. Marker is located in a pull-out on the north side of the highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Thompson Falls MT 59873, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 2 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Saleesh House (within shouting distance of this marker); Ward Hotel (approx. 1.1 miles away).

More about this marker. Marker is a metal tablet mounted on a large rock & masonry obelisk

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.

Also see . . .
1. David Thompson - Map Maker, Explorer and Visionary.
David Thompson (1770-1857) fur trader, astronomer and surveyor, mapped more of North America than anyone else. By horseback, canoe, dog sled and on foot, he travelled

David Thompson Marker (<i>tall view</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 30, 2013

2. David Thompson Marker (tall view)

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some 90,000 kilometres (55,000 miles), equivalent to circling the globe twice. Thompson’s journals, letters, maps and autobiography provide detailed insights into the fur trade, the Native People he encountered, the lands he explored, and milestones in his life - marriage to Charlotte Small, the birth of 13 children and the many careers he pursued. (Submitted on January 18, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. David Thompson.
It was his surveying skill and his wilderness experience which made Thompson welcome at the North West Company, the great rival of the Hudson's Bay Company for the fur trade of the Northwest. The wealth of the company allowed him to devote most of the time from 1797 to 1812 to surveying and exploring with only infrequent periods of actually engaging in the fur trade. In 1804 he was made a partner in the company. (Submitted on January 18, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

3. David Thompson.
At the Hudson’s Bay Company, he was valued as a fur trader, but Thompson wanted to explore rather than trade. He left the HBC and joined the rival North West Company where he spent the next 15 years exploring. In all, he spent 27 years mapping the west. “The age of guessing is passed away,” he wrote. Thompson predicted the changes that would come to the west, that it would become farmland and Aboriginal peoples would be pushed from their land. As the one who mapped it,

David Thompson Marker (<i>wide view</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 30, 2013

3. David Thompson Marker (wide view)

he was aware that he was contributing to that future. (Submitted on January 18, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 20, 2018. It was originally submitted on January 18, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 174 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 18, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.